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

Translator: David J. Kreps Finnemann Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

Alright.

Okay, jeg vil vise jer et par billeder

I'm going to show you a couple of images

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

fra en meget underholdende afhandling

i The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

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

Jeg vil vove mig ud på dybt vand her, og sige at det er den mest underholdende afhandling

nogensinde udgivet i The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

ever published in The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

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

Titlen er "Observations of In-Utero Masturbation."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Okay. På den venstre side kan man se hånden -- det er den store pil --

and the penis on the right. The hand hovering.

og penisen til højre. Hånden svæver.

And over here we have,

Og herovre har vi,

in the words of radiologist Israel Meisner,

med radiologen Israel Meisners ord,

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

"Hånden holder penisen på en måde der minder om masturbations bevægelser."

Bear in mind this was an ultrasound,

Husk på, dette var ultralyd,

so it would have been moving images.

så det ville have været bevægende billeder.

Orgasm is a reflex of the autonomic nervous system.

Orgasmer er en refleks af det autonome nervesystem.

Now, this is the part of the nervous system

Nu er dette den del af nervesystemet

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

der har at gøre med ting som vi ikke bevist kontrollerer,

like digestion, heart rate and sexual arousal.

såsom fordøjelse, hjertefrekvens og seksuel ophidselse.

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

Og orgasmerefleksen kan udløses

af en overraskende bred vifte af input.

Genital stimulation. Duh.

Genital stimulation. Duh.

But also, Kinsey interviewed a woman

Men Kinsey interviewede også en kvinde

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

der kunne få en orgasme

ved at nogen strøg hendes øjenbryn.

People with spinal cord injuries,

Mennesker med skader på rygsøjlen,

like paraplegias, quadriplegias,

som mennesker der er ramt af paraplegi, quadriplegi,

will often develop a very, very sensitive area

vil tit udvikle et meget, meget følsom område

right above the level of their injury,

lige over stedet hvor skaden er,

wherever that is.

hvor det end er.

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

Der er sådan noget som en knæorgasme i litteraturen.

I think the most curious one that I came across

Jeg tror det mest besynderlige som jeg opdagede

was a case report of a woman

var en sag om en kvinde

who had an orgasm every time she brushed her teeth.

der fik en orgasme hver gang hun børstede tænder.

(Laughter)

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

Det var noget i hendes komplekse

sanse-motoriske handling af at børste tænder

was triggering orgasm.

der udløste orgasmen.

And she went to a neurologist, who was fascinated.

Og hun tog til en neurolog der blev fascineret.

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

Han kontrollerede om der var noget i tandpastaen,

but no -- it happened with any brand.

men nej -- det skete med alle mærker.

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

De stimulerede hendes tandkød

med en tandstik, for at se hvad der gjorde det.

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

Nej. Det var hele, I ved, bevægelsen.

And the amazing thing to me

Og det utrolige for mig er at

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

nu skulle man tro at denne kvinde ville have

fremragende mundhygiejne.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Desværre - dette stod i afhandlingen --

"Hun mente at hun var besat af dæmoner

"She believed that she was possessed by demons

and switched to mouthwash for her oral care."

og skiftede til mundskylning som mund hygiejne."

It's so sad.

Det er så sørgeligt.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

When I was working on the book,

Jeg interviewede, da jeg arbejdede på min bog,

I interviewed a woman who can think herself to orgasm.

interviewede jeg en kvinde der kan tænke sig selv til orgasme.

She was part of a study at Rutgers University.

Hun var en del af et studie ved Rutgers University.

You've got to love that. Rutgers.

Det må man elske. Rutgers.

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

Så jeg interviewede hende i Oakland,

på en sushi restaurant.

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

Og jeg sagde, "Så, kunne du gøre det lige her?"

And she said,

Og hun sagde, "Jo, men jeg vil hellere lige spise færdig, hvis det er i orden."

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

(Latter)

(Laughter)

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

Men bagefter var hun så venlig at demonstrere det

på en bænk udenfor.

It was remarkable. It took about one minute.

Det var bemærkelsesværdigt. Det tog cirka et minut.

And I said to her,

Og jeg sagde til hende,

"Are you just doing this all the time?"

"Gør du bare det her hele tiden?"

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Hun sagde, "Nej. Ærlig talt, når jeg kommer hjem er jeg tit for træt."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

She said that the last time she had done it

Hun sagde at sidste gang hun havde gjort det

was on the Disneyland tram.

var på sporvognen i Disneyland.

(Laughter)

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The headquarters for orgasm, along the spinal nerve,

Hovedkvarteret for orgasmer, ned ad rygsøjlen,

is something called the sacral nerve root,

er noget der hedder sakrale nerverod, som sidder heromme.

which is back here.

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

Hvis man trigger, hvis man stimulerer med en elektrode,

the precise spot, you will trigger an orgasm.

det præcise område, vil man udløse en orgasme.

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

Og det er et faktum at man kan udløse rygmarvs reflekser

hos døde mennesker --

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

en bestemt slags død person, et hjertebankende lig.

Now this is somebody who is brain-dead,

Nu er dette nogen der er hjernedød,

legally dead, definitely checked out,

officielt død, helt sikkert væk,

but is being kept alive on a respirator,

men holdes i live på en respirator,

so that their organs will be oxygenated for transplantation.

så deres organer bliver forsynet med ilt

til transplantation.

Now in one of these brain-dead people,

I en af disse hjernedøde mennesker,

if you trigger the right spot,

hvis man trigger det rette område,

you will see something every now and then.

vil man se noget af og til.

There is a reflex called the Lazarus reflex.

Dette er en refleks der hedder Lazarusrefleksen.

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

Og dette er -- jeg vil demonstrere det så godt jeg kan, uden at være død.

It's like this. You trigger the spot.

Det virker sådan her. Man trigger punktet.

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

Den døde fyr, eller pige, gør .. sådan.

Very unsettling for people working in pathology labs.

Meget foruroligende for menesker der arbejder i patologi laboratorier.

(Laughter)

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

Så hvis man kan udløse Lazarus effekten hos en død person,

why not the orgasm reflex?

hvorfor ikke orgasmerefleksen?

I asked this question to a brain death expert,

Jeg stillede spørgsmålet til en ekspert i hjernedødhed,

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

Stephanie Mann, der var dum nok til at svare på mine emails.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Jeg sagde, "Så, man kunne muligvis

udløse en orgasme hos en død person?"

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

Hun sagde, "Ja, hvis den sakrale nerve bliver iltet,

kunne man muligvis gøre det."

you conceivably could."

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

Det ville selvsagt ikke være lige så sjovt for personen.

But it would be an orgasm --

Men det ville være en orgasme --

(Laughter)

(Latter)

nonetheless.

ikke desto mindre.

There is a researcher at the University of Alabama

Jeg foreslog faktisk at -- der er en forsker ved University of Alabama

der forsker i orgasmer.

who does orgasm research.

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

Jeg sagde til hende, "Du skulle udføre et eksperiment.

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

Du ved? Man kan få lig når man arbejder ved et universitet."

I said, "You should actually do this."

Jeg sagde, "Du burde virkelig gøre det."

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

Hun sagde, "Man får det menneskelige forsøgspersons udvalg godkendelse til dette."

(Laughter)

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According to 1930s marriage manual author,

Ifølge en ægteskabs manual forfatter fra 1930,

Theodoor van De Velde,

Theodor van de Velde,

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

kan der spores en lettere sæd duft i en kvindes ånde

within about an hour after sexual intercourse.

inden for den første time efter seksuelt samvær.

Theodoor van De Velde was something of a semen connoisseur.

Theodor van de Velde var noget af en sædkender.

(Laughter)

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

Dette er en fyr der skriver en bog, "Ideal Marriage," I ved.

Utrolig hetero fyr.

Very heavy hetero guy.

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

Man han skrev i sin bog, "Ideal Marriage" --

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

han sagde at han kunne kende forskel på sæden fra en ung mand,

which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell,

som han sagde havde en frisk, opløftende duft,

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

og sæden fra mere modne mænd,

hvis sæd lugtede citat,

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

"Bemærkelsesværdigt som blomsten fra en spansk kastanje.

Sometimes quite freshly floral,

Nogle gange frisk blomstret,

and then again sometimes extremely pungent."

og så nogen gange ekstremt skarp."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Okay. I 1999, i staten Israel,

fik en mand hikke.

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

Og dette var en af de tilfælde der forsatte og fortsatte.

He tried everything his friends suggested.

Han havde prøvet alt hans venner foreslog.

Nothing seemed to help.

Intet lod til at hjælpe.

Days went by.

Dage gik. På et tidspunkt, manden,

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

stadigt hikkende, havde han sex med sin kone.

And lo and behold, the hiccups went away.

Og tænk engang, hikken forsvandt.

He told his doctor, who published a case report

Han fortalte det til sin læge, der udgav en rapport

in a Canadian medical journal under the title,

i en canadisk medicinsk journal med titlen,

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

"Sexual Intercourse as a Potential Treatment

for Intractable Hiccups."

I love this article because at a certain point they suggested

Jeg elsker denne artikel, fordi de på et tidspunkt foreslog

that unattached hiccuppers could try masturbation.

at single folk med hikke kunne prøve at masturbere.

(Laughter)

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

Jeg elsker det fordi der er bare en hel demografi: single mennesker med hikke.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Married, single, unattached hiccupper.

Gifte, singler,single mennesker med hikke.

In the 1900s, early 1900s,

I 1900'erne og tidlige 1900'er

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

gynækologer, mange gynækologer mente

at når en kvinde fik en orgasme

the contractions serve to suck the semen up through the cervix

skal sammentrækingerne suge sæden op gennem livmoderhalsen

and sort of deliver it really quickly to the egg,

og på en måde aflevere det virkelig hurtigt til ægget,

thereby upping the odds of conception.

derved forhøje oddsene for undfangelse.

It was called the "upsuck" theory.

Det hed "upsuck" teorien.

(Laughter)

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Hvis vi går helt tilbage til Hippocrates,

If you go all the way back to Hippocrates,

physicians believed that orgasm in women

troede fysikere på at orgasmen i kvinden ikke kun var

was not just helpful for conception, but necessary.

behjælpelige med undfangelsen, men nødvendige.

Doctors back then were routinely telling men

Lægerne dengang fortalte mænd jævnligt

the importance of pleasuring their wives.

om vigtigheden af at glæde deres kone.

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

Ægteskabsmanual forfatteren og sæd snifferen

Theodor van de Velde --

(Laughter)

(Latter)

has a line in his book.

har en linje i sin bog.

I loved this guy.

Jeg elskede denne fyr. Jeg fik en masse gode ting ud af Theodor van de Velde.

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

He had this line in his book

Han havde en linje i sin bog

that supposedly comes from the Habsburg Monarchy,

der efter sigende kommer fra det habsburgske monarki,

where there was an empress Maria Theresa,

hvor der var en herskerinde Maria Theresa,

who was having trouble conceiving.

der havde problemer med at undfange.

And apparently the royal court physician said to her,

Og tilsyneladende sagde lægen ved det royale hof til hende,

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

"Jeg er af den mening

at deres meste hellige majestæts vulva

be titillated for some time prior to intercourse."

bør pirres i noget tid inden samlejet."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Det er åbenbart, jeg ved det ikke, skrevet ned et eller andet sted.

Masters and Johnson:

Masters og Johnson: nu går vi frem til 1950'erne.

now we're moving forward to the 1950s.

Masters and Johnson were upsuck skeptics,

Masters og Johnson var skeptikere overfor "upsuck" teorien

which is also really fun to say.

hvilket også er virkelig sjovt at sige.

They didn't buy it.

De troede ikke på det.

And they decided, being Masters and Johnson,

Og de besluttede, værende Masters og Johnson,

that they would get to the bottom of it.

at de ville nå til bunds i det.

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

De bragte kvinder ind i laboratoriet -- jeg mener det var fem kvinder --

and outfitted them with cervical caps containing artificial semen.

og udstyrede dem med hætter i livmoderhalsen

der indeholdt kunstigt sæd.

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

Og i den kunstige sæd

var der en radio-uigennemsigtig substans,

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

så den ville vise sig på et røntgenbillede.

This is the 1950s.

Dette er 1950'erne.

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

I hvert fald satte disse kvinder sig foran en røntgenmaskine.

And they masturbated.

Og de masturberede.

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

Og Masters og Johnson kiggede efter om sæden blev suget op.

Did not find any evidence of upsuck.

De fandt ikke nogen beviser på "upsuck" teorien.

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

I undrer jer måske over, "Hvordan laver man kunstig sæd?"

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Jeg har et svar til jer. Jeg har to svar.

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

Man kan bruge mel og vand, eller majsmel og vand.

I actually found three separate recipes in the literature.

Jeg fandt faktisk tre forskellige opskrifter i litteraturen.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

My favorite being the one that says --

Min favorit er den der siger --

you know, they have the ingredients listed,

I ved, der har ingredienserne på en liste,

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

og i en opskrift vil der så stå, for eksempel,

"Yield: two dozen cupcakes."

"Mængde: to dusin cupcakes."

This one said, "Yield: one ejaculate."

På denne stod der, "Mængde: en udløsning."

(Laughter)

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There's another way that orgasm might boost fertility.

Der er en anden måde hvorpå en orgasme kan booste fertiliteten.

This one involves men.

Denne involverer mænd.

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

Sæd der sidder rundt om i kroppen i en uge eller mere

start to develop abnormalities

begynder at udvikle abnormaliteter

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

der gør dem mindre effektive til at headbange deres vej

ind til ægget.

British sexologist Roy Levin has speculated

Den britiske sexolog Roy Levin

har spekuleret over at dette måske er grunden til at mænd

that this is perhaps why men

udviklede sig til at være så entusiastiske og hyppige onanister.

evolved to be such enthusiastic and frequent masturbators.

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

Han sagde, "Hvis jeg bliver ved med at masturbere

bliver der lavet frisk sæd."

Which I thought was an interesting idea, theory.

Hvilket jeg synes var en interessant ide, teori.

So now you have an evolutionary excuse.

Så nu har I en evolutionær undskyldning.

(Laughter)

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Okay.

Okay.

(Laughter)

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

Okay. Der er en anseelig mængde bevis på "upsuck" teorien i dyreriget --

pigs, for instance.

grise, for eksempel.

In Denmark, the Danish National Committee for Pig Production

I Danmark, fandt Danish National Committee for Pig Production

found out that if you sexually stimulate a sow

ud af at hvis man

stimulerer en so seksuelt mens man inseminerer hende,

while you artificially inseminate her,

vil man se en seks procent forøgelse i fare mængden,

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

hvilket er antallet af grislinger der produceres.

which is the number of piglets produced.

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

Så de fandt på denne plan, denne fem punkts stimulerings plan

for soerne.

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

Og de fik bønderne -- der er plakatter som de hænger op i laden,

og de har en DVD.

And I got a copy of this DVD.

Og jeg fik en kopi af denne DVD.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Dette er min afsløring, fordi jeg vil vise jer et klip.

(Laughter)

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So, okay.

Så uh, okay.

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

Nu går vi her ind til -- la la la, afsted på arbejde.

It all looks very innocent.

Det ser alt sammen meget uskyldigt ud.

He's going to be doing things with his hands

Han kommer til at gøre ting med sine hænder

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

hvor ornen ville bruge sin snude, i mangel på hænder. Okay.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

This is it.

Her er det. Ornen har et meget mærkelig repertoire af bejlen.

The boar has a very odd courtship repertoire.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

This is to mimic the weight of the boar.

Dette er for at efterligne ornens vægt.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

I bør vide, grisens klitoris, inde i vagina.

So this may be sort of titillating for her.

Så dette må være en slags kilden for hende. Sådan.

Here we go.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

And the happy result.

Og det glædelige resultat.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

I love this video.

Jeg elsker denne video.

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

Der er et punkt i denne video, i begyndelsen

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

hvor de zoomer in for et close up af hans hånd med vielsesringen,

for ligesom at sige, "Det er okay, det er bare hans arbejde. Han kan virkelig godt lide kvinder."

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

He really does like women."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Okay. Nu sagde jeg -- da jeg var i Danmark, hed min vært Anne Marie.

Og jeg sagde, "Hvorfor stimulerer I ikke bare grisens klitoris?

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

Why don't you have the farmers do that?

Hvorfor får I ikke bønderne til at gøre det?

That's not one of your five steps."

Det er ikke et af jeres fem skridt."

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

Hun sagde -- jeg bliver nød til at læse det for jer hvad hun sagde, fordi jeg elsker det.

Hun sagde, "Det var en stor hurdle

She said, "It was a big hurdle

just to get farmers to touch underneath the vulva.

bare for at få bønderne til at røre dem under vulva.

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

Så vi tænkte, lad os ikke nævne klitorisen lige nu."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Generte, men ambitiøse svinebønder, derimod, kan købe en -- dette er sandt --

a sow vibrator,

en so vibrator,

that hangs on the sperm feeder tube to vibrate.

der hænger på sæd fodrings slangen for at vibrere.

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

Fordi, som jeg nævnte,

er klitoris inde i vaginaen.

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

Så muligvis, I ved, en smule mere ophidsende end det ser ud.

And I also said to her,

Og jeg sagde også til hende,

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

"Disse soer. Jeg mener, du har måske lagt mærke til der,

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

Soen ser ikke ud til at være hengivet i glæde."

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

Og hun sagde, man kan ikke lave den konklusion,

because animals don't register pain or pleasure

fordi dyr ikke registrerer

smerte eller glæde i deres ansigt på samme måde som vi gør.

on their faces in the same way that we do.

De har en tendens til -- grise, for eksempel, er mere ligesom hunde.

Pigs, for example, are more like dogs.

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

De bruger den øverste halvdel af deres ansigt; ørerne er meget udtryksfulde.

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

Så man er ikke helt sikker på hvad der sker med grisen.

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

Primater, på den anden side, vi bruger vores mund mere.

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

Dette er udløsnings ansigtet af en stumphalet makak.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Og, interessant nok, er dette blevet observeret i hun makaker,

but only when mounting another female.

men kun når de bestiger en anden hun.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Masters and Johnson.

Masters og Johnson, i 1950'erne, besluttede,

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

okay, vi skal regne hele den menneskelige seksuelle respons system ud,

the entire human sexual response cycle,

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

fra opstemthed, hele vejen gennem orgasme, hos mænd og kvinder --

everything that happens in the human body.

alt der sker i den menneskelige krop.

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

Okay, hos kvinder, sker der en hel masse indeni.

This did not stop Masters and Johnson.

Dette holdte ikke Masters og Johnson tilbage.

They developed an artificial coition machine.

De udviklede en kunstig samlejemaskine.

This is basically a penis camera on a motor.

Dette er dybest set et penis kamera på en motor.

There is a phallus,

Der er en fallos,

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

gennemsigtig akryl fallos, med et kamera og en lyskilde,

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

sat fast på en motor der mere eller mindre bevæger sig sådan her.

And the woman would have sex with it.

Og kvinden havde sex med den.

That is what they would do. Pretty amazing.

Det er det de gjorde. Temmelig utroligt.

Sadly, this device has been dismantled.

Desværre, er dette apparat blevet skilt ad.

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

Det piner mig, ikke fordi jeg vil bruge den --

I wanted to see it.

jeg ville se den.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

One fine day,

En fin dag

Alfred Kinsey decided to calculate

besluttede Alfred Kinsey

at udregne den gennemsnitlige afstand som udløst sæd rejser.

the average distance traveled by ejaculated semen.

This was not idle curiosity.

Dette var ikke indholdsløs nysgerrighed.

Doctor Kinsey had heard --

Doktor Kinsey havde hørt --

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

og der cirkulerede en teori på det tidspunkt, dette var i starten af 1940'erne --

that the force with which semen is thrown against the cervix

at den kraft hvormed

sæd blev kastet imod livmoderhalsen

was a factor in fertility.

var en faktor for fertiliteten.

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

Kinsey mente det var sludder, så han begyndte at arbejde med det.

He got together in his lab

Han samlede 300 mænd

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

i sit laboratorie, et målebånd, og et filmkamera.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Og faktisk fandt han

at hos tre fjerdedele af mændene

the stuff just kind of slopped out.

spildte stadset mere eller mindre ud.

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

Det blev ikke sprøjtet eller kastet eller skudt ud under stort pres.

However, the record holder

Dog landede rekordholderen

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

lige inden 2,5 meter mærket, hvilket er imponerende.

(Latter)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)

Yes. Exactly.

Ja. Præcis.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Desværre, er han anonym. Hans navn er ikke nævnt.

(Laughter)

I sin anmeldelse,

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

i sin anmeldelse af hans eksperiment i sin bog,

Kinsey wrote,

skrev Kinsey,

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

"To lagener blev lagt ned for at beskytte de orientalske tæpper."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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

Hvilket er min anden yndlingslinje

i hele hele Alfred Kinseys værk.

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

Min yndlings værende, "Spredte oste krummer for et kopulerende par mus

will distract the female, but not the male."

vil distrahere hunnen, men ikke hannen."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Thank you very much.

Mange tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

Thanks!

Tak!