Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex



It took me a while to write this review with a newborn and also having recently gone back to work (while breastfeeding), and I'm not superwoman. I borrowed this book from a friend (it's in the back of my car, I'll bring it back soon, I promise). My first real conversation with the book's owner was about this book. He highly recommended it and then months later I finally got a chance to read it.

I wasn't sure I wanted to read a book that took something I find so sacred and science-ified it. After reading the book, devouring it really, I am so glad I gave it a chance! It was really just a history of sex research in no real particular sort of timeline. It covered early sex research which focused on animal sex to the almost deviant beginnings of human sex research.

Did you know that a woman's ability to orgasm during sex has everything to do with the distance between her clitoris and vaginal opening?
Or that panda bears have a penis the size of a man's thumb and no aim so they have a hard time even finding the vaginal opening?

There are a million other interesting factiods to be had in the book, but I won't ruin it for you here. Read it!

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