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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Barmak: The uncomplicated truth about women's sexuality
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igorcanne about the female body goes back centuries. It goes back to the beginning of mdoern midencie. Cast your mind back to the 16th century, a time of scientific revolution in Europe. Men of ideas were cgielnnlhag old dogmas. They were building tslepeeocs to gaze up at the stars. We were making progress ... sometimes. You see, the fathers of anatomy — and I say "fathers" because, let's face it, they were all dudes — were poking about between women's legs and trying to classify what they saw. They weren't quite sure what to do with the clitoris. It didn't appear to have anything to do with making baebis. The leading anatomist at the time declared that it was probably some kind of abnormal growth —
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_________ about the female body goes back centuries. It goes back to the beginning of ______ ________. Cast your mind back to the 16th century, a time of scientific revolution in Europe. Men of ideas were ___________ old dogmas. They were building __________ to gaze up at the stars. We were making progress ... sometimes. You see, the fathers of anatomy — and I say "fathers" because, let's face it, they were all dudes — were poking about between women's legs and trying to classify what they saw. They weren't quite sure what to do with the clitoris. It didn't appear to have anything to do with making ______. The leading anatomist at the time declared that it was probably some kind of abnormal growth —
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- modern
- challenging
- ignorance
- telescopes
- medicine
- babies
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Ignorance about the female body goes back centuries. It goes back to the beginning of modern medicine. Cast your mind back to the 16th century, a time of scientific revolution in Europe. Men of ideas were challenging old dogmas. They were building telescopes to gaze up at the stars. We were making progress ... sometimes. You see, the fathers of anatomy — and I say "fathers" because, let's face it, they were all dudes — were poking about between women's legs and trying to classify what they saw. They weren't quite sure what to do with the clitoris. It didn't appear to have anything to do with making babies. The leading anatomist at the time declared that it was probably some kind of abnormal growth —
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