# These people had sex in an MRI tube!! Wah!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 10, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233 "2002-08-10T03:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/1 "2002-08-10T03:12:00Z")
Re [Is it possible to get “bruised ovaries” during sex?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020809.html) I strongly recommend that everyone go look at the “what sex looks like under Magnetic Resonance Imaging” link in Cecil’s column, even if it IS a PDF file, 'cause it’s simply fascinating. These people climbed into an [MRI tube](http://www.med.sc.edu:1000/7mri.html) and had sex, all in the interests of science. Egad. Very gonzo. And P.S. The report says they didn’t see anything that could be a G-spot. ---
**Author:** ![Neptune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/2 "2002-08-10T03:19:27Z")
I saw this on a TV show. They showed a video of the, um, activity. I guess the pdf document shows a single frame from that. Or maybe there’s been more than one investigation. The participants were quite small. Have you ever been in an MRI? Imagine fitting two people in there! ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/3 "2002-08-10T03:24:46Z")
I particularly enjoyed the first hand account attached wherein the Dutch lady accredited their qualifications for such an undertaking as being “former acrobats”… now there is a big top performance i could munch on circus peanuts for! :}~~~\< ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/4 "2002-08-10T03:29:46Z")
Somehow I picture that as how both **DDG** and I have sex. Wait! We don’t have sex. With each other. Er, uh, you understand what I mean. What I meant was, that is how I picture posters such as we , who contribute rather factual answers to this board, must be thought of as having sex. Not with each other, but with our respective SO’s. Clinical. Never mind. [Spock] Fascinating! [/Spock] ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/5 "2002-08-10T14:28:17Z")
I’d like to note both links included in the column are must-reads. Also, the article that is started just below the science journal one with the MRI images of intercourse is entitled, “Shaken, not stirred: bioanalytical study of the antioxidant activities of martinis.” Now _these_ are some scientists I could hang out with! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/6 "2002-08-10T16:14:37Z")
**Neptune** said: > [@](#): > > The participants were quite small. Have you ever been in an MRI? Imagine fitting two people in there! They did remove the sliding table to make more space. The paper describes the participants as small to average in size, precisely for that reason. It’s interesting that the first participants were one of the researchers and her partner. (I believe they’re the ones that were circus acrobats - there’s a note at the end of the report mentioning all this.) And then there was this confusing note: > [@](#): > > P van Andel does not want to be acknowledged for his idea of using MRI to study coitus. He excuses himself by quoting the French romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine (1790.1869): ``C’est singulier! Moi, je pense jamais, mes idées pensent pour moi.” Wait, he does _not_ wish to be acknowledged, so you acknowledge him? 😕 But what’s _really_ strange is the article that **Milossarian** mentions. > [@](#): > > “Shaken, not stirred” routinely identifies the way the famous secret agent James Bond requires his martinis. > **Objectives** As Mr Bond is not afflicted by cataracts or cardiovascular disease, an investigation was conducted to determine whether the mode of preparing martinis has an influence on their antioxidant capacity. **WHAT?!?!?!** They appear to be citing the health of a _fictional character_ as a basis for their investigation. Holy Flying Monkeys! I think the wrong article received the Ignobel. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/7 "2002-08-10T22:58:05Z")
Hey, Buffy was cited in a governmental report on how to stop terrorists and how to stop unexpected attacks in general. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/8 "2002-08-13T20:48:25Z")
Where and when? Got a link. You know, upon further reflection, I had another observation. The MRI sex study cited that the original participants who received full completion of the sex act were probably able to in part because of their comfort level due to having been circus performers. You know, I’m thinking that they would have done even better to use porn stars. _There’s_ a group that shouldn’t have performance issues with being in public, on camera, being watched, etc. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/9 "2002-08-14T16:32:58Z")
Penile fracture. Ouch!! ---
**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/10 "2002-08-14T16:38:07Z")
Penile fracture. Ouch!! ---
**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/11 "2002-08-14T16:50:39Z")
Here is Ida’s web page and her photo: [http://www.scw.vu.nl/medewerkers/com/sabelis.html](http://www.scw.vu.nl/medewerkers/com/sabelis.html) Penile fracture. Ouch!! ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/12 "2002-08-16T12:18:49Z")
The funniest thing is that they used a “Siemens Vision” MRI. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233/13 "2002-08-16T16:52:26Z")
I **thought** this whole thing sounded familiar. The participants won an [Ig Nobel](http://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2000) prize in 2000 for this project.