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100 1 $aRoach, Mary.
245 10$aBonk :$bthe curious coupling of science and sex /$cMary Roach.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co,$c2009.
300 $a319, [7] p. :$bill. ;$c21cm.
500 $aPublished in hardcover: New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
500 $aIncludes "Reading group guide" ([4] p.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-319).
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $aRoach shows how and why sexual arousal and orgasm can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.
650 0$aSex (Biology)$vPopular works.