Mary Roach - Mary Roach is the author of the national bestsellers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.
Her writing has appeared in such publications as Salon, GQ, Vogue, and the New York Times magazine. She lives in Oakland.
I have got to wonder. Why is it that the people that study sexual coupling always tend to be on the older side, if not extremely older side? Why aren't there 'sex scientists' in their young 30s?
But it's good that people are doing research on this field. Keeps us knowledgeable about our bodies.
Sex is, for any animal species, the second most driving force. In insects it's number one.
Humans tend to not understand it, and connect it to morals, ethics, religion, or perhaps,
just to good judgement and taste. Unfortunately or not, none of these modalities can over-
ride the basic drive. Strange that many people are horrified when they see it in action. You'll
never beat it.
I don't know why someone would find it odd that a woman would be averred from having an orgasm or small "seizure" in her brain every time she brushes her teeth.
The most probable reason why those in their young 30's "aren't studying sex" is that within the ecosystem of scientific research, it is only the established scientists with tenure and extensive grant writing experience (i.e. 'old' people) who are capable of forming and leading such projects without excessive risk to future career or funding. No doubt, even though they are not named, there are younger researchers behind the scenes in the labs of all of the main sex research personalities. After paying their dues, they'll be lead investigators eventually, though that traditionally isn't until they are more advanced in age.
