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-:''[[American erotica]]''+'''Sex: The Revolution'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43UG3y8uh4] (2008) is a four-part [[documentary film|documentary]] [[miniseries]] that aired on [[VH1]] and [[The Sundance Channel]] that chronicled the history of the [[sexual culture in America]] from the 1950s through the turn of the millenium. Ironically, the version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity.
-'''Sex: The Revolution'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43UG3y8uh4] (2008) was a four-part [[documentary film|documentary]] [[miniseries]] that aired on [[VH1]] and [[The Sundance Channel]] that chronicled the history of the sexual culture in America from the 1950s through the turn of the millenium. Ironically, the version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity.+
==Episodes== ==Episodes==
-#''Save It 'Til Marriage:'' first aired Monday, May 12, 2008+#"Save It 'Til Marriage:" first aired Monday, May 12, 2008, focused on [[sexual repression]] of the 1950s
-#''The Big Bang:'' first aired Tuesday, May 13, 2008+#"The Big Bang:" first aired Tuesday, May 13, 2008, the sexual explosion of the 1960s
-#''Do Your Thing:'' first aired Wednesday, May 14, 2008+#"Do Your Thing:" first aired Wednesday, May 14, 2008, the sexual independence of the 1970s
-#''Tainted Love:'' first aired Thursday, May 15, 2008+#"Tainted Love:" first aired Thursday, May 15, 2008, the tail end of the revolution during the late 1970s and early 1980s. And the beginning of [[AIDS]].
==Key topics== ==Key topics==
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*[[Playboy]] *[[Playboy]]
*[[Rock and Roll]] *[[Rock and Roll]]
-*[[Citizens for Decent Literature]]+*Citizens for Decent Literature
*[[The Pill]] *[[The Pill]]
*[[Sex and the Single Girl]] *[[Sex and the Single Girl]]
-*[[Playboy clubs]]+*[[Playboy Club]]s
*the [[Generation gap]] *the [[Generation gap]]
*[[Beatniks]] *[[Beatniks]]
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*the [[Abortion]] debate *the [[Abortion]] debate
*the [[Strip club]] *the [[Strip club]]
-*Sex as marketing tool+*Sex as [[marketing]] tool
*[[Sexploitation]] *[[Sexploitation]]
-*the new [[Motion Picture Production Code]]+*the new Film Code
*Sex on Broadway ([[Oh! Calcutta!]]) *Sex on Broadway ([[Oh! Calcutta!]])
*[[Masters and Johnson]] *[[Masters and Johnson]]
**[[Human Sexual Response]] **[[Human Sexual Response]]
**[[Human Sexual Inadequacy]] **[[Human Sexual Inadequacy]]
-*[[Swingers]]+*[[Swinging (sexual practice)|Swingers]]
-*Urban [[Swingers]]+*Urban Swingers
*[[Esalen Institute]] *[[Esalen Institute]]
*[[Encounter groups]] *[[Encounter groups]]
**[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]] **[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]
*New attitudes towards sexuality in the [[middle class]] *New attitudes towards sexuality in the [[middle class]]
-*[[Linda LeClair]] and [[Barnard College]]+*Linda LeClair and [[Barnard College]]
-*[[Women's equality]]+*Women's Equality
**[[Bra burning]] **[[Bra burning]]
*Efforts against the [[Sexual Revolution]] *Efforts against the [[Sexual Revolution]]
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*[[Feminism]] and [[Gay Liberation]] *[[Feminism]] and [[Gay Liberation]]
**[[Stonewall Riots]] **[[Stonewall Riots]]
-**[[Homosexuality]] as mental illness+** The removal of [[Homosexuality]] from the list of [[mental illness]]s
 +**[[Fire Island]]
**[[Fear of Flying]] **[[Fear of Flying]]
*[[Roe v. Wade]] *[[Roe v. Wade]]
*[[Sandstone Retreat]] *[[Sandstone Retreat]]
*Wide-release pornography *Wide-release pornography
-**[[Porno Chic]]+**Porno Chic
-**[[Deep Throat]]+**''[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]]''
-**[[Behind the Green Door]]+**''[[Behind the Green Door]]''
***[[Marilyn Chambers]] ***[[Marilyn Chambers]]
-*the [[Castro District]]+*the [[Castro District]] and the rise of [[Gay Village]]s in many major cites.
*[[Harvey Milk]] *[[Harvey Milk]]
**Assassination of [[Harvey Milk|Milk]] and [[George Moscone]] **Assassination of [[Harvey Milk|Milk]] and [[George Moscone]]
**the [[Castro Riots]] **the [[Castro Riots]]
-*[[Anita Bryant]] vs. Homosexuality+*[[Anita Bryant]] vs. [[Homosexuality]]
-*Anti-feminist movement+*Anti-feminist Movement
*[[Disco]] *[[Disco]]
**[[Studio 54]] **[[Studio 54]]
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**[[Cocaine]] and [[Quaaludes]] **[[Cocaine]] and [[Quaaludes]]
**[[The Village People]] **[[The Village People]]
 +***[[Gay bathhouse]]s
*the modern [[pornographic magazine]] *the modern [[pornographic magazine]]
**[[Full-frontal nudity]] **[[Full-frontal nudity]]
**[[Hustler magazine]] **[[Hustler magazine]]
-**[[Penthouse magazine]]+**[[Penthouse Magazine]]
-**"showing pink"+**''"showing pink"''
-**[[Anti-pornography]] campaign+**Anti-pornography campaign
-*[[Rolling Stones]] "Black and Blue Billboard"+*[[The Rolling Stones]] ''"Black and Blue Billboard"''
-*Rise in Divorce Rater+*Rise in Divorce Rates
**[[Kramer vs. Kramer]] **[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]
*The Backlash *The Backlash
-**[[Dressed to Kill]]+**[[Dressed to Kill (1980 film)|Dressed to Kill]]
**[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]] **[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]
**[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar]] **[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]
**The rise of the [[Christian right|Religious Right]] **The rise of the [[Christian right|Religious Right]]
-**The US presidental election of [[Ronald Reagan]] +**The US presidential election of [[Ronald Reagan]]
*[[Venereal disease|VD]] and [[Sexually-transmitted disease|STDs]] *[[Venereal disease|VD]] and [[Sexually-transmitted disease|STDs]]
**[[Genital herpes]] **[[Genital herpes]]
*[[AIDS]] *[[AIDS]]
-**"the gay disease"+**''"the gay disease"''
**The death of [[Rock Hudson]] **The death of [[Rock Hudson]]
*the [[Meese Commission]] *the [[Meese Commission]]
-**"I know it when I see it"+**''"[[I know it when I see it]]"''
*[[Fatal Attraction]] *[[Fatal Attraction]]
*the notion of [[safe sex]] *the notion of [[safe sex]]
-*Repercussions and positive changes as a result of the revolution in the new century. +*Repercussions and positive changes as a result of the revolution in the new century.
- +**Internet Pornography
 +**Reality Television
 +**Sexual imagery in the media.
 +**Increased acceptance and visibility of gays and lesbians
 +**Sexual harassment in the work place.
 +**Increased awareness and concern over [[domestic violence]].
 +**Change in gender roles in society.
 +==See also==
 +*''[[Do Communists Have Better Sex?]]'', 2008 documentary which focuses on East and West Germany in the same period
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Sex: The Revolution[1] (2008) is a four-part documentary miniseries that aired on VH1 and The Sundance Channel that chronicled the history of the sexual culture in America from the 1950s through the turn of the millenium. Ironically, the version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity.

Episodes

  1. "Save It 'Til Marriage:" first aired Monday, May 12, 2008, focused on sexual repression of the 1950s
  2. "The Big Bang:" first aired Tuesday, May 13, 2008, the sexual explosion of the 1960s
  3. "Do Your Thing:" first aired Wednesday, May 14, 2008, the sexual independence of the 1970s
  4. "Tainted Love:" first aired Thursday, May 15, 2008, the tail end of the revolution during the late 1970s and early 1980s. And the beginning of AIDS.

Key topics

See also




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