Duck Penises are amazing things.

The_Minister

This is facinating. The idea of evolving new genitals to prevent rape is amazing.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN3046442120070501?feedType=RSS&pageNumber=1

Mossy Monk

Funnily enough, this was the first thing I thought about today. A coincidence or what?

TerrorFirmer

Mossy Monk wrote:

Funnily enough, this was the first thing I thought about today. A coincidence or what?

You woke up, and thought about duck penises? Personally, I usually think about breakfast at this time.

tbh

...and the rest writes itself.

looksee

All that stuff about corkscrews and spirals would make for interesting diagrams in MS paint though.:eek:

Nevyn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_female_condom

http://www.sqlhelper.net/html/Technology/03/Anti_rape_Device_to_Hit_the_Market_13472.html

Bottle_of_Smoke

It's a pretty interesting article but I hate the way it words evolution - particularly this bit -

Brennan believes females evolved convoluted oviducts to foil the male rapists.

"You can envision an evolutionary scenario that, as the male phallus increases in size, the female creates more barriers. You get this evolutionary arms race,"


To someone who doesn't know how evloution works you would think the female actually thinks to herself "I don't want to get raped, think I'll grow my vagina in a corkscrew shape"

Should really say something like "Convoluted oviducts would help prevent fertilisation through rape. If ducklings were less likely to survive from an absent father this trait would certainly be more likely to be passed on."

Ghost Train

Thaedydal wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_female_condom

http://www.sqlhelper.net/html/Technology/03/Anti_rape_Device_to_Hit_the_Market_13472.html

doesn't sound too friendly, nice image gallery here
http://www.rapestop.net/
wonder if there were clinical trials for it :eek:

The Sweeper

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote:

It's a pretty interesting article but I hate the way it words evolution - particularly this bit -

Brennan believes females evolved convoluted oviducts to foil the male rapists.

"You can envision an evolutionary scenario that, as the male phallus increases in size, the female creates more barriers. You get this evolutionary arms race,"


To someone who doesn't know how evloution works you would think the female actually thinks to herself "I don't want to get raped, think I'll grow my vagina in a corkscrew shape"

To be honest I thought you were overreacting, then I read this on page three:

"What I think is really cool is this does speak a lot about the ability of the female to have these cryptic mechanisms of choice," Brennan said."

Yes. You choose your evolutionary path.

/me goes off to evolve wings.

magick

this thread = brillant

Zillah

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote:

Should really say something like "Convoluted oviducts would help prevent fertilisation through rape. If ducklings were less likely to survive from an absent father this trait would certainly be more likely to be passed on."

I was going to disagree with you and point out that for sheer linguistic convenience evolution is often referred to as having a will or goal. While its not technically accurate, if suffices for most uses.

Then I saw the quote above from minesjackdaniels. Good lord, what ignorance.

Feral Mutant

Weird, the duck penis subject came up this morning. I was walking through Stephen's Green and there were ducks preening themselves. Then one starts preening it's crotch and I thought "What the hell, ducks can auto-fellate?".

Bottle_of_Smoke

Zillah wrote:

I was going to disagree with you and point out that for sheer linguistic convenience evolution is often referred to as having a will or goal. While its not technically accurate, if suffices for most uses.

Then I saw the quote above from minesjackdaniels. Good lord, what ignorance.

I know, but it really shouldn't. It's difficult enough to comprehend in the first place.