# Angle degree and movement in human copulation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983 "2015-03-02T04:24:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983/41 "2015-03-06T15:23:29Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Anyway… cardboard tube. I just thought I’d get that out of the way. Longtime members will know why.

**Moderator Note**

Let’s refrain from taking jabs at other posters in unrelated threads. No warning issued.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983/42 "2015-03-07T07:22:10Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Humans mate differently

You and me baby ain’t nuthin but mammals

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983/43 "2015-03-07T15:19:23Z")

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Let me be Pacific I wanna be down in your South Seas  
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean means “Small Craft Advisory”

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**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983/44 "2015-03-20T16:30:32Z")

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> [@Umbridge](#):
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> When Gregor Mendel studied genetics, did he engage in sexual intercourse with women, wait 9 months, and have babies? Of course not. He used pea plants. Pea plants grow faster, and a controlled experiment is easier. Also, it’s more ethical to work with pea plants.

So have sex with pea plants.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983/45 "2015-04-01T12:17:50Z")

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> [@Umbridge](#):
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> I am a life-long learner who is interested in many things under the sun - language, literature, arts, history, computer programming, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, etc. Reproduction is an important part of biology and what contributes to the definition of speciation. This thread is about _human_ reproduction. Understandably, it is a sensitive topic and something that too many people take for granted. This thread simply illuminates what people do in their bedrooms.
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> From a biological perspective, copulation can be a _costly_ business, and many animals compete amongst themselves for reproductive access. Humans mate differently, and there is this concept called “marriage”, which in Western culture, means the supposedly everlasting marriage between two persons. That said, I started this thread purely out of curiosity, not that I am really interested in it for my own practical use. 😛

I heard this in Sheldon Cooper’s voice.

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**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angle-degree-and-movement-in-human-copulation/713983/46 "2015-04-01T12:31:05Z")

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I learned that math years ago.

The angle of the dangle = the heat of the meat

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