What makes hair sexual? Why was hair important to our earliest ancestors? What is hair made of? Why do we have pubic hair and how is it different from other body hair? What does the way we wear our hair say about us sexually, and politically? The connection between hair and self esteem. What impact does baldness have on a man’s sexuality? What causes a man to lose his hair? The science of hair transplant. Interviews with: Anthony Synnot, Sociologist Concordia University and author The Body Politic; Rae Civello, hair stylist; David Buss, evolutionary psychologist and author of The Evolution of Desire; Sue Johanson, sex educator. MORE INTERVIEWS TO COME. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
Grade levels: Adult
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What is Sexy?
Is there a universal definition of beauty? What are facial and body symmetry studies revealing about what we all find to be beautiful? What scientists are discovering about symmetry’s relationship with smell and intelligence. What evolutionary forces shaped our definition of beauty? How modesty can be sexy. Interviews with: David Buss, evolutionary psychologist; Randy Thornhill, Biologist University of New Mexico; Sue McGarvie Sex Therapist. MORE INTERVIEWS TO COME. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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Girl Power
What is causing female bodies to go through puberty earlier and earlier? What physical changes are occurring? What is the impact of those changes on a girl’s self esteem and her sexuality? Are we going through a global female revolution again? What social pressures face today’s teenage girls? Interviews with: Wendy Shalit, author A Return to Modesty; Robert Francoeur, author of the International Encyclopedia of Sexology; Sandra Friedman, counselor and author of When Girls Feel Fat; Georgia Guy, Executive Director Girl Guides Canada (Girl Guides are in 149 countries worldwide), Sue Johanson, sex educator. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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Birth Control
The history of birth control: What methods have people been experimenting with since the beginning of time? Some failed miserably, and some were the basis for today’s modern methods. The technology of condoms, inside a condom factory. What birth control methods lay on the horizon? What is the science behind their super efficacy? Interviews with: Walter Masanic, director of the Ortho Birth Control Museum (only one in the world); Sue Johanson, Sex educator. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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Sex Drive
The Sex Files hour-long season premiere, “Sex Drive”, examines the facts and the myths surrounding one of our most basic urges. Delving into attraction, infidelity, impotence and aging, the “Sex Drive” special explores the biology, psychology, and sociology of the human sex drive. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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The Act
“The Act,” takes a look deep inside the most primal of human pleasures, with the aid of a Magnetic Resonance Imager, an ultrasound scanner, microscopic cameras, and these esteemed experts: Dr. W. Weimar-Shulz, MRI researcher, Dr. Gorn Wagner, researcher and film-maker, Marilyn Fithian, researcher and sex therapist Dr. Lasse Hessel, ultrasound researcher, author, and inventor of the female condom. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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The Erection
This show deals with the physiology and psychology of the erection. What happens in the body to produce an erection? Why is blood flow important? When it comes to pleasure, how big is big enough ? How have ancient societies viewed the penis and the erection? How does Viagra work? What are some solutions for impotence? Interviews with: Dr. Richard Casey, Editor of the Journal of Sexual and Reproductive Medicine; Diane Kelly, Biologist Cornell University who studies the tissues of the penis; Sue Johanson, Sex educator; Sandra Scantling, Author of Extraordinary Sex Now; Gayle Gibson, Archeologist, Royal Ontario Museum. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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Breasts
This show deals with what makes breasts sexual. What kind of biology holds them together? Why do women seek breast implants? The technology of implants. How have western societies’ views of the breast changed since Biblical times? A look at how the breast has been depicted in European art over the past few centuries. The coming together of political, sexual and maternal. How the breast’s role changes on a topless beach. Why is modern day North America fascinated with huge breasts? Interviews with: Dr. Robert Stubbs, cosmetic surgeon; Marilyn Yalom, Stanford University Scholar and author of The History of the Breast; Jeff Brown, professor of Popular Culture Bowling Green University, Ed Herold, Professor of Human Sexuality, Guelph University, David Buss, Evolutionary Psychologist and author of The Evolution of Desire. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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Orgasm
This show explains what happens inside the body during male and female orgasm. Everything froom heart rate and muscle contractions have been studied. Why can spinal cord victims experience orgasm? What is the g spot? How can men have more than one orgasm? Physically, how does the male orgasm difffer from the female? How have societies viewed the orgasm over time? Interviews with: Dr. Beverly Whipple, Rutgers University; Marilyn Fithian, orgasm researcher and author of Any Man Can; Sue Johanson, sex educator; Carlyle Jansen, orgasm workshop leader. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.
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The Birds & The Bees
How do humans learn about sex? What should we teach our small children about sex? What is the best way to teach teenagers? How does sex education continue later in life when we’re old, and married. A behind the scenes look at the making of The Better Sex Video Series which has become the number one sex education video series for adults in North America. Interviews: Sandra Scantling, Author of Extraordinary Sex Now; Sue Johanson, sex educator: Mark Schoen, sex video producer; Beverly Whipple, Rutgers University; Robert Francoeur, author of the International Encyclopedia of Sex; Barbara Carellas, spiritual sexologist. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.