Everything you ever wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. Literally.

"While remaining strictly true to the scientific facts of any given issue, Bering keeps readers on their toes with his signature salacious quips and stray, juicy peeks at his personal life."--Carl Hays, "Booklist"

"Bering has a well-researched, erudite response that teaches more about whatever sex-related topic is at hand than quite a few books I've come across. I have yet to come away from reading one of his essays or responses to reader questions and not feel considerably better informed than I was just minutes before. Be sure to also check out his latest book..."--David DiSalvo, "Six Writers Who Know More About Sex Than You Do (So Read Them)" on Forbes.com
"Jesse Bering is the Hunter S. Thompson of science writing, and he is a delight to read--funny, smart, and madly provocative." --Paul Bloom, Professor, Yale University, and author of "How Pleasure Works"

"Jesse Bering is the intellectual spawn of Helen Fisher and Oliver Sacks, and "Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?" is brainy, informative, compassionate--and hilariously naughty." --Amy Dickinson, "New York Times" bestselling author and NPR personality

"Anyone interested in reading about the latest developments in sex research told with a generous dose of self-deprecating humor will enjoy this essay collection."--"Library Journal"

"If David Sedaris were an experimental psychologist, he'd be writing essays very much like these. Bering's unique blend of scientific knowledge, sense of humor, intellectual courage, and pure literary skill is immediately recognizable; no one writes quite the way Bering does. Read this book. You'll learn, laugh, and then learn some more." --Christopher Ryan, co-author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Sex at Dawn"

"Nothing sacred is spared in Jesse Bering's deft, rivetingly informative, and relentlessly hilarious new book. Bering's addictive curiosity and wry, dexterous humor make this a collection that's as funny as it is impossible to put down." --Violet Blue,

Jesse Bering, PhD, is a frequent contributor to Scientific American and Slate. His writing has also appeared in New York magazine, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among other publications, and has been featured by NPR, Playboy Radio, the BBC, and more. The author of The God Instinct, Bering is the former director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen's University, Belfast, and began his career as a professor at the University of Arkansas. He lives in Ithaca, New York.