Author Mary Roach (TED); Ashley Wells, Crystal Q., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
WARNING: This talk is aimed at adults. And it's all like "scientific." Viewer discretion advised.
10 things you didn't know about orgasm
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, or orgasm, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious.
In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, turns her curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all, sex.
- Can a person think herself to orgasm?
- Why doesn't Viagra help women or pandas?
- Can a dead man get an erection?
- Is vaginal orgasm a myth?
The author shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm -- two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth -- can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place. Contains 16 illustrations.
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