![]() ![]() “There are images that stay with you your whole life, whether you want them to or not. Here's an excerpt I'm fond of from the chapter, “The Prescription-Strength Vibrator: Masturbating For Health”: I certainly wasn't going to read these passages to my mother (although given the pain medication she was getting at the time, I doubt she would have been offended). Anyway, there I was, cackling madly over the cafeteria food, with no one to say, “Hey, you gotta hear this!” to. I read most of this book in a hospital cafeteria (Mom had a hip replacement – she's all better now). I apologize for the over-abundance of long quotes here, but they are the best way to convey the flavor of the book. ![]() In Bonk (which for months I've been referring to accidentally as Boink, God knows what that says about me) Mary Roach takes on the subject of what scientists do and don't know about sex, and how they know it. If you loved Sarah's post entitled, “ Where is the Hymen?” you will love Bonk. ![]() Title: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex ![]()
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