I show both those photos in my Human Sexuality course, and ask students first what da Vinci got wrong. They never seem to see the "straight organ" (I used a euphemism here to avoid spam filters) but they do notice that there's a rather puzzling tube connecting the woman's nipple to her uterus. (In the photo shown in the article, the outline of the woman seems to be airbrushed out, but if you look to the left of the man [with the long hair] you can just make out the rather puzzling connector.
Pek Van Andel's work with MRI imaging, further studied by Jing Deng in London, is humorously described by Mary Roach in her truly fun book, *Bonk.* In the chapter about it, she also describes how she sort of cajoled her husband into participating. Here's a short and interesting article about it that she wrote for *The Guardian*: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/may/31/scienceandnature.familyandrelationships Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Plymouth NH On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Okay, so it is summer and one needs a hook to get people to > read articles because it's supposed to be a time of lazy leisure. > So, what better hook can one have than reviewing how Leonardo > de Vinci imagine what goes on internally (biologically not mentally) > during sexual intercourse (Spiderman hooks are for kids, m'kay?). > So, back on July 1, 2014, The Scientist website published this > little article on da Vinci and how MRI imaging of people, well, > y'know, shows that da Vinci was wrong. > > If anyone is every at a loss for an example of how falsification > works in science, remember this; see: > > http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/40267/title/Imaging-Intercourse--1493/ > > And the 1999 paper that reported research can be accessed > here: > http://www.bmj.com/content/319/7225/1596 > > Warning: Depending up your attitude about such things and your > ability to read MRI images, this article may contain "dirty pictures', > depending upon how literal/metaphorical you are. > > NOTE: Given that the Scientist article is writing about a research > article published in 1999 just goes to show that writing about sex > never grows old. ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > > 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=37700 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-37700-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- 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=37702 or send a blank email to leave-37702-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
