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A review by muheb
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? by Jesse Bering
3.0
"The great thing about good science is that it's amoral and objective and doesn't cater to the court of public opinion. Data don't cringe: people do."
Jesse Bering is an evolutionary psychologist who studies sexual behaviour. Some of the essays were fun and interesting. Others, not so much. And some were so boring.
The title refers to just one of the 33 essays and I don't think does the book justice because it is in fact a work of intellectual breadth covering an incredible range of material. Penises, bodies, the brain and sex, sexual preferences, homosexuality, suicide, and religion.
I was disappointed that the women section was so lacking, and the religion and suicide sections were so superficial and boring.
Over all that was a book that is worth reading and was informative and deserved its price.
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"During the female copulatory orgasm the cervix rhythmically dips into the semen pool, thereby increasing sperm retention (by at least 5 percent) relative to intercourse without orgasm, along with the probability of conception."
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"The first documented case of full-blown Klüver-Bucy syndrome in humans arrived in 1955 ..... developed a ravenous sexual appetite, among other things."
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"Male cats possess remarkably specialized penises. They come equipped with a band of about 150 sharp, backward-pointing spines that, literally, rake the internal walls of the female cat's vagina (hence the deafening yowl that often accompanies feline sex)."
Jesse Bering is an evolutionary psychologist who studies sexual behaviour. Some of the essays were fun and interesting. Others, not so much. And some were so boring.
The title refers to just one of the 33 essays and I don't think does the book justice because it is in fact a work of intellectual breadth covering an incredible range of material. Penises, bodies, the brain and sex, sexual preferences, homosexuality, suicide, and religion.
I was disappointed that the women section was so lacking, and the religion and suicide sections were so superficial and boring.
Over all that was a book that is worth reading and was informative and deserved its price.
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"During the female copulatory orgasm the cervix rhythmically dips into the semen pool, thereby increasing sperm retention (by at least 5 percent) relative to intercourse without orgasm, along with the probability of conception."
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
"The first documented case of full-blown Klüver-Bucy syndrome in humans arrived in 1955 ..... developed a ravenous sexual appetite, among other things."
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
"Male cats possess remarkably specialized penises. They come equipped with a band of about 150 sharp, backward-pointing spines that, literally, rake the internal walls of the female cat's vagina (hence the deafening yowl that often accompanies feline sex)."