Comments on: [Greta Christina] Tee Hee, You Said “Bonk” http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800 Sponsored by Blowfish: Good Products for Great Sex. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Harper Jean Tobin http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-33137 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:02:01 +0000 http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-33137 You really nailed my problems with this book! You really nailed my problems with this book!

]]> by: Alycia http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-33073 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:16:03 +0000 http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-33073 I personally didn't interpret the female ejaculate bit as her being grossed out by the outsiders to smell and taste the substance itself, but that she found it questionable that the outsiders had to smell and taste a stranger's ejaculate. Personally, I would never sniff or taste anyone's ejaculate, male or female, that I didn't know on an intimate level. I don't find it odd that she was grossed out by that. I personally didn’t interpret the female ejaculate bit as her being grossed out by the outsiders to smell and taste the substance itself, but that she found it questionable that the outsiders had to smell and taste a stranger’s ejaculate. Personally, I would never sniff or taste anyone’s ejaculate, male or female, that I didn’t know on an intimate level. I don’t find it odd that she was grossed out by that.

]]> by: Martha http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-32775 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:09:20 +0000 http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-32775 Sigh. You nailed it. No joke there. The cringey stuff you outline finally made me put Roach's book down, and I have been a fan of her stuff in the past. I was so rooting this book to be great. Very disappointed. Sigh. You nailed it. No joke there. The cringey stuff you outline finally made me put Roach’s book down, and I have been a fan of her stuff in the past. I was so rooting this book to be great. Very disappointed.

]]> by: Matthew L. http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-32564 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:31:24 +0000 http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-32564 I had a professor who did a "Readings in History" seminar entirely on the history of sex, and "The Technology of Orgasm" was one of the books. The others I can recall (I didn't actually take the class) included books on the sexual culture of the Midwest in the 1950s (yes, it existed) and homosexuality in the Middle Ages (yes, it too existed). Actually, apparently sex habits of the well-to-do in the late middle ages are pretty well documented, because it was seen as a health concern, thus we have lots of doctors' instructions about it. Most amusing contraception technique: a necklace made of dried weasel testicles. I had a professor who did a “Readings in History” seminar entirely on the history of sex, and “The Technology of Orgasm” was one of the books. The others I can recall (I didn’t actually take the class) included books on the sexual culture of the Midwest in the 1950s (yes, it existed) and homosexuality in the Middle Ages (yes, it too existed).

Actually, apparently sex habits of the well-to-do in the late middle ages are pretty well documented, because it was seen as a health concern, thus we have lots of doctors’ instructions about it. Most amusing contraception technique: a necklace made of dried weasel testicles.

]]> by: sinclair http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-32547 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:33:22 +0000 http://blog.blowfish.com/culture/greta-christina-tee-hee-you-said-bonk/800#comment-32547 nice review, Greta - I read & reviewed it recently too and mostly focused on the ways it excluded any sort of queer or trans/intersexed element, but I like your take on the ways she vascillated between grossed out and giggling. Totally agree. She was out of her element here, and couldn't give it her scientific/journalistic "objective" perspective without a lot of her own shame about sex coming through. I gotta read The Technology of Orgasm, thanks for that recommendation! nice review, Greta - I read & reviewed it recently too and mostly focused on the ways it excluded any sort of queer or trans/intersexed element, but I like your take on the ways she vascillated between grossed out and giggling. Totally agree. She was out of her element here, and couldn’t give it her scientific/journalistic “objective” perspective without a lot of her own shame about sex coming through. I gotta read The Technology of Orgasm, thanks for that recommendation!

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