Subjects: Sexuality

The intense physical release of the female orgasm can sometimes resemble a fireworks celebration. But there’s a lot more to the female genitalia than love and rockets. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

From learning the subtleties of eye contact to being more aware of the often unconscious hints you give off in a social setting, sexual signalling is a complex language all its own. Scientists are slowly unravelling some of the mysteries of the signals that people give off when they’re attracted to a potential mate – and are even coming up with ways to improve one’s chances of success in the big game of pick-up. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

The eyes, the ears, the nose, the mouth, the skin – they all play a role in the way we perceive and enjoy sex. Take one away and it’s like removing the rhythm section from the band; the song is stripped of its soul. But when all are played in concert, they can lift your sex life to a new high. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

It’s been called “the last taboo,” and for many people, masturbation remains a topic shrouded in shame and secrecy. However, it’s a subject that is increasingly scrutinised by scientists, sexologists, sociologists, and of course The Sex Files. “Sex for One,” explores auto-eroticism with the help of experts. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

Your voice croaks. Your chest is budding. You’re getting hairy in private places and nothing fits the way it used to. These symptoms may sound like science fiction but they’re not. Welcome to puberty – a bridge we all cross to enter the adult world. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

Aside from the hackneyed clichés about gay men being more ‘artsy’ and lesbians being more ‘mannish’ than their straight counterparts, there is at least one commonly observed physical characteristic that is found among a much higher proportion of homosexual people than of heterosexuals: left-handedness. Martin Lalumiere, Ray Blanchard, and Kenneth J. Zucker of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at the University of Toronto conducted a meta-analysis of sexual orientation and handedness in men and women and found some interesting results. 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.

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.