Comments on: Grasping the function of the human penis https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Merle Shamblin https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534955 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:57:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534955 Hello my name is Merle Dean Shamblin and I would like to be your new friend. I sure could use somebody to chat with. I am a 48 year old long haul truck driver who currently lives in Weatherford Oklahoma. Dec 8th 1960 I was born in Fairview Oklahoma. Moved to Caddo and Washita counties where I attended school at Colony Hydro and Weatherford. My parents Malvin and Wanda Shamblin were cotton and peanut farmers. Dad died in 99 from lung cancer. Graduated from SWOSU with a business degree. My two sisters are LaDonna Hubert and Malva Burrahm. Dennis is my brother. I have been a truck driver for 15 years and have driven 2 million paid miles. I have received many safe driving awards over the years. I am single and have never been married. I have a wide range of interests and am pretty much an open book. Currently I drive a 2006 Freightliner for a major carrier. I dont go to Canada very often. I dont have a dedicated route so I run the entire lower 48. I enjoy reading cinema music sports travel. Seeking gay travel buddies. merleshamblin@live.com

]]> By: Frank https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534954 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:30:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534954 I haven’t read the whole piece but I find it an interesting theory that men with a larger penis are more likely to breed. I think this is also evident from how women react to men who have a large penis.

]]> By: Leslie https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534953 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:41:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534953 I subscribe to SciAm’s feed so I read this article when it came up. I didn’t really think anything of it. It’s getting talked about all over the interblag now. I saw a post pop up on Jezebel, a pretty ridiculous site for women, and they seemed almost offended by the piece.

I’m more inclined to believe the shape of the penis evolved to ideally create some sort of plunger/stopper action, another theory I’ve heard thrown around since this shit blew up. The response on jezebel seems to be that the women think the author is suggesting there is a scientific justification for gang rape or that women are so promiscuous that such a sperm squeegee function is necessary.

No matter what the evolutionary reason for the shape of the penis I’m pretty sure men didn’t evolve them to spite us, nor is it absurd to take an academic approach to the topic of reproduction in evolution. No bad ideas in brainstorming, right?

]]> By: Allison https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534952 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:24:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534952 Since sperm can’t survive all that long outside the body, I have to wonder about the “facilitated cuckoldry” explanation. But I can entirely believe that the shape/size of the penis both helps remove competitors’ sperm, AND enhances the sexual sensation for both partners. After all, like other apes, we use sex as a social ritual, and our pair bonding is extremely contingent on mutual sexual attraction (especially for the ~80% of our biological history where marriage likely didn’t exist).

]]> By: Lou FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534951 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:11:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/28/grasping-the-function-of-the-h/#comment-534951 This day just started way better than the previous one ended.

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