FW: For Jeffrey - an advance in physiology
From: David Grosof
[mailto:grosof@sloan.mit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:35 AM
To: Lesley Groff
Subject: For Jeffrey - an advance in physiology
Hi,
Jeffrey will be interested to read articles at the following two links:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19726444.100-ultrasound-nails-location-of-the-elusive-g-spot.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00739.x
Instead of the 150 to 250 easy jokes I could insert here, I'll comment that
it's sad that the area of female sexual and uro-genital physiology has been so
poorly studied and starved for funding when it's so obviously important in
ob-gyn, evolutionary behavioral biology, surgical planning (so as to reduce
surgical destruction of nerves and sensation), understanding what's long been
apparent about the variability of sensation and "sexual operating
systems" among women, etc. Obviously the New Scientist article
extrapolates in an invalid way -- it goes way beyond a correlation (which explains
78% of variance in a tiny sample) to talk about inability to experience
a certain sort of climax. I was unable to get the full article but can buy it
for you if you want it at the website above.
Regards,
David
PS What is your favorite joke about this? "Hold the probe but leave the
jelly; It's easier to find with my fingers" "How many scientists does
it take to screw in a g-spot?"
