Subjects: Sexuality

“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.

Why do human beings have sexual fantasies? How might they have evolved? Did people in ancient civilizations fantasize? What are the most popular sexual fantasies? What ways do fantasies differ in men and women? What happens in the brain and the body that allows fantasy to create arousal and in some cases, even orgasm?What does a fantasy reveal about a person’s inner desires and thoughts? Should we act out our fantasies or keep them to ourselves? Interviews with: Eva Norvind, former dominatrix and sex educator; Helene Cote, Universite of Quebec at Montreal, Sue McGarvie, Sex Therapist; 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.

How do different societies regard monogamy? And what constitutes an affair? The purpose of fidelity and infidelity in evolution. A trend towards open marriages and “swinging”. Interviews with: David Buss, Evolutionary Psychologist; David Weiss, author of Sexuality in America; Robert Francoeur, author of the International Encyclopedia of Sex; Sue McGarvie, sex therapist, Terry Gould, author of The Lifestyle –The secrets of Swingers; Claude Guldner, Professor of Human Sexuality, Guelph University. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

What constitutes a fetish? What are the most popular fetishes? Where do we draw the line between a healthy and psychopathic fetish? What happens in the brain that forms a fetish? How can couples use fetish in their love life? Interviews with: Eva Norvind, former dominatrix and sex educator; Helene Cote, professor of sexuality at the Universite of Quebec at Montreal; Dr. Paul Federoff, psychiatrist, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry; Sue McGarvie, sex therapist. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

What is biological gender and how is it formed? How is gender different from sex? What do scientists know about what causes gender disphoria? How can it be corrected? What cultural pressures mould gender? How do people go about changing gender? Which societies in the past and present value gender dualism? How do other societies Interviews with: Dr. Pierre Assailian, gender specialist, Montreal General Hospital; Jeff Brown, professor of popular culture, Bowling Green University; Kate Bornstein (formerly a man), author of Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook; Daniel Aranoff, single dad, father of three and former woman; Robert Francoeur, author of the International Encyclopedia of Sex. This program is recommended for an audience aged 17 and up. May contain information that is considered offensive to some viewers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.