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Roach, Mary.
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Roach, Mary.
Sex (Biology)
MARC Display
Bonk
: the
curious
coupling
of
science
and
sex
/ Mary Roach.
by
Roach, Mary.
W.W. Norton & Co, 2009.
Call #:
612.6 R628b
Subjects
Sex
(Biology)
ISBN:
9780393334791 (pbk.)
Description:
319 p. : ill. ; 21cm.
Notes:
Includes "Reading group guide" ([4] p.).
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-319).
Contents:
The sausage, the porcupine, and the agreeable Mrs. G : highlights from the pioneers of human sexual response -- Dating the penis-camera : can a woman find happiness with a machine? -- The princess and her pea : the woman who moved her clitoris, and other ruminations on intercourse orgasms -- The upsuck chronicles : does orgasm boost fertility, and what do pigs know about it? -- What's going on in there? : the diverting world of coital imaging -- The Taiwanese fix and the penile pricking ring : creative approaches to impotence -- The testicle pushers : if two are good, would three be better? -- Re-member me : transplants, implants, and other penises of last resort -- The lady's boner : is the clitoris a tiny penis? -- The prescription-strength vibrator : masturbating for health -- The immaculate orgasm : who needs genitals? -- Mind over vagina : women are complicated -- What would Allah say? : the strange, brave career of Ahmed Shafik -- Monkey do : the secret sway of hormones -- "Persons studied in pairs" : the lab that uncovered great
sex
.
Summary:
Roach shows how and why sexual arousal and orgasm can be so hard to achieve and what
science
is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.
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