'Our Bodies, Our Junk': Writers From McSweeney's, 'The Daily Show,' And The Onion Explore Sexuality (PICTURES)

Sex has notoriously been a difficult, dare we say "touchy," subject to discuss, so for generations there have been guidebooks about human sexuality such as the classic "Our Bodies Our Selves." Now, from writer Mike Sacks (McSweeney's, Vanity Fair) and his comedy-writing group "The Pleasure Syndicate", consisting of Scott Jacobson ("The Daily Show"), Todd Levin ("The Tonight Show"), Jason Roeder (The Onion), and Ted Travelstead (Esquire) comes "Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk," a humorous sexual guidebook for the 21st century. Throughout the book, due to be released by Random House on August 24, 2010, the "Association For The Betterment Of Sex" leads readers through the amusement park that is their bodies, and all the rides that come along with it. We had the opportunity to preview the book before it comes out, and with permission selected some of our favorite info-graphics about sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Take a look, vote for your favorite, and don't forget to to check out the entire book when it comes out at the end of the month!

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[pencilpusher]

05:08 PM on 08/16/2010

ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz...they should all get violation points against their Writer's Guild Cards.

[Aramek]

08:53 AM on 08/16/2010

"Wow, this Comedy section on HuffPo sure seems like something worthwhile to get offended over! I couldn't possibly go 'not funny' and then read something else!"

[WestCactus]

05:38 PM on 08/11/2010

Really? All that talent, all those years writing comedy, and the best they can come up with is something that makes me wonder if I am expected to find it funny? I'll flip through the real deal next time I hit the book store before I make any judgment.

Hopefully you guys that got the preview copies are correct, and it lives up to the talent behind it's production..

[Jeremy Ball]

05:15 AM on 08/08/2010

What the hell, I'll just ask. Why is Grand Rapids, Michigan listed as a place you can masturbate without being detected? I only live 30 miles away. Should I give it a try?

Gotta say, I didn't laugh at any of whatever that was.

[Jesterband]

11:17 PM on 08/06/2010

Yawn. I expected a little more from tha crowd.

[MsVella]

11:48 AM on 08/06/2010

Lol my cousins refer to masturbating as taking the kids out....

[alana721]

04:06 PM on 08/05/2010

I too have seen an advance copy, and I agree with everything that Nathan Rabin said so succinctly. There is much more to this smart, funny, bizarre book than the bits presented (poorly) here; I elled out loud a great deal as I was reading it. Don't let The HP's excerpting method turn you off.

[Nathan Rabin]

01:55 PM on 08/05/2010

I have a preview copy of this book and am friendly with some of its authors so I can vouch that this blurry, seemingly randomly chosen excerpt seriously and unfortunately misrepresents both the contents and the quality of the book, which is both over two hundred pages and not made up solely of infographics, as the excerpt might lead you to believe.

I don't know why Huffington Post chose to present the contents of the book this way but it does a disservice to both the authors and a very clever, funny book that has more in common with John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise than the skimpy, graphics-heavy, substance-light quickie this excerpt suggests.

[Kate Varelas]

09:07 AM on 08/05/2010

Okay, I'm confused. The book is more than 200 pages long, and the HuffPo has excerpted a few decontextualized diagrams, so how does that qualify readers to "review" Our Bodies, Our Junk? This seems to be another case of people attempting to display how bright and witty they are through unfunny, snarky remarks. I read an advance copy. The book is an extremely entertaining satire of hacks trying to "professionalize" sex to further their careers as "experts." And isn't there so much of that in the world, especially in D.C.? Buy this book.

[Das Hirschenhofer 11]

04:14 AM on 08/05/2010

I was laughing till I read number four....theirs no comedy in mur-dering a child....sad. If some one here in the post section said something like that, we been deleted before anyone saw a thing. Shame on HP for printing this, and shame on who wrote it.

[emncaity]

07:13 PM on 08/06/2010

Was just about to post the same thing. Frank sex talk is not only fine but preferable in many situations, but you have to wonder what would happen if somebody like Ann Coulter or some other similarly untalented right-wing humorist had some bit about child murder. I'm guessing you'd have about 400 responses in the first hour.

[emncaity]

07:18 PM on 08/06/2010

Also--the stuff about Asian preteens and restraining orders for child sex offenders isn't so hilarious, either. Again--how funny would this be if it occurred in a book written by somebody on the idiot right?

[Das Hirschenhofer 11]

10:00 PM on 08/06/2010

Fanned for being a reasonable human being...and making me laugh about the Ann Coulter comment...that was funny;c)

Not to mention, for caring about the line that should exist when it comes to children...the line that should NEVER be crossed....period!

[Murphdogg]

01:21 PM on 08/04/2010

The comments are way funnier than the pages. Congrats huffpo commentors and thank you for not leaving me hanging the way the pages did.

[JackAbug]

11:05 AM on 08/04/2010

That was less funny than the kindergartener-submitted "jokes" they print on packages of Willy Wonka's Laffy Taffy, and almost as offensive as an episode of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh.

I expect better from you, HuffPo. WAY better.

[peachpage01]

11:52 AM on 08/04/2010

I'll second that. Huffpo is going down the toilet, but it doesn't seem anyone over there is listening. DOES anyone actually work for this magazine?

[hey0there]

12:22 AM on 08/04/2010

seems recently theres been a switch in thinking that people are straight/gay/bisexual and instead just people who have sex with whatever wherever

so gays arent really gay but just convinced themself they dont like women? its weird whats going on
then why all the gay marriage stuff is sexuality is just some ever changing fluid thing i dont get it

[Leviathan21]

11:22 PM on 08/03/2010

Christopher Hitchens tells a very funny story about he and a bunch of his literati friends used to play a very juvenile game that goes like this. Think of famous songs, books, quotes, etc that have the word "heart" in them. Then replace it with the word "d**k".

Think of the possibilities: My Heart Will Go On, Home is where the heart is, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, I left my heart in San Francisco, Achy Breaky Heart, Don`t Phunk with my heart, etc, etc.

[sea sand sex]

09:53 PM on 08/03/2010

Did the majority of you recently meet at a Las Vegas convention of funeral directors? Perhaps
with your connections you should visit the graves of Lenny bruce and George Carlin..and listen
for the sounds of these guys rolling over in their graves with LAUGHTER after having read this book.

I'm going to stuff this book into every one of my friends Christmas stockings. I'm even going to send a copy to my mother-in-law...well maybe not!

A funny funny book from a group of serious writers. Bravo!