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
>>
>
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