The Philadelphia Inquirer Faye Flam column: some genitals fit, but what of the duck?(Column)

From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) | Date: July 23, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Faye Flam

Jul. 23--"Anatomically the vagina is designed to receive the penis."

- Dr. James Holsinger

This observation by the Kentucky cardiologist -- part of his 1991 paper, "Pathophysiology of Male Homosexuality," which was discussed during a Senate hearing on his nomination for surgeon general of the United States -- seems reasonable by itself.

Some might wish he had written "evolved" instead of "designed." Biologists who study genitalia, however, say even evolution doesn't always point to the most obvious explanation behind behavior or physiology.

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