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clock | July 26, 2008Discussed at these sites, among others:
Chart junk-ies
When bar charts go bad
World's Most Expensive Places to Have Sex.
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clock | July 25, 2008I have not done a Friday Weird Sex Blogging post in ages, and I won't do today either, but others did some cool blogging on various related topics: from gender disparities, to gynecological procedures, to weird animal/plant sex, so here is a little collection for this weekend:
My take on Mr. Tierney's article:
Again, I can't predict what the gender breakdown of any profession would be if we didn't live in a rather patriarchal society. Maybe it wouldn't be 50/50 if everything else was equal. But it's not. I hate to use the P-word, but consider the environment our girls are being raised in.…
clock | June 15, 2008I briefly noted this study yesterday, but now W. D. Craft analyzes it in great detail:
I am pessimistic that the authors' more careful conclusions and recommendations will be noticed. Instead I fear we're in for more naive calls for "abstinence education" and coerced virginity pledges.
purepedantry | May 28, 2008OK, so that title is a bit glib, but that is definitely how the press is going to spin this story about birds who have stable female-female mating pairs:
Almost a third of Laysan albatross nests in the Oahu colony have two mommies.
That's the surprise in Lindsay Young's genetic analysis of breeding pairs on Oahu. Like many other birds, two Laysan albatross court and pair up to form a nest and share the work of feeding a chick. But the males and females look so much alike in this species that the sex of the nest tenders only became clear after genetic tests, Young and her colleagues say in an…
clock | May 5, 2008You really think I am going to put this above the fold? No way - you have to click (First posted on July 7, 2006):
Today's lesson is on the reproductive anatomy of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica), which probably applies to the wild species in the pig family as well. Although we may reflexively think about invertebrates when pondering diversity of copulatory organs, mammals are not too bad in that department either. After all, the sperm is delivered in some species into the vagina (e.g., dog), in others into the cervix (e.g., pig) and in yet others into the uterus (e.g., horse), so…
grrlscientist | April 21, 2008tags: Bonerol, humor, comedy, satire, streaming video
Erectile dysfunction is not just limited to humans. This amusing streaming video is a commercial for a new drug meant to solve doggie erectile dysfunction. Of course, if your dog ends up humping your leg for more than four hours at one go, it's time to take him to the vet -- watch it now while your boss is not looking! [0:45].
sciencetolife | April 14, 2008Researchers at Penn State have concluded that satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from three to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity. They arrived at these conclusions by conducting a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists and published their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
In this blog entry, Val Willingham, Medical Producer at CNN, echoes my feelings about this type of research:
"I realize sex studies will continue," he says. "But wouldn't it be nice if the money they put into this kind of…
clock | April 6, 2008Or so says Talia in her book review.
I recently ordered a bunch of stuff from Amazon.com for me and others, and all orders arrived nicely except this book which never appeared (lost in space?). Perhaps I should not worry, according to the review.
purepedantry | March 31, 2008Farris et al. have a paper coming out in Psychological Science about how men tend to misperceive sexual interest in women. I get the sense that this is a big problem for many women. Any woman who has spent more than 30 seconds in a bar has had at least one random yo-yo hit on them despite what they perceive as clear negative signals. So I am happy that someone is addressing this issue.
I do have a couple concerns about this paper, but let's leave those til the end.
Farris et al. sought to distinguish between two theories about how men misperceive sexual interest from women:
Two main…
chrisdrudge | March 28, 2008Rosen T. Penile ulcer from traumatic orogenital contact. Dermatol Online J. 2005 Aug 1;11(2):18.
I love how even something like 'dude gets his dick bitten by someone and the bite turns into an gross infected sore' can be transmuted into an almost pleasant and innocuous jargonistic title such as this. I ought to do a whole post on this kind of thing.
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Behar DM, Edelshtein S, Ben-Ami H, Mansano R, Edoute Y. Human bite on penile shaft from oral sex as a portal of entry for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Isr Med Assoc J. 2000 Dec;2(12):945-7. No abstract available.
Jesus fucking Christ…
chrisdrudge | March 23, 2008Ellis L, Ficek C, Burke D, Das S. Eye color, hair color, blood type, and the rhesus factor: exploring possible genetic links to sexual orientation. Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Feb;37(1):145-9.
Based on a sample of 2000+ college students and people found in internet chat rooms, the authors of this paper found that gay men and lesbians exhibited low and high incidences, respectively, of A blood type compared to heterosexuals (p < 0.05). Additionally, they found that a unusually high proportion of homosexuals of both sexes were Rh- (i.e. had no Rhesus D antigen on their red cells) compared to…
clock | March 13, 2008Lindsay Beyerstein: Spitzer linked to prostitution ring
Spitzer's Nixonian hubris
Sex and taxes: How Spitzer allegedly got caught
Spitzer and Suspicious Activity Reports and sex stings
Enough is enough: Feds probe Spitzer's records back to 1999
Amanda Marcotte: Cut out the stand by your man routine
Ask for facts, get the facts
Elizabeth Pisani: Spitzer's true folly
Spitzer: cementing a cross-party tradition of hypocrisy
Spitzer: some better ideas for the lapsed abolitionist
Calling "These women": tell us about your disorders...
Scott Swenson: RealTime: Prostitution Pledge for Politicians
Ed…
clock | March 7, 2008News from SCONC:
On Thursday, March 27 at 4 p.m., the Zoology Department at NCSU will host a seminar from Patricia Brennan of Yale University entitled "The Biology of Avian Genitalia: Form and Function." Brennan's work on the genital anatomy of waterfowl has revealed the existence of a "sexual arms race" between males and females. Unlike 97 percent of bird species, male waterfowl have a phallus, and it can range "from a half-inch to more than 15 inches long." The seminar will be held in 101 David Clark Labs. Refreshments will be served in the lobby at 3:45.
Related:
Friday Weird Sex Blogging…
clock | February 14, 2008We have already covered, in quite some detail the problems of passing gas in space. Not so much a problem inside a spaceship, but potentially a problem on a space walk, especially if the said activity, if particularly powerful, produces a rip in the scafander. The air leaves and it's all over for you. Perhaps those beans tasted too well last night, eh?
The holes in the hulls of spaceships and in space-suits are incompatible with human life.
Then, there is the perennial question about sex in space. Did they or didn't they? Officially, nothing ever happened. Unofficially, sure it did.…
kateseip | February 13, 2008Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson imagines that they may have.
As she writes, there are scant signals cluing us in to the sexual life of the male T. Rex. Did he have a penis? Or perhaps just a cloaca, which avians, amphibians, and reptiles use to excrete waste, semen, or eggs (should he actually be a she) and secrete attractive scents from a little gland tucked away inside the cloaca.
While male birds lack intromittent organs,* reptiles such as crocodiles have a penis hiding inside their cloaca. It's so well-hidden, in fact, that it's difficult to identify the sex of a crocodile without…
kateseip | February 7, 2008A post on kissing by fellow SciBling Sheril caught my eye, and I figured, why not pick a friendly argument as my inaugural post at Pure Pedantry (sorry, Jake).
She pointed out a recent SciAm writeup summarizing work by a team of kiss-intrigued researchers, including psychologist Gordon Gallup, PhD, of SUNY, and quips:
"You see, kissing undoubtedly allows us to find out all sorts of information about our partner. We're exchanging pheromones. In fact, when we're engaged, our bodies release a cocktail of chemicals related to social bonding, stress level, motivation, and sexual stimulation. We…
chrisdrudge | February 5, 2008Arya CL, Gupta R, Arora VK. Accidental condom inhalation. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2004 Jan-Mar;46(1):55-8.
Sounds like either someone was a little too enthusiastic or someone else was a little too small. Oh, snap!
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Morineau G, Prybylski D, Song N, Natpratan C, Neilsen G. Simultaneous Use of Multiple Condoms Among Male Cambodian Military Personnel Visiting Female Sex Workers. Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Oct;34(10):808-812.
Dude, if I ever porked a hooker, I'd double wrap too! One little tear, hello chlamydia!
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Al-Awadhi NM, Al-Brahim N, Ahmad MS, Yordanov E. Giant fibroepithelial polyp…
chrisdrudge | January 26, 2008Wiederman MW. Pretending orgasm during sexual intercourse: correlates in a sample of young adult women. J Sex Marital Ther. 1997 Summer;23(2):131-9.
Here we go: "Overall, more than one-half of the women reported having pretended orgasm during sexual intercourse."
Please discuss how this makes you feel.
chrisdrudge | January 25, 2008The following are the most disgusting papers on necrophilia that I could, uh, dig up. Enjoy!
Ehrlich E, Rothschild MA, Pluisch F, Schneider V. An extreme case of necrophilia. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2000 Dec;2(4):224-6.
Schlesinger LB. Adolescent sexual matricide following repetitive mother-son incest. J Forensic Sci. 1999 Jul;44(4):746-9.
Bauer M, Tatschner T, Patzelt D. Digital imaging of the dissection and sexual abuse of a corpse - an exceptional case of necrophilia. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2007 May;9(3):143-6. Epub 2006 Dec 8.