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Mary Roach

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1088 total appearances

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Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

People were coming up to the attic and just, you know, the creativity was kind of amazing.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

At one point there was this

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

there was a belief that when a couple was having trouble conceiving, it's because the sperm, the semen wasn't coming out enough.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

It wasn't shooting out.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

And there was this belief that it should be shooting out.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

And

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

Kinsey was like, no, it just kind of glops.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

And I'm going to prove this.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

And he went out and he hired a bunch of male prostitutes, set up a camera, and put down two, I remember it was oriental carpets, and had them jerk off and then filmed the stuff coming out and did show that it mostly just glops, although there were some people with some very, you know, projectile ejaculations.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

But anyway, I'm like, he had a question and he figured out a way to answer it.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

And people who are having trouble conceiving would be like, oh, my God, my stuff isn't coming out right.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

You know, it's like, no, no, it is.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

You're good.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

It just needs to glop.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

Don't worry.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

It's a gloppy thing.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

It's not like a glorious fountain.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

Okay, here's my favorite line.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

There's lots, but this is the favorite.

Science Vs
The Great Mysteries of Sex with Mary Roach

Okay.