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gender and the body

posted by [personal profile] elanya at 08:20am on 02/02/2009 under , ,
I was reading something yesterday discussing how salt was important for humans (and other living things), and how this was partly reflected in the saltiness of bodily fluids. For examples it gave blood, tears, and urine.

Now, I would think that if you are going to discuss saltiness in human body fluids, you might list ones that people would have some actual experience with, in terms of noting the saltiness. I mean seriously. Most people have probably tasted tears and blood. But urine? You really think urine is next on the list of bodily fluids people have had in their mouths?

This was written by a man, but I'm not sure if this was a case of it just not occurring to him (I don' want to make any assumptions here ;), or whether he thought it would be inappropriate to mention semen? Anyway, it popped out at me, and made me think, so I thought I should share with the world :V

In other news, I hope to get to the dmv today and replace my lost temporary license, finally...
Mood:: 'pensive' pensive
location: home - study
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posted by [identity profile] thegreatgonzo.livejournal.com at 02:31pm on 02/02/2009
Anyway, it popped out at me

What a fabulous piece of phraseology given the subject of the post ;-)
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 03:04pm on 02/02/2009
Not entirely unintentional :V
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posted by [identity profile] thegreatgonzo.livejournal.com at 03:14pm on 02/02/2009
Well that did kind of hit me square in the face.
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posted by [identity profile] cheez-ball.livejournal.com at 05:25pm on 02/02/2009
Well, you know, there are other ways of measuring salt concentrations that don't involve actually tasting the items.... Just saying....
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posted by [identity profile] gats.livejournal.com at 06:31pm on 02/02/2009
So what you're saying is that you think semen is the third most tasted body fluid?
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posted by [identity profile] knight-ander.livejournal.com at 01:13am on 03/02/2009
In some portions of California and Florida, it probably ranks higher than third. :p
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posted by [identity profile] etir.livejournal.com at 10:59pm on 02/02/2009
Is there something wrong with me that urine was the absolute first thing I thought of when I read 'saltiness of body fluid' then?
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