Hi Mike, I figured out your reasoning for the subject line. "Fer shure" it would have ended up in everybody's spam filter. Beth Benoit
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:29:30 -0700, Beth Benoit wrote: > >> I teach a course in Human Sexuality, and on the first day of class I ask >> students what is the name for the outer reproductive organs of males and >> females. Everybody knows "penis" for males, but everybody thinks that >> "vagina" is the name for the female outer reproductive organs. Nope, it's >> *not* "vagina." The vagina is located *inside* the body. The outer part >> >> is known, collectively, as the "vulva." >> > > I concede the point. > > > Of course, these cave-dwelling insects do appear to have the opposite of >> what's expected, but if you're talking about "outer" organs, it's "penis" >> and "vulva." >> > > Well, my main concern when writing the subject line and content > was avoiding any word that might cause the message to be blocked. :-) > > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > > Males that have vaginas and females that have penises have been >> discovered in an insect species. See: >> http://www.livescience.com/44906-female-insect-with-penis-found.html >> Perhaps the most astounding statement in the above article is: >> >> |During copulation, which lasts a whopping 40 to 70 hours, the |females >> insert their gynosomes into the male organs. The intricate |female organs >> collect sperm capsules from the males. >> >> Going 40-70 hours at a time? How many times in a lifetime do >> they do this? >> >> The original journal article can be accessed here: >> http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2814%2900314-5 >> Warning: Graphic image of bug-on-bug action >> > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105. > b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=36200 > or send a blank email to leave-36200-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf > [email protected] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36201 or send a blank email to leave-36201-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
