Sex As a Biological Variable, what could represent this better than the clitoris. I found this publication at the Experimental Biology annual meeting in Orlando Florida presented by Dara Orbach, a Postdoctoral Scientist who conducts her research in Patricia Brennan Laboratory. They study dolphin’s reproductive biology.
“Dolphins copulate year-round despite short estrus periods. Copulation may be pleasurable for female dolphins through clitoral stimulation, as they have large and well-developed clitorises.” “In dolphins, the clitoris is positioned at the entrance of the vaginal opening and in direct contact with the penis during copulation, unlike the external position of the clitoris in humans,” said Orbach. “The location of the clitoris near the vaginal opening indicates it can potentially be easily stimulated during copulation.”
In my previous essay about SABV, I was describing the top to bottom recently introduced science policy by the NIH to include gender in the scientific experimental design. Dr Brennan’s laboratory has been doing this for long time. Her laboratory does important research regarding reproductive biology and because of her study subject she also has public visibility. She was booed by the public, 89% of the people questioned by Fox News poll disapproved her research about the reproductive biology of the ducks including the study of the ducks’ penis and vagina, called cloaca for birds. Dr Brennan is blamed for using public support from the national science foundation to study the penis and the vagina.
As a scientist, this makes me very concerned but as a man I think I understand this uproar. Listen to me, I’ll tell you the story of the guy who goes into the hat store and says, good morning, I would like buy a hat. So, what do you have in your mind, what would you like to have, Sir, asks the hat shop attendant. The guy hesitates for a second and he says, well, my beloved woman is in my mind and I would like to have sex with her. However, in this moment I actually would like to buy a hat.
I don’t pretend to be different from this guy in the hat shop. I am trying to give my science based opinion about the gender issue, but when you say clitoris I can’t help thinking about my beloved woman and having sex with her. 89% of Fox News poll respondents are thinking about having sex when they see Dr Brennan’s research describing the ducks’ penis and the cloaca and the copulation. The picture of the duck is very graphic and the Fox News poll respondents are ashamed that they think of having sex when they see the duck’s penis penetrating into the cloaca. They are hypocrites and they are convinced that it is Dr Brennan’s fault that they have this shameful feeling, so they simple disapprove this type of research.
Maintaining our existence we have to eat, maintaining our species we have to have sex. Simple, it is. Look at the food and restaurant industry, all based on our first biological priority. Nobody questions that, nobody denies the necessity and the accompanying pleasure of having food. I was in Rome last year and I am fascinated by the ancient culture of the Roman Empire. I spent half a day in the Colosseum imagining my fight as a gladiator in the arena and die in glory. Yes, sure, that was my imagination but after that we were sitting in a restaurant overseeing the Colosseum in full view through the huge panorama window, the Colosseum lightening up in all colors mounting in full spectacle as the night fell and I had my best pasta in my life and I finished up the night with the best Italian Chianti. If we fully accept and cherish satisfying our first priority biological need by having food why don’t we fully accept and cherish satisfying our second priority biological need by having sex, keep it in the marriage to procreate the children and yes, have sex thousands more times for pleasure.
Do these biology related questions about food and sex have anything to do with the gender issue that is widely discussed in today’s social and political environment? Does Joe Biden think of food and sex when he is touchy-feely? I have no idea how to answer these questions, and I am not even trying to pretend answering these questions. All I can say here is I am saluting to my daughter, to Dr Orbach, to Dr Brennan and to all the extraordinary, high achiever women including my scientist female co-workers who should take leadership to connect the biological gender differences to the social, political and legal aspect of gender equality.
What I will do next Christmas for sure is to ask Dr Brennan professional help to determine the gender of my traditional Christmas Duck, I will purchase two ducks one female and one male, roast both of them and compare the taste of the female and the male duck if there is any gender specific biological difference.
“Knowledge is always good and certainly always better than ignorance”–Sergey Brin
“Possideo genes ergo sum”—Anonymous Roman Philosopher
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