Science of orgasm video

Mary Roach's TED Talk, "10 things you didn't know about orgasm," will have you scratching your, um, head, in amazement as you learn the particulars of pig-wanking, the delicate matter of explaining foreplay to royalty, and the business of measuring the human penis's muzzle-velocity.

Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm (via MeFi)

Previously:

Science of orgasm - Boing Boing

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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Nelson.C

I believe the proper verb for females is shlick.
invisibelle

I do love Mary Roach’s books. This is the first time I’m seeing her speak, though. Just as amusing as one would expect.
Big Ed Dunkel

No mention of Burt Reynolds having a two-year liaison with one of his hairpieces?
Tao

Boy, do I feel proud to be a Dane right now.
Anonymous

Fine but I’ve found quite a few of the TED talks a bit smug – e.g. here, of the 10 things you didn’t know about orgasms, (9) is “it’s hard to study them in a laboratory”, and (10) is “…but it sure is fun”. OK cute gag, but is 20% of her list…
benposch

Wow, she’s one hot geek. and i can’t believe i just watched a farmer masturbate a pig on a TED video. amazing.
stridulate

her books are brilliant! i always thought she would be a great guest at a party. the perfect mix of insight and playfulness… i’ve never seen video of her, she speaks/acts exactly the way you’d expect from her writing… her excitement about her obsessions is contagious.
damn it, i love that woman!
buddy66

I’m still digging “Hysterical paroxysm” from another thread.
Phrosty

I love TED talks. They’re always interesting.
jimh

It’s getting hot in here, Mary.
(Sow pr0n may not be SFW!)
RumorsofmyDemise

God bless Mary Roach.
Ocker3

fun, but more of a funny aside than a list of things I really didn’t know and am now better able to live my life now that I know them. But perhaps I just consumed too many sex-tech-science blogs/books/movies and I’m kinda jaded. I didn’t get any “oooh, I had no idea about that” moments on this one.
RadioGuy

Brings to mind that scene in Clerks:

It’s important to have a job that makes a difference, boys. That’s why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination.
Gemma

Can you wank a female pig? It seems more of a male verb to me.
Laroquod

Hey Anonymous is right, we got cheated out of two items on that list! Gods know I *never* would have clicked through to a TED video entitled, ’8 things you didn’t know about orgasm’…
mark_p_s_2

Why didn’t Mary tell of the half a liter money shot?
from http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/pigs/4543.html
(pig)Semen volume varies between 100 and 500 ml