Sex: The Revolution

"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 sexual explosion of the 1960s "Do Your Thing:" first aired Wednesday, May 14, 2008, the sexual independence of the 1970s "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==

• The Kinsey Report • Playboy • Rock and Roll • Citizens for Decent Literature • The Pill • Sex and the Single Girl • Playboy Clubs • the Generation Gap • Beatniks • Free Speech vs. Filthy Speech • Sexual Freedom League • Hippies and the Summer of Love • Protest culture • Civil Rights Movement • the Vietnam War • Abbie Hoffman • the Abortion debate • the Strip Club • Sex as marketing tool • Sexploitation • the new Film Code • Sex on Broadway (Oh! Calcutta!) • Masters and Johnson • Human sexual response cycle • Human Sexual Inadequacy • Swingers • Urban Swingers • Esalen Institute • Encounter groups • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice • New attitudes towards sexuality in the middle class • Linda LeClair and Barnard College • Women's Equality • Bra burning • Efforts against the Sexual Revolution • Midnight Cowboy • Woodstock • Feminism and Gay Liberation • Stonewall Riots • The removal of Homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses • Fire Island • Fear of Flying • Roe v. Wade • Sandstone Retreat • Wide-release pornography • Porno Chic • Deep Throat • Behind the Green Door • Marilyn Chambers • the Castro District and the rise of Gay Villages in many major cities. • Harvey Milk • Assassination of Milk and George Moscone • the Castro Riots • Anita Bryant vs. Homosexuality • Anti-feminist Movement • Disco • Studio 54 • Plato's Retreat • Cocaine and Quaaludes • The Village People • Gay bathhouses • the modern pornographic magazine • Full-frontal nudity • Hustler Magazine • Penthouse Magazine • "showing pink" • Anti-pornography campaign • The Rolling Stones "Black and Blue Billboard" • Rise in Divorce Rates • Kramer vs. Kramer • The Backlash • Dressed to Kill • Cruising • Looking for Mr. Goodbar • The rise of the Religious Right • The US presidential election of Ronald Reagan • VD and STDs • Genital herpes • AIDS • "the gay disease" • The death of Rock Hudson • the Meese Commission • "I know it when I see it" • Fatal Attraction • the notion of safe sex • 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. == References ==