For most people in the world, a really satisfactory bowel movement feels…good. The relief, the relaxation, we’ve all been there. But apparently, for the patient in this case study, defecation felt more than good, it felt GREAT.
But is it possible for a crap to feel TOO great? Apparently so. After all, the man actually complained. On the other hand, he only complained after he’d been suffering this problem for 10 years…
Van Der Schoot and Ypma. “Seminal vesiculectomy to resolve defecation-induced orgasm.” British Journal of Urology International, 2002, 90, 761-762.
(This is another article courtesy of the bibliography of “Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex“. Where would this blog be without Mary Roach, I ask you.)
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