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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

by Mary Roach

Sexuality through a scientific lens

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Sexuality through a scientific lens

Mary Roach examines sexual arousal and orgasm as subjects of scientific inquiry, using questions about thought, medication, animal physiology, and the body to map the range of issues the book explores. The description points to a work that connects human sexuality with broader scientific investigation, including research into why arousal and orgasm can be difficult to achieve and what science offers in response. Its subject sits at the intersection of psychology, physiology, and sexuality, with examples that reach beyond human experience.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in the science of sexuality and sexual response
  • Readers curious about the overlap of psychology, physiology, and human sexuality
  • Readers seeking popular nonfiction that uses questions about sex to introduce scientific topics

Themes

Sexual arousal and orgasmHuman sexualityScience and physiologySexual response across species

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Book overview

In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women--or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm--two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth--can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.

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