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Book Review of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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After reading her ultra-informative and ultra-macabre "Stiff", I had to track this book down; there's no way it couldn't outdo the all-inclusive work on the fascinating life (afterlife?) of cadavers. Kudos to Mary and her husband for giving it their all for some 'first-hand research' involving MRIs. Warning: if you were at all squeamish during some of the more disturbing incidents in "Stiff", certain chapters in this tome will make you very uneasy (I practically had to cross my legs and gird my loins through most of Chapter 8). Mary holds nothing back, and is constantly hilarious in her treatment of practically everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. Highly recommended, but don't leave it where the young kids can find it.