Bonk and It’s Relation to the Modern World Mary Roach, the author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, has dived into the history and world of sex science. Roach has extensively researched and participated in the progression of learning about the human body. The way scientists look at sex isn’t as black and white as society may see this taboo topic. Roach shows the complexity and range in topics all relating back to how humans get it on, whether it is for reproduction or just for pleasure. Roach has tapped into people’s curiosity about their own bodies, and the taboo functions that science avoided for so long. From going to a public display of sex machines (Roach 53-59) or volunteering her husband for sex research (Roach 123-126),
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In Bonk, Roach interviews specialists and people in the fields to gain a more personal perspective on the topic. In her other books she goes from looking into the history of cadaver research like she does in, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, to questioning what it really takes to be an astronaut in, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Without any formal scientific education, Roach approaches scientific topics from the view of a curious citizen trying to make sense of topics rarely talked about. Her approach allows for her research to come from an unbiased curiosity of how the world works. She has published six books and has been published in Outside, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, New Scientist, and National Geographic. Bonk is not the only piece she has written that dives into the interesting world of sexual health. Have you ever been concerned about the personal pleasure of those up in space? Well, Roach has in her book, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (If you were wondering, they are doing just fine up
In Bonk, Roach interviews specialists and people in the fields to gain a more personal perspective on the topic. In her other books she goes from looking into the history of cadaver research like she does in, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, to questioning what it really takes to be an astronaut in, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Without any formal scientific education, Roach approaches scientific topics from the view of a curious citizen trying to make sense of topics rarely talked about. Her approach allows for her research to come from an unbiased curiosity of how the world works. She has published six books and has been published in Outside, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, New Scientist, and National Geographic. Bonk is not the only piece she has written that dives into the interesting world of sexual health. Have you ever been concerned about the personal pleasure of those up in space? Well, Roach has in her book, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (If you were wondering, they are doing just fine up