Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm | TED

Translator: Carme Rossell Reviewer: Rafel Marco i Molina

Alright.

Molt bé. Us mostraré un parell d'imatges

I'm going to show you a couple of images

from a very diverting paper in The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

d'un article molt entretingut

del Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

I'm going to go way out on a limb and say that it is the most diverting paper

M'aventuraré a dir que és l'article més entretingut

mai publicat al Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

ever published in The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

The title is "Observations of In-Utero Masturbation."

Es titula "Observacions de la masturbació intrauterina"

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Okay. Now on the left you can see the hand -- that's the big arrow --

Bé. A l'esquerra hi podeu veure la mà. És la fletxa grossa.

and the penis on the right. The hand hovering.

I el penis a la dreta. La mà passa per sobre.

And over here we have,

I aquí hi tenim,

in the words of radiologist Israel Meisner,

en paraules del radiòleg Israel Meisner:

"The hand grasping the penis in a fashion resembling masturbation movements."

"la mà agafa el penis de manera que recorda el moviment de la masturbació."

Bear in mind this was an ultrasound,

Penseu que això era una ecografia.

so it would have been moving images.

O sigui que eren imatges en moviment.

Orgasm is a reflex of the autonomic nervous system.

L'orgasme és un reflex del sistema nerviós autònom.

Now, this is the part of the nervous system

És la part del sistema nerviós

that deals with the things that we don't consciously control,

que s'ocupa de les coses que no controlem conscientment.

like digestion, heart rate and sexual arousal.

Com ara la digestió, el ritme cardíac, l'excitació sexual.

And the orgasm reflex can be triggered by a surprisingly broad range of input.

2. NO CALEN ELS GENITALS. I el reflex de l'orgasme es pot donar

per una varietat sorprenentment àmplia d'estímuls.

Genital stimulation. Duh.

Estimulació genital. Esclar.

But also, Kinsey interviewed a woman

Però Kinsey també va entrevistar una dona

who could be brought to orgasm by having someone stroke her eyebrow.

que podia arribar a l'orgasme

si li acariciaven la cella.

People with spinal cord injuries,

Les persones amb lesions de medul·la espinal,

like paraplegias, quadriplegias,

paraplegies o tetraplegies,

will often develop a very, very sensitive area

sovint desenvolupen una zona molt i molt sensible

right above the level of their injury,

just per sobre del nivell de la seva lesió.

wherever that is.

Sigui on sigui.

There is such a thing as a knee orgasm in the literature.

Està documentat l'orgasme de genoll.

I think the most curious one that I came across

Crec que el més curiós que m'he trobat

was a case report of a woman

era el cas d'una dona

who had an orgasm every time she brushed her teeth.

que tenia un orgasme cada cop que es rentava les dents.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Something in the complex sensory-motor action of brushing her teeth

Hi havia alguna cosa en l'acció

sensora-motora complexa de rentar-se les dents

was triggering orgasm.

que li desencadenava l'orgasme.

And she went to a neurologist, who was fascinated.

Es va fer visitar per un neuròleg que estava fascinat.

He checked to see if it was something in the toothpaste,

Va mirar que no fos per la pasta de dents.

but no -- it happened with any brand.

Però no, li passava amb qualsevol marca.

They stimulated her gums with a toothpick, to see if that was doing it.

Li van estimular les genives

amb un escuradents, per veure si era això.

No. It was the whole, you know, motion.

No. Era pel conjunt de moviments.

And the amazing thing to me

El que em sorprèn més és que

is that you would think this woman would have excellent oral hygiene.

em semblaria normal que aquesta dona tingués

una higiene bucal perfecta.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Sadly -- this is what it said in the journal paper --

Per desgràcia, tal com havia declarat per a l'article:

"Creia que estava posseïda per dimonis

"She believed that she was possessed by demons

and switched to mouthwash for her oral care."

i va canviar el raspallat per col·lutoris."

It's so sad.

És tristíssim.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

When I was working on the book,

Vaig entrevistar, quan preparava el llibre,

I interviewed a woman who can think herself to orgasm.

vaig entrevistar una dona que arriba a l'orgasme amb el pensament.

She was part of a study at Rutgers University.

Formava part d'un estudi de la Rutgers University.

You've got to love that. Rutgers.

M'encanta com sona. Rutgers.

So I interviewed her in Oakland, in a sushi restaurant.

Doncs la vaig entrevistar a Oakland,

en un restaurant de sushi.

And I said, "So, could you do it right here?"

I li dic: "Ho podries fer aquí mateix?"

And she said,

I em diu: "Sí, però prefereixo acabar de dinar, si no t'importa."

"Yeah, but you know I'd rather finish my meal if you don't mind."

(Rialles)

(Laughter)

But afterwards, she was kind enough to demonstrate on a bench outside.

Però després va ser tan amable de demostrar-m'ho

en un banc del carrer.

It was remarkable. It took about one minute.

Era ben notable. Li va costar un minut.

And I said to her,

I li vaig dir:

"Are you just doing this all the time?"

"I ho fas constantment?"

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

She said, "No. Honestly, when I get home, I'm usually too tired."

I em diu: "No. Sincerament, arribo a casa massa cansada."

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

She said that the last time she had done it

Em va dir que l'últim cop ho havia fet

was on the Disneyland tram.

al tramvia de Disneylàndia.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

The headquarters for orgasm, along the spinal nerve,

La central de l'orgasme, en el nervi espinal,

is something called the sacral nerve root,

està en l'anomenada arrel del nervi sacre. Que queda per aquí.

which is back here.

And if you trigger, if you stimulate with an electrode,

I si desencadeneu, si estimuleu amb un elèctrode

the precise spot, you will trigger an orgasm.

el punt just, es desencadena un orgasme.

And it is a fact that you can trigger spinal reflexes in dead people --

3. ELS MORTS EN PODEN TENIR. Està demostrat que es poden fer saltar reflexos espinals

en persones mortes.

a certain kind of dead person, a beating-heart cadaver.

En certs morts, cadàvers amb el cor que batega.

Now this is somebody who is brain-dead,

Es tracta de persones amb mort cerebral,

legally dead, definitely checked out,

legalment mortes, tot ben mirat,

but is being kept alive on a respirator,

però que es mantenen en respiració artificial,

so that their organs will be oxygenated for transplantation.

perquè els òrgans estiguin oxigenats

per a trasplantaments.

Now in one of these brain-dead people,

En una d'aquestes persones amb mort cerebral,

if you trigger the right spot,

si se'ls estimula el lloc exacte,

you will see something every now and then.

de tant en tant es veu una cosa.

There is a reflex called the Lazarus reflex.

Hi ha un reflex anomenat reflex de Llàtzer.

And this is -- I'll demonstrate as best I can, not being dead.

I és, miraré de fer-ho tan bé com pugui, estant viva.

It's like this. You trigger the spot.

És així. Es toca el punt.

The dead guy, or gal, goes... like that.

El mort, o la morta fa... així.

Very unsettling for people working in pathology labs.

Molt inquietant per a la gent dels laboratoris patològics.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Now, if you can trigger the Lazarus reflex in a dead person,

Si es pot desencadenar el reflex de Llàtzer en un mort,

why not the orgasm reflex?

per què no el reflex de l'orgasme?

I asked this question to a brain death expert,

Vaig fer aquesta pregunta a una experta en mort cerebral,

Stephanie Mann, who was foolish enough to return my emails.

Stephanie Mann, que va cometre l'error de respondre als meus emails.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

I said, "So, could you conceivably trigger an orgasm in a dead person?"

Li vaig dir: "Doncs, en principi es pot

donar un orgasme en una persona morta?"

She said, "Yes, if the sacral nerve is being oxygenated,

I em va contestar: "Sí, si el nervi sacre està oxigenat.

En principi, es podria."

you conceivably could."

Obviously it wouldn't be as much fun for the person.

Òbviament, la persona no s'ho passaria bé.

But it would be an orgasm --

Però seria un orgasme...

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

nonetheless.

al cap i a la fi.

There is a researcher at the University of Alabama

De fet vaig suggerir... Hi ha una investigadora a la Universitat d'Alabama

que fa recerca sobre l'orgasme.

who does orgasm research.

I said to her, "You should do an experiment.

Li vaig dir: "Hauries de fer un experiment.

You know? You can get cadavers if you work at a university."

Oi? Pots accedir a cadàvers, treballant a la universitat.

I said, "You should actually do this."

Li dic: "Ho hauries de fer, de debò."

She said, "You get the human subjects review board approval for this one."

I em va contestar: "L'aprovació de la junta l'aconsegueixes tu!"

(Laughter)

(Rialles) 4. L'ORGASME POT DONAR MAL ALÈ

According to 1930s marriage manual author,

Segons l'autor d'un manual matrimonial dels anys 30,

Theodoor van De Velde,

Theodoor Van de Velde,

a slight seminal odor can be detected on the breath of a woman

es pot detectar una lleugera olor seminal a l'alè de la dona

within about an hour after sexual intercourse.

passada una hora de la relació sexual.

Theodoor van De Velde was something of a semen connoisseur.

Theodoor Van de Velde era un conoisseur del semen.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

This is a guy writing a book, "Ideal Marriage," you know.

Parlem d'un paio que ha escrit el llibre "Matrimoni ideal".

Un heterosexual convençut.

Very heavy hetero guy.

But he wrote in this book, "Ideal Marriage" --

Però al seu llibre "Matrimoni ideal"

he said that he could differentiate between the semen of a young man,

deia que sabia diferenciar entre el semen d'un home jove,

which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell,

que segons ell té una olor fresca, tonificant,

and the semen of mature men, whose semen smelled, quote,

i el semen dels homes madurs,

que fa una olor, segons ell,

"Remarkably like that of the flowers of the Spanish chestnut.

"notablement semblant a les flors de la noguera espanyola.

Sometimes quite freshly floral,

De vegades fresca i floral,

and then again sometimes extremely pungent."

i altres vegades extremament agre."

(Laughter)

5. I CURA EL SINGLOT (Rialles)

Okay. In 1999, in the state of Israel, a man began hiccupping.

D'acord. El 1999, a l'estat d'Israel,

un home va comencar a tenir singlot.

And this was one of those cases that went on and on.

Era un cas d'aquests que el singlot no s'acaba.

He tried everything his friends suggested.

Havia provat tot el que li suggerien els amics.

Nothing seemed to help.

No hi havia res a fer.

Days went by.

Passaven els dies. Al final l'home,

At a certain point, the man, still hiccupping, had sex with his wife.

encara amb singlot, va fer sexe amb la seva dona.

And lo and behold, the hiccups went away.

I inesperadament, el singlot se li va aturar.

He told his doctor, who published a case report

Ho va explicar al seu metge, que va publicar un informe del cas

in a Canadian medical journal under the title,

en una revista mèdica canadenca, amb el títol:

"Sexual Intercourse as a Potential Treatment for Intractable Hiccups."

"Relacions sexuals com a tractament potencial

del singlot intractable."

I love this article because at a certain point they suggested

M'encanta aquest article quan suggereix

that unattached hiccuppers could try masturbation.

que els singlotadors sense parella provin la masturbació.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

I love that because there is like a whole demographic: unattached hiccuppers.

M'encanta perquè hi ha tot un grup demogràfic. Singlotadors sense parella.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Married, single, unattached hiccupper.

Casats. Solters. Singlotadors sense parella.

In the 1900s, early 1900s,

6. ELS METGES EL RECEPTAVEN PER A LA FERTILITAT. Cap al 1900, a principis del segle XX,

a lot of gynecologists believed that when a woman has an orgasm,

molts ginecòlegs creien

que, quan una dona té un orgasme,

the contractions serve to suck the semen up through the cervix

les contraccions serveixen per succionar el semen per la cèrvix

and sort of deliver it really quickly to the egg,

com per fer-lo arribar més de pressa a l'òvul.

thereby upping the odds of conception.

Així augmentarien les possibilitats de concebre.

It was called the "upsuck" theory.

S'anomenava teoria de la "succió".

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Si ens remuntem a Hipòcrates,

If you go all the way back to Hippocrates,

physicians believed that orgasm in women

els metges creien que l'orgasme de les dones no era només

was not just helpful for conception, but necessary.

útil per a la concepció, sinó necessari.

Doctors back then were routinely telling men

Els metges d'aleshores alliçonaven els homes

the importance of pleasuring their wives.

sobre la importància de donar plaer a la seva dona.

Marriage-manual author and semen-sniffer Theodoor van De Velde --

L'autor del manual sobre matrimoni, i ensumador de semen,

Theodoor Van de Velde,

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

has a line in his book.

té una frase al seu llibre.

I loved this guy.

M'encanta aquest home. Theodoor Van de Velde em dóna molt de joc.

I got a lot of mileage out of Theodoor van De Velde.

He had this line in his book

Té una frase al llibre,

that supposedly comes from the Habsburg Monarchy,

que suposadament prové del regnat dels Habsburg.

where there was an empress Maria Theresa,

L'emperadriu Maria Teresa,

who was having trouble conceiving.

que tenia problemes per quedar en estat.

And apparently the royal court physician said to her,

I sembla que el metge reial li va dir:

"I am of the opinion that the vulva of your most sacred majesty

"Sóc del parer

que la vulva de la vostra sagrada majestat

be titillated for some time prior to intercourse."

s'hauria d'estimular una mica abans de la relació."

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

It's apparently, I don't know, on the record somewhere.

Sembla que, no sé, consta per escrit en algun lloc.

Masters and Johnson:

Masters i Johnson; ara avancem fins als anys 50.

now we're moving forward to the 1950s.

Masters and Johnson were upsuck skeptics,

Masters i Johnson eren escèptics sobre la succió.

which is also really fun to say.

Que també fa gràcia, l'expressió.

They didn't buy it.

No s'ho empassaven.

And they decided, being Masters and Johnson,

Van decidir, com és digne de Masters i Johnson,

that they would get to the bottom of it.

que arribarien fins al fons de la qüestió.

They brought women into the lab -- I think it was five women --

Van fer venir dones al laboratori. Crec que van ser cinc dones.

and outfitted them with cervical caps containing artificial semen.

I els van posar uns caputxons cervicals

que contenien semen artificial.

And in the artificial semen was a radio-opaque substance,

El semen artificial

contenia una substància ràdioopaca

such that it would show up on an X-ray.

de manera que es veia en una radiografia.

This is the 1950s.

Parlem de mitjans dels 50.

Anyway, these women sat in front of an X-ray device.

Doncs aquestes dones es van asseure a l'aparell de raigs X.

And they masturbated.

I es van masturbar.

And Masters and Johnson looked to see if the semen was being sucked up.

Masters i Johnson van observar per veure si el semen se succionava cap amunt.

Did not find any evidence of upsuck.

No van trobar cap evidència de succió.

You may be wondering, "How do you make artificial semen?"

Potser us esteu preguntant: "Com es fa el semen artificial?"

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

I have an answer for you. I have two answers.

Us tinc una resposta. Tinc dues respostes.

You can use flour and water, or cornstarch and water.

Es pot fer servir farina i aigua, o bé midó i aigua.

I actually found three separate recipes in the literature.

He trobat tres receptes diferents a la literatura mèdica.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

My favorite being the one that says --

La meva preferida és una que diu,

you know, they have the ingredients listed,

bé, té una llista d'ingredients,

and then in a recipe it will say, for example,

i normalment les receptes diuen, per exemple:

"Yield: two dozen cupcakes."

"Surten: 24 magdalenes"

This one said, "Yield: one ejaculate."

Aquesta deia "Surt: una ejaculació".

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

There's another way that orgasm might boost fertility.

Hi ha una altra manera en què l'orgasme potencia la fertilitat.

This one involves men.

Aquesta implica els homes.

Sperm that sit around in the body for a week or more

L'esperma que porta una setmana o més dins del cos

start to develop abnormalities

comença a desenvolupar anormalitats

that make them less effective at head-banging their way into the egg.

que el fan menys efectiu a l'hora d'arribar de pressa

a l'òvul.

British sexologist Roy Levin has speculated

El sexòleg britànic Roy Levin

ha especulat que potser per això els homes

that this is perhaps why men

han evolucionat per masturbar-se amb tant d'entusiasme i freqüència.

evolved to be such enthusiastic and frequent masturbators.

He said, "If I keep tossing myself off I get fresh sperm being made."

Diu: "Mentre em continuï tocant,

vaig produint esperma fresc."

Which I thought was an interesting idea, theory.

Em va semblar una idea interessant, com a teoria.

So now you have an evolutionary excuse.

Ja teniu una excusa darwiniana.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Okay.

Bé. 6. ELS METGES EL RECEPTAVEN PER A LA FERTILITAT

(Laughter)

7. ELS GRANGERS DE PORCS ENCARA HI CREUEN (Rialles)

All righty. There is considerable evidence for upsuck in the animal kingdom --

Molt bé. Hi ha força evidències de succió al regne animal.

pigs, for instance.

Els porcs, per exemple.

In Denmark, the Danish National Committee for Pig Production

A Dinamarca, el Comitè Nacional Danès de Producció Porcina

found out that if you sexually stimulate a sow

ha descobert que si

s'estimula sexualment una truja quan se l'insemina artificialment,

while you artificially inseminate her,

hi ha un 6% d'augment en la taxa de cria,

you will see a six-percent increase in the farrowing rate,

que és el nombre de porquets nascuts.

which is the number of piglets produced.

So they came up with this five-point stimulation plan for the sows.

Se'ls va ocórrer aquest pla. Un pla d'estimulació en 5 punts

per a les truges.

There is posters they put in the barn, and they have a DVD.

Els grangers tenen uns pòsters penjats a l'estable,

i els donen un DVD.

And I got a copy of this DVD.

Tinc una còpia d'aquest DVD.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

This is my unveiling, because I am going to show you a clip.

Ara el presentaré. Us posaré un fragment del DVD.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

So, okay.

Molt bé, doncs.

Now, here we go, la la la, off to work.

Aquí teniu com... la, la, la... cap a la feina.

It all looks very innocent.

Tot molt innocent.

He's going to be doing things with his hands

Ha de fer coses amb les mans

that the boar would use his snout, lacking hands. Okay.

que el porc faria amb el morro, donat que no té mans.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

This is it.

És això. El verro té un repertori de festeig molt estrany,

The boar has a very odd courtship repertoire.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

This is to mimic the weight of the boar.

Això és per imitar el pes del verro.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

You should know, the clitoris of the pig is inside the vagina.

Heu de saber que el clítoris de la truja és a dins la vagina.

So this may be sort of titillating for her.

Això li pot resultar agradable. Som-hi, doncs.

Here we go.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And the happy result.

El feliç desenllaç.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)

I love this video.

M'encanta aquest vídeo.

There is a point in this video, towards the beginning,

En un moment del vídeo, cap al començament

where they zoom in for a close up of his hand with his wedding ring,

quan s'acosten a fer un primer pla de la mà amb l'anell de casat,

com volent dir: "No passa res, és la seva feina. Li agraden les dones."

as if to say, "It's okay, it's just his job.

He really does like women."

(Laughter)

(Rialles) 8. LES FEMELLES GAUDEIXEN MÉS DEL QUE US PENSEU

Okay. When I was in Denmark, my host was named Anne Marie.

Bé. Ja us he dit que, quan era a Dinamarca, la meva amfitriona es deia Anne Marie.

Jo li deia: "Per què no li estimuleu el clítoris i prou?"

And I said, "So why don't you just stimulate the clitoris of the pig?

Why don't you have the farmers do that?

Per què no fan això, els grangers?

That's not one of your five steps."

No es cap dels vostres 5 passos."

I have to read you what she said, because I love it.

Em va contestar: "Us llegiré el que em va dir, perquè m'encanta."

Diu: "Va ser un gran entrebanc

She said, "It was a big hurdle

just to get farmers to touch underneath the vulva.

aconseguir que els grangers toquessin per sota la vulva.

So we thought, let's not mention the clitoris right now."

Vam pensar que era millor no parlar del clítoris de moment."

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Shy but ambitious pig farmers, however, can purchase a -- this is true --

Els grangers tímids però ambiciosos, poden comprar (de debò!)

a sow vibrator,

un vibrador per a truges,

that hangs on the sperm feeder tube to vibrate.

que es penja al tub de l'esperma i el fa vibrar.

Because, as I mentioned, the clitoris is inside the vagina.

Perquè, com ja he dit,

el clítoris és a l'interior de la vagina.

So possibly, you know, a little more arousing than it looks.

Segurament, doncs, una mica més excitant del que sembla.

And I also said to her,

També li vaig dir:

"Now, these sows. I mean, you may have noticed there.

"Aquestes truges... Ja us deveu haver adonat

The sow doesn't look to be in the throes of ecstasy."

que les truges no sembla que gaudeixin un gran èxtasi."

And she said, you can't make that conclusion,

I em diu: "No es pot treure aquesta conclusió."

because animals don't register pain or pleasure

Perquè els animals no reflecteixen

el dolor ni el plaer a la cara, com fem nosaltres.

on their faces in the same way that we do.

Tendeixen... els porcs, per exemple, són més com els gossos.

Pigs, for example, are more like dogs.

They use the upper half of the face; the ears are very expressive.

Fan servir la part superior de la cara. Tenen les orelles molt expressives.

So you're not really sure what's going on with the pig.

No sabem ben bé com se senten els porcs.

Primates, on the other hand, we use our mouths more.

Els primats, d'altra banda, fem servir més la boca.

This is the ejaculation face of the stump-tailed macaque.

Aquesta és la cara que fa un macaco de cua curta amb l'ejaculació.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And, interestingly, this has been observed in female macaques,

És interessant que s'hagi observat en macacos femella.

but only when mounting another female.

Però només quan munten una altra femella.

(Laughter)

(Rialles) 9. ESTUDIAR L'ORGASME HUMÀ EN UN LABORATORI NO ÉS FÀCIL

Masters and Johnson.

Masters i Johnson, els anys 50, van decidir

In the 1950s, they decided, okay, we're going to figure out

que esbrinarien com funciona el cicle complet de la resposta sexual humana.

the entire human sexual response cycle,

from arousal, all the way through orgasm, in men and women --

Des de l'excitació, fins a l'orgasme, en homes i dones.

everything that happens in the human body.

Tot el que passa en el cos humà.

Okay, with women, a lot of this is happening inside.

D'acord, amb les dones, molta part passa per dins.

This did not stop Masters and Johnson.

Això no va aturar Masters i Johnson.

They developed an artificial coition machine.

Van fabricar una màquina de coit artificial.

This is basically a penis camera on a motor.

Bàsicament un penis amb càmera i motor.

There is a phallus,

Hi ha un fal·lus,

clear acrylic phallus, with a camera and a light source,

un fal·lus acrílic transparent, amb una càmera i una llumeta,

attached to a motor that is kind of going like this.

enganxada a un motor que fa així.

And the woman would have sex with it.

I la dona hi té relacions sexuals.

That is what they would do. Pretty amazing.

Ho feien així. Déu n'hi do.

Sadly, this device has been dismantled.

Desgraciadament, l'aparell es va desmuntar.

This just kills me, not because I wanted to use it --

Em sap tant de greu. No perquè el volgués fer servir.

I wanted to see it.

El volia veure.

(Laughter)

(Rialles) 9. ESTUDIAR L'ORGASME HUMÀ EN UN LABORATORI NO ÉS FÀCIL

One fine day,

10. PERÒ ALMENYS ÉS DIVERTIT. Un bon dia,

Alfred Kinsey decided to calculate

Alfred Kinsey va decidir

calcular la distància mitjana de desplaçament del semen ejaculat.

the average distance traveled by ejaculated semen.

This was not idle curiosity.

No pas per pura curiositat.

Doctor Kinsey had heard --

El doctor Kinsey havia sentit a dir...

and there was a theory going around at the time, this being the 1940s --

hi havia una teoria de l'època, a mitjans dels anys 40,

that the force with which semen is thrown against the cervix

que deia que la força amb què

el semen es dispara contra la cèrvix

was a factor in fertility.

era un factor de fertilitat.

Kinsey thought it was bunk, so he got to work.

Kinsey ho trobava molt estrany. I es va posar a treballar.

He got together in his lab

Va quedar al seu laboratori

300 men, a measuring tape, and a movie camera.

amb 300 homes, una cinta de mesurar i una càmera de cine.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And in fact, he found that in three quarters of the men

I de fet va descobrir

que en tres quartes parts dels homes

the stuff just kind of slopped out.

la cosa es vessava i poca cosa més.

It wasn't spurted or thrown or ejected under great force.

No sortia disparat amb una gran força.

However, the record holder

Tanmateix, la millor marca

landed just shy of the eight-foot mark, which is impressive.

va estar una mica per sota dels 2,5 metres. Impressionant.

(Rialles)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)

Yes. Exactly.

Sí. Exacte.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Sadly, he's anonymous. His name is not mentioned.

Per desgràcia, és anònim. El seu nom no s'esmenta.

(Laughter)

Al seu informe,

In his write-up of this experiment in his book,

a l'informe d'aquest experiment, al llibre,

Kinsey wrote,

Kinsey escriu:

"Two sheets were laid down to protect the oriental carpets."

"Es van estendre dos llençols per tapar les catifes orientals."

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Which is my second favorite line in the entire oeuvre of Alfred Kinsey.

És la meva segona frase preferida

de tota l'obra d'Alfred Kinsey.

My favorite being, "Cheese crumbs spread before a pair of copulating rats

La meva preferida és: "Si s'escampen engrunes de formatge davant de rates copulant

will distract the female, but not the male."

la femella es distreu, però el mascle no."

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Thank you very much.

Moltes gràcies.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)

Thanks!

Gràcies!