Grade levels: Adult

Why would any ignore their strongest biological command – have sex now. Evolution holds some clues, religion has some influence, and then there’s plain old fear of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. This episode will show how celibacy is chosen and enforced. It will also show how it affects a person’s body. Science weighs in celibacy. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

Some people are so compelled to have sex they will pursue it even though it may destroy their lives. It’s destructive, obsessive behaviour, but is it an addiction, or a compulsion? It’s the centre of a huge scientific debate. This episode will examine people who are driven to sex, and the effect it has on their bodies and lives. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

Sure sex is great, but there’s no denying that sometimes the experience is just plain better than others. One scientist researched the common elements of a peak sexual experience. Practitioners of tantric sex brag of 6 hour sexual escapades, and orgasms with ejaculations. Science tries to explain how this happens. Sex therapists have some advice on how to ratchet up the busy persons sex life, and it starts with forgetting about having an orgasm. This show reveals the science of the best sex in the world. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

Thanks to the miracles of modern science, women can design their own vaginas, men can get longer, thicker penises, and everyone can spruce themselves up a little, under the knife. This show will reveal the secrets of sexual reconstruction, including how a penis is made for women who change sexes to become a man. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

For some women menopause seems to mean take a pause sexually. How does “the change” affect a woman sexually? What does hormone replacement therapy do to a woman’s sexual response? How does mid-life affect their mates? This show checks the science of the sex of menopause. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

This episode would look at how advances in science and technology will affect our sex lives in future. Sex and reproduction are growing farther apart. Thanks to technology options for sexual activities grow. When that happens, what happens to sex? What does that mean for our relationships? The science that will change our sexual and reproductive lives will guide this show. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

This show examines how attitudes about sex are different in different cultures, even different cultures in the same city. Age, ethnic background, even sexual orientation can have a huge influence on the way some feels about sex. We’ll find out what science has learned about sex and culture. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

It’s the one part of the body people look at a lot but don’t often talk about – the behind, the buttocks, the rear end. And beyond the behind is the anus, even less talked about. Yet when it comes to sex, the anus can be one of the most sensual areas of the body. So to get through the taboo and probe the mysteries of anal sex, The Sex Files talked to some of North America’s foremost experts and got to the bottom of…the bottom. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

For all women, menstruation is a cycle of chemicals and changing moods and desires. For some, it is a cycle of anger and depression. For too few, it’s a time of the month that is a time for wonder and celebration. In this episode of The Sex Files, we interviewed some of the foremost authorities on a women’s sexual cycle. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

Our bodies feel solid but we’re made up mostly of fluids and we couldn’t function or survive without these juices. Then again, neither could our sex lives. Blood. Sweat. Sperm. Vaginal juices. They all make making love possible and pleasurable. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.