Summarizer: Bonk

In chapters 9 and 10 of Mary Roach’s book Bonk, Mary talks about the structure of the vagina and also what you can do to keep it healthy also how to avoid and also get rid of the FSD or otherwise known as Female Sexual Dysfunction.

In chapter 9, Roach talks about a very interesting topic, and that is the lady’s boner. This may not be known to very many, but the female’s clitoris is known as the lady’s penis. The thing that is different from men’s is mainly just the look, the men’s is outside while the women’s lies on the inside. What is the same is that both organs have ends that are sensitive and nerve-dense, that have a pleasure bulb of tissue that is called the glans. Both also have a shaft and contain expandable chambers called corpora cavernosa, which is also covered with prepuce, or foreskin. She became intrigued by this through the research of Ken Maravilla who is a radiology professor. He uses MRI’s to take a look at not only outside structure of the vagina, but also the internal side of it to see just what happens when woman are aroused. He was measuring the amount of blood flow in the tissues of the woman’s clitoris, to figure out mounting readiness. Also to see if, these affect women with or without FSD.

In chapter 10, Roach takes her knowledge of FSD, wants to see what is out there to help prevent it and see what can help control it. What she finds is a company called NuGyn that is located in Minnesota, which is a small business run by a man called Curt Olson. His company makes products for ED and FSD. His company came up with the Eros Clitoral Therapy Device. This is what people may call a penis pump, but for women. This chapter covers methods and products that are used both by men and women so that they can get the most out of their sexual experience. Also, it covers masturbating for your health, so you can achieve the best orgasm and maybe be able to prevent ED and also FSD. It also briefly mentions orgasms and the effect they have on the body for health people and also people with disabilities and how it might temporarily help the disorder they have.

This section is a breakdown of the whole book by itself. Each section of the book talks about different aspects of sex. In other parts it talks about the penis and its role and functions, this one referred to the female genitalia. I think it takes the broad topic of sex and breaks it down into different parts that make up sex like the organs used and the materials we use to improve it. The sections were split into parts about the women’s boner and also talked about masturbating for your health. So it is just covering a more specific topic of, the broad topic about sex.