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

Translator: Karlos Valentino Farrugia Reviewer: TED Open Translation

Alright.

Mela se nurikhom xi stampi,

I'm going to show you a couple of images

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

minn riċerka pjaċevoli, mhux tas-soltu,

minn go "The Journal of Ultrasound in Medecine"

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

U hawn ha nissogra ngħid li dan hu l-izjed artiklu pjaċevoli

li qatt ġie ipubblikat f'"The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine"

ever published in The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

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

It-titlu hu "Observations of In-Utero Masturbation." - "Osservazzjoni ta` Masturbazzjoni fil-guf"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Okay. Mela fuq ix-xellug tistaw taraw l-id. Dik il-vleġġa l-kbira.

and the penis on the right. The hand hovering.

U l-pene fuq il-lemin. Bl-id qeda il-fuq.

And over here we have,

U fuq din in-naħa għandna

in the words of radiologist Israel Meisner,

fil-kliem tar-radjoloġista Iżraeljan Meisner,

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

"L-id taqbad il-pene, f'movimenti assoċċjati mal-masturbazzjoni"

Bear in mind this was an ultrasound,

Żommu f'moħħkhom li dan "ultrasound".

so it would have been moving images.

Jiġifieri li dawn ikunu stampa tiċċallaq.

Orgasm is a reflex of the autonomic nervous system.

L-Orgażmu huwa prodott tas-sistema nervuż awtonomiku.

Now, this is the part of the nervous system

Din hija il-parti mis-sistema nervuża

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

li tieħu ħsieb dawk l-affarijiet li man nkunux konxji minnhom.

like digestion, heart rate and sexual arousal.

bħad-diġestjoni, ir-ritmu tal-qalb, u l-istimulu sesswali.

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

L-orgażmu jista jiġi stimulat

b'ħafna modi.

Genital stimulation. Duh.

Stimulazzjoni ġenitali. Duh.

But also, Kinsey interviewed a woman

Imma fl-istess ħin Kinsey, kellu intervista ma mara,

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

li setgħet torgażma

billi xi ħadd jmellsila il-ħaġeb. eyebrow

People with spinal cord injuries,

Uħud bi ħsara fl-ispina,

like paraplegias, quadriplegias,

bħal parapliġja u kwadrupliġja, fi kliem ieħor paraliżi

will often develop a very, very sensitive area

ħafna drabi jkollhom xi parti sensittiva ħafna ħafna

right above the level of their injury,

eżatt il-fuq minn fejn weġġgħu.

wherever that is.

Tkun fejn tkun.

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

Hemm dokumentat orgażmu tal-irkoppa fil-kitba.

I think the most curious one that I came across

Naħseb l-iżjed każ kurjuż li qatt iltqajt miegħu

was a case report of a woman

kien il-każ irappurtat taċ waħda mara

who had an orgasm every time she brushed her teeth.

li kellha orgażmu kull darba li taħsel sniena.

(Laughter)

(Iżjed daħq)

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

Din kellha x'taqsam,

mal-movimenti li tagħmel waqt il-ħasil ta` snien

was triggering orgasm.

li kien qed iġegħla torgażma

And she went to a neurologist, who was fascinated.

Imsomma, dil-mara marret għand in-neuroloġista li ħa nteress kbir f'dan il-każ.

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

Għal l-ewwel iċċekja jekk kienx mit-"toothpaste".

but no -- it happened with any brand.

Imma le, tkun liema tkun id-ditta, ma tagħmilx differenza.

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

Stimulawla il-ħanek

b'toothpick, biex jaraw jekk jirnexxilhomx.

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

Le, xejn. Kien il-proċess kollu li kien qed jagħti dar-riżultat.

And the amazing thing to me

U l-biċċa stramba għalija hi,

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

li ovvjament se timmaġina li dil-mara se jkollha

iġene orali eċċelenti.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Sfortunatament, skond il-ġurnal,

"Kienet temmen li kienet iposseduta mix-xjaten

"She believed that she was possessed by demons

and switched to mouthwash for her oral care."

u bdiet tuża mouthwash għal iġene orali"

It's so sad.

Miskina.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

When I was working on the book,

Meta kont qeda naħdem fuq il-ktieb, kelli intervista

I interviewed a woman who can think herself to orgasm.

ma mara, li bil-ħsieb biss, kien ikollha orgażmu.

She was part of a study at Rutgers University.

Dil-mara kienet parti mill-istudju ta l-Universita taċ Rutgers.

You've got to love that. Rutgers.

Ma tistax ma toġgħbokx. Rutgers.

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

Mela kelli l-intervista magħha f'Oakland

f'ristorant li jservi sushi (ikel ġappuniż).

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

Staqsejta "Allura, jista jkollok orgażmu issa, hawnhekk?"

And she said,

U rrispondiet "Iva, imma jekk ma jimpurtax nippreferi nkompli niekol"

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

(Daħq)

(Laughter)

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

Wara l-ikla għamlitli dimostrazzjoni

fuq bank barra.

It was remarkable. It took about one minute.

Kienet xi ħaga rimarkabbli. ħadet xi minuta biss.

And I said to her,

U staqsejta,

"Are you just doing this all the time?"

"Allura tagħmel hekk il-ħin kollu?"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Qaltli "Le. Onestament meta nasal id-dar, nkun għajjiena ħafna issoltu"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

She said that the last time she had done it

Qaltli li l-aħħar darba li għamlita

was on the Disneyland tram.

kienet fuq tram f'Disneyland.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

The headquarters for orgasm, along the spinal nerve,

Is-sors ewlieni ta` l-orgażmu, qiegħda man-nervituri tad-dahar

is something called the sacral nerve root,

f'xi ħaġa msejħa is-"sacral nerve root". Li qeda hawn wara.

which is back here.

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

U jekk tistimula, b'electrode (xokk żgħir)

the precise spot, you will trigger an orgasm.

il-punt eżatt, se jkollok orgażmu.

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

Filfatt jista jkollok rispons ta` l-ispina

f'nies mejta.

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

Ċertu tip ta` mejtin imma, kadavri bil-qalb għada tħabbat.

Now this is somebody who is brain-dead,

Dan ikun xi ħadd li għandu moħħu mejjet, stat veġetali,

legally dead, definitely checked out,

legalment mejjet, ikkonfermat mit-tobba,

but is being kept alive on a respirator,

imma miżmum ħaj fuq il-magni respiratorji,

so that their organs will be oxygenated for transplantation.

ħalli l-organi tagħhom jiġu ossiġenati sew

biex ikunu jistgħu jintużaw għal trapjant.

Now in one of these brain-dead people,

Mela f'dawn il-mejtin

if you trigger the right spot,

jekk tolqot il-post eżatt

you will see something every now and then.

tara rispons kultant.

There is a reflex called the Lazarus reflex.

Dan ir-rispons jgħidulu ir-rispons ta` Lażżru.

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

U issa ha nipprova nurikhom mill-aħjar li nista, billi miniex mejta.

It's like this. You trigger the spot.

Tagħmel hekk, tmiss il-punt eżatt.

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

U l-mejjet jew mejta tagħmel ... hekk.

Very unsettling for people working in pathology labs.

Ma tantx tiġi apprezzata min minn jaħdem laboratorju patoloġiku.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Issa jekk tista tagħmel ir-rifless ta Lażżru f'persuna mejta,

why not the orgasm reflex?

għala mhux ir-rifless orgażmatiku?

I asked this question to a brain death expert,

Staqsejt dil-mistoqsija lill-esperta fuq stat veġetali,

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

Stephanie Mann, li kienet ċuċ biżżejjed li irrisponditli l-emails.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Qedtila, "Allura, hemm ċans sew

li jista` jkun hemm orgażmu f'persuna mejta?`

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

Qaltli " Jekk is-Sacral nerve jkun ossiġinat iva.

Hemm ċans kbir li tista"

you conceivably could."

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

Ovvjament ma tantx se tkun ta gost għal persuna.

But it would be an orgasm --

Imma se tkun orgażmu --

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

nonetheless.

xorta.

There is a researcher at the University of Alabama

Jien isuġġerejta lil -- riċerkatur fl-Universita t'Alabama

li jagħmel riċerka fuq l-orgażmi.

who does orgasm research.

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

Qedtila, "Missek tesperimenta.

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

Taf int, għandek dawk il-kadavri kollha, ħabba xogħlok fl-universita"

I said, "You should actually do this."

Qedtila "Bis-serjeta qed ngħidlek"

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

Qaltli "Il-Permess mingħand il-bord ta esperimentazzjoni fuq il-bniedem f'idek."

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

According to 1930s marriage manual author,

Skond l-awtur ta manwal fuq iż-żwieġ, li nħareg fl-1930

Theodoor van De Velde,

Theodoor Van de Velde,

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

riħa ħafifa ta sperma tista tiġi innutata ma n-nifs ta` mara

within about an hour after sexual intercourse.

sa wara siegha li jkollha x'taqsam sesswalment.

Theodoor van De Velde was something of a semen connoisseur.

Theodore Van de Velde kien espert ta l-isperma.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Dan hu l-persuna li kiteb "Ideal Marriage - Iż-Żwieg Idejali" għal ġieħna.

Raġel eterosesswali kemm tista.

Very heavy hetero guy.

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

Imma fil-ktieb tiegħu "Ideal Marriage - Iż-Żwieg Idejali"

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

kiteb li seta jagħraf id-differenza bejn l-isperma ta raġel żagħżugħ

which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell,

li skond hu, għandha riħa friska, eżilaranti

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

u l-isperma ta raġel matur

li l-sperma tieghu kellha riħa ta, u hawn nikkwota

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

"Rimarkabbli, bħal fjuri tal-Ġellewza Spanjola.

Sometimes quite freshly floral,

Kultant qisa fjura għada tiftaħ

and then again sometimes extremely pungent."

u kultant ukoll qawwija wisq"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Mela, fl-1999, fl-Izrael

raġel qabdu is-sulluzzu.

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

U kien wieħed minn dawk il-każijiet li jibqa sejjer u sejjer.

He tried everything his friends suggested.

Ipprova kull ma ssuġerewlu sħabu.

Nothing seemed to help.

Xejn ma ħadem.

Days went by.

Għaddew il-jiem. F'ċertu mument, dar-raġel

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

bis-sulluzzu għaddej, kellu x'jaqsam ma martu.

And lo and behold, the hiccups went away.

U ċum bum, is-sulluzzu telaq.

He told his doctor, who published a case report

Qal lit-tabib tieghu, li ppublika rapport tal-kaz

in a Canadian medical journal under the title,

f'ġurnal mediku Kanadiz, taht it-titlu,

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

"Is-Sess bħala Kura Possibli

ta Sulluzzu Kontinwu"

I love this article because at a certain point they suggested

Joġgħobni mmens dan l-artiklu għax f'ċertu punt jissuġerixxu

that unattached hiccuppers could try masturbation.

li dawk li jaqbadhom is-sulluzzu u jkunu single, jippruvaw il-masturbazzjoni.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Toġgħobni dik għax daħħlu parti demografika ġdida. Nies single bis-sulluzzu.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

Married, single, unattached hiccupper.

Miżżewgin. Single. Single's bis-sulluzzu

In the 1900s, early 1900s,

Fil-bidu ta` l-1900

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

ġinekoloġisti, ħafna minnhom kienu jemmnu

li meta mara jkollha orgażmu,

the contractions serve to suck the semen up through the cervix

il-kontrazzjonijiet iservu biex jiġbdu l-isperma lejn iċ-ċerviċi (cervix)

and sort of deliver it really quickly to the egg,

u b'hekk l-isperma tasal iżjed malajr ħdejn il-bajda.

thereby upping the odds of conception.

B'hekk jiżdied iċ-ċans ta` konċepiment.

It was called the "upsuck" theory.

Kienet imsejħa it-tejorija "Upsuck"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

Jekk tmorru lura sa żmien Hippocrates,

If you go all the way back to Hippocrates,

physicians believed that orgasm in women

it-tobba kienu jemmnu li l-orgażmu f'mara ma kienux biss tajbin

was not just helpful for conception, but necessary.

għal konċepiment, imma neċessarji.

Doctors back then were routinely telling men

It-tobba ta dak iz-żmien kienu jgħidu lil irġiel

the importance of pleasuring their wives.

l-importanza li jagħtu pjaċir il-marthom.

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

Il-kittieb tal-Marriage Manual, u espert tar-riħa ta` l-isperma

Theodore Van de Velde --

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

has a line in his book.

għandu frażi fil-ktieb tiegħu.

I loved this guy.

Għoġobni dar-raġel, sibt ħafna xi ngħid fuqu, is-sur Theodore Van de Velde.

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

He had this line in his book

Mela kellu sentenza fil-ktieb tiegħu,

that supposedly comes from the Habsburg Monarchy,

li suppost ġejja mill-Monarkija ta` Habsburg. (l-Awtrijaċi)

where there was an empress Maria Theresa,

Dawn kellhom Imperatriċi Maria Tereża,

who was having trouble conceiving.

li kellha problema tikonċepixi.

And apparently the royal court physician said to her,

U apparentament it-tabib tal-familja rjali qallha,

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

"Jien ta` l-opinjoni

li il-vulva, ta` l-Onorevoli Majesta`

be titillated for some time prior to intercourse."

tiġi eċċitata qabel maj jkollha x'taqsam"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Apparentament, manafx fejn, hemm miktub li

Masters and Johnson:

Masters u Johnson: issa mxejna lejn il-ħamsinijiet (1950's).

now we're moving forward to the 1950s.

Masters and Johnson were upsuck skeptics,

kienu xettiċi tat-tejorija upsuck.

which is also really fun to say.

U anka biex tgħida iġġiblek tbissima.

They didn't buy it.

Ma niżżluwiex.

And they decided, being Masters and Johnson,

U ddeċidew, billi huma Masters u Johnson,

that they would get to the bottom of it.

li jinvestigawa.

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

Ġabu xi nisa ġo laboratorju. Naħseb kienu ħamsa.

and outfitted them with cervical caps containing artificial semen.

U libbsuhom kappep fuq iċ-ċerviċi (cervix)

li kellhom fihom, sperma artifiċjali.

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

U f'din l-isperma artifiċjali,

kien hemm sustanza li fuq X-ray

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

kienet tidher, msejjħa radio-opaque.

This is the 1950s.

Dan kien fil-bidu tal-ħamsinijiet.

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

Imsomma dawn in-nisa qadu bilqeda quddiem magna tal-X-ray.

And they masturbated.

U bdew jimmasturbaw.

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

U Masters u Johnson qadu attenti biex jaraw jekk l-isperma jigiex miġbud il-fuq.

Did not find any evidence of upsuck.

Ma sabu l-ebda evidenza ta "upsuck".

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

Nimmaġimakhom taħsbu "Imma kif tagħmel sperma artifiċjali?"

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Għandi tweġiba għalikhom, anzi tnejn.

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

Tista tuza` jew dqiq u ilma jew lamtu tal-qamħirrun (cornstarch) u ilma

I actually found three separate recipes in the literature.

filfatt sibt dawn iġ-ġiex riċetti f'artikli differenti.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

My favorite being the one that says --

Il-favorita tiegħi tkun dik li tgħid --

you know, they have the ingredients listed,

taf int, jkollok il-lista ta` l-ingredjenti.

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

u mbad ir-riċetta li tgħidlek, per eżempju,

"Yield: two dozen cupcakes."

"Tagħmel ġiex tużżani pasti"

This one said, "Yield: one ejaculate."

Din kellha miktub "Tagħmel, eġakulazzjoni waħda."

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

There's another way that orgasm might boost fertility.

Hemm mod ieħor kif l-orgażmu jista jżid il-fertilita`.

This one involves men.

Din tinvolvi l-irġiel.

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

L-isperma li ddum fil-ġisem għal ġimgħa jew iżjed

start to develop abnormalities

tibda` tifforma anormalitajiet

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

li jagħmluwa inqas effetiva biex ir-ras ta l-isperma isib ruħa

ġol-bajda.

British sexologist Roy Levin has speculated

Is-sesswologu Ingliż Roy Levin

spekula li din hi probabli għalfejn l-irġiel

that this is perhaps why men

evolvew f'masturbaturi entużjastiċi u frekwenti.

evolved to be such enthusiastic and frequent masturbators.

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

Qal "Jekk noqod inġerrieħ ta` spiss

ikolli sperma dejjem friska u b'saħħita"

Which I thought was an interesting idea, theory.

Li jien ħsibta kienet ideja interessanti, tejoritikament.

So now you have an evolutionary excuse.

Allura issa intom l-irġiel għandkhom skuża evolutarja.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

Okay.

Okay.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Mela, fl-annimali hemm evidenza konsiderevoli li l-upsuck teżisti.

pigs, for instance.

Per eżempju il-ħniezer.

In Denmark, the Danish National Committee for Pig Production

Fid-Danimarka, l-Kumitat Internazzjonali tal-Produzzjoni tal-Majjal,

found out that if you sexually stimulate a sow

sab illi jekk

tistimula sesswalment il-majjala qabel tuża l-inseminazzjoni artifiċjali,

while you artificially inseminate her,

ha tara titjieb ta` sitta` fil-mija fil-konċepiment,

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

li jisarraf f'iżjed ħnieżer żgħar prodotti.

which is the number of piglets produced.

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

Allura ġew b'dal-pjan. Pjan imqassam f'ħames punti ta stimulazzjoni

għal majjaliet.

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

Ġagħlu lir-raħħal -- għamlulhom il-posters fl-istallel

u anka DVD.

And I got a copy of this DVD.

U jien għandi kopja ta dan id-DVD.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Din se tkun il-punt qawwi tat-taħdita tieghi. Se nurikhom biċċa minnu.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

So, okay.

Mela.

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

Mela tlaqna.... la la la għax-xogħol.

It all looks very innocent.

Kollox jidher innoċenti.

He's going to be doing things with his hands

Se jagħmel affarijiet b'idejh

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

li l-faħal jagħmel b'imnieħru, la m'għandux idejn. Użgur.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

This is it.

Mela din hi. Il-faħal jinnamra naqa stramb.

The boar has a very odd courtship repertoire.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

This is to mimic the weight of the boar.

Din biex timita it-toqol tal-faħal/

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Għandkhom tkunu tafu li l-klitoride tal-majjala, qegħda ġol-vaġina.

So this may be sort of titillating for her.

Din naħseb tkun eċċitanti għalija. Tlaqna.

Here we go.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

And the happy result.

U ir-riżultat.

(Applause)

(Applaws)

I love this video.

Joġgħobni dal-vidjow.

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

Hemm punt fil-vidjo, fil-bidu

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

fejn jiżżumjaw fuq idu, u għandu ċurkett taż-żwieg fuqa,

qishom qed jgħidu "Dan xogħlu biss qed jagħmel. Iva jħobbhom in-nisa."

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

He really does like women."

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Mela. Kif qedt -- meta kont id-Danimarka, dik li ospitatni kien jisimha Anne Marie.

U staqsejta, " Allura, flok dak kollu, għala ma taqbdux tistimolaw direttament il-klitoride tal-majjala?

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

Why don't you have the farmers do that?

Għala ir-raħħala ma jagħmlux hekk?

That's not one of your five steps."

Dik mhiex qegħda fil-ħames punti tagħkhom.

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

Qaltli -- u hawn se naqralkhom għax toġghobni kif qalitili.

Qalet " Il-problema ewlenija

She said, "It was a big hurdle

just to get farmers to touch underneath the vulva.

kienet biex iġġghiel ir-raħħal imiss taħt il-vulva.

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

Allura għedna, mhux se nsemmu l-klitoride għalissa żgur".

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Raħħala li jkunu ambizzjużi imma jiddejqu, jistaw jixtru -- u din vera --

a sow vibrator,

vibrator għal majjala,

that hangs on the sperm feeder tube to vibrate.

li jiddendel mat-tubu ta` fejn joħrog l-isperma u jivvibra.

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

Għax kif semmejt,

il-klitoride, qegħda ġol-vaġina.

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

Possibilment, iżjed eċċitanti milli tinstema`.

And I also said to her,

U edtila ukoll,

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

"Dawk il-majjaliet, jekk innutajt,

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

qas jidhru li qed jieħdu xi pjecir ta barra minn hawn."

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

Irrisponditni " Ma tistax tgħid"

because animals don't register pain or pleasure

Għax l-annimali ma jurux

uġigħ jew pjaċir fuq wiċċhom, fl-istess mod bħalna.

on their faces in the same way that we do.

Il-majjali bħal klieb.

Pigs, for example, are more like dogs.

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

Jużaw il-biċċa ta` fuq ta` wiċċhom, il-widnejn huma espressivi ħafna.

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

Jiġifieri diffiċli tkun taf x'inhi għaddejja minnu l-majjala.

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

Aħna il-primati, minn naħa l-oħra, nużaw ħalqna ħafna izjed.

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

Dan hu wiċċ is-stump-tailed macaque, waqt l-eġukulazzjoni.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

U, din ġiet osservata fin-nisa macaques ukoll.

but only when mounting another female.

Imma biss meta jitilaw jgħammru mara oħra.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

Masters and Johnson.

Masters and Johnson, fl-1950s, iddeċidew,

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

okay, mela se ninvestigaw iċ-ċiklu sesswali uman kollhu.

the entire human sexual response cycle,

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

Mit-tqanqil, sa l-orgażmu, fl-irġiel u nisa.

everything that happens in the human body.

Dak kollu li jiġri fil-ġisem uman.

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

Mela, fin-nisa, kollox jiġri ġewwa.

This did not stop Masters and Johnson.

Din ma waqqfitx lil Masters and Johnson.

They developed an artificial coition machine.

Ivvintaw magna tas-sess artifiċjali.

This is basically a penis camera on a motor.

Li kienet bażikament, kamera tal-pene bil-mutur.

There is a phallus,

Kellek il-pene,

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

pene akriliku ċar, b'kamera u sors ta` dawl,

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

mwaħħla ma mutur sejjer hekk.

And the woman would have sex with it.

U n-nisa kienu jagħmlu sess magħa.

That is what they would do. Pretty amazing.

Hekk kienu jagħmlu, li hi xi ħaġa ta barra minn hawn.

Sadly, this device has been dismantled.

Sfortunatament, dil-magna ġiet żarmata.

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

Tqabbadni dwejjaq kbar. Mhux għax ridt nuża.

I wanted to see it.

Ridt nara imma.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

One fine day,

Mela darba

Alfred Kinsey decided to calculate

Alfred Kinsey iddeċida

li jikkalkula id-distanza medja ta kemm itir l-eġukulazzjoni.

the average distance traveled by ejaculated semen.

This was not idle curiosity.

Din ma kienitx għal kurżita biss.

Doctor Kinsey had heard --

Dr. Kinsey kien semgħa --

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

u kien hemm dit-teorija, fil-bidu ta l-1940,

that the force with which semen is thrown against the cervix

li is-saħħa li

l-sperma tiġi mwaddba maċ-ċerviċi

was a factor in fertility.

kien fattur fil-fertilita.

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

Kinsey m'għemminiex. Allura beda jinvestiga,

He got together in his lab

Ġabar fil-laboratorju tiegħu

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

300 raġel, measuring tape (strument tal-kejl) u kamera ċinematografika.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

U fil-fatt sab

li tlett kwarti ta l-irġiel

the stuff just kind of slopped out.

l-eġukullajoni, kemm ħarġet u ċċarċret barra.

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

Ma kienetx mitfugħa jew eġakulata b'xi saħħa kbira.

However, the record holder

Imma, ir-rebbieħ

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

ġie ikkalkullat li waddaba ftit inqas minn tmien piedi. Li hi xi ħaġa impressjonanti.

(Daħq)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

(Applaws)

Yes. Exactly.

Eżatt.

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Sfortunatament, baqa anonimu. M'hemmx ismu

(Laughter)

fl-artiklu,

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

fl-istess kitba, parti mill-esperiment għal ktieb tiegħu

Kinsey wrote,

Kinsey kiteb,

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

"Ġiex lożor intużaw biex jiġu protetti t-twapet."

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

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

Li hu t-tieni frażi favorita għalija,

fil-kitba kollha ta` Alfred Kinsey.

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

Il-favorita tiegħi tkun "ġobon mxerred ħdejn koppja firien jitgħammru

will distract the female, but not the male."

se jtellfu l-mara imma mhux ir-raġel."

(Laughter)

(Daħq)

Thank you very much.

Grazzi mill-qalb.

(Applause)

(Applaws)

Thanks!

Grazzi!