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“It might be tempting to dismiss Dickinson as a pervert, but nothing could be further from the truth. He simply believed that lame sex destroyed more marriages than did anything else… and something ought to be done.”

There’s my first laugh of the book! Shoutout to this guy.

“My first book was about human cadavers, and as a result, people assumed that I’m obsessed with death, now that I have written books about both sex and death, God only knows what the word the street is.”

Yay another Mary Roach book! This time, about sex research! Properly fitting for me who works with herpes.

The author actually volunteered for an experiment 🤔

For owners who are upset at their dog’s loss of “manhood” there are Neuticles - a silicone implant testicle to bring back a pet’s self esteem. A side effect of this business has been men buying implants for themselves and having “enlargement surgeries” done by plastic surgeons.

Talk about a nutty situation!

Released 2009, that's already 17 years ago.
In her first chapter, Foreplay , the manipulating kneecaps project scene is quite interesting, especially the reasons for the project.
Youtubers have uploaded the birth of their baby and it's hard to believe that 1n 1851, Gynecologist James Platt White was expelled from the AMA after inviting students to observe a consenting woman in labor and delivery. evolved.

This is an interesting science book but Mary’s witty footnotes get so tedious. I keep thinking, “You made me stop what I was reading—AGAIN—because you thought you were very funny.” It’s less irritating when she provides important context and makes a joke while doing so, but when she does it JUST to make a joke, or goes on much longer than necessary so that she can make a joke, it’s obnoxious.