
Bonk
The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
New York : W.W. Norton, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
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 studies in pairs" : the lab that uncovered great sex.
ISBN:
9780393064643 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Sex Roa | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/3/2023) |
SOCIAL SCI Sex Roa | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-319).