How Sex Changed the World

2013
How Sex Changed the World

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EP1 America's Sex Pioneers Apr 20, 2013

From America's earliest days, sex has shaped and defined our country. From the Puritan "mandatory sex" rule for married couples to Ben Franklin's racy newspapers and even car design, these are the stories behind America's sex pioneers.

EP2 Sex for Sale Apr 27, 2013

The world's oldest profession turns up in the places you'd least expect it: as a major source of revenue for the Catholic Church, the driving force behind America's first racially integrated neighborhood, and the launch pad for the most powerful woman in the history of the Roman Empire. Discover the truth behind how selling sex has changed the world.

EP3 Sex Rebels May 04, 2013

From Ancient Rome to Washington DC and everywhere in-between, discover how the world changes when powerful people shamelessly shatter boundaries and break rules. In this episode, a Roman empress turns to prostitution for fun, the Marquis de Sade gains a big reputation and President Lyndon Johnson flaunts his manhood.

EP4 Sexpocalypse May 11, 2013

Sex is powerful force of nature and for some; it's like the end of world. These are the unbelievably true stories behind what happens when people treat sex like doomsday: from the little known sex cover-up in Pompeii, to J. Edgar Hoover's legendary Obscene Files used to keep politicians in check, to how a favorite breakfast cereal is supposed to help impose more self-control on lonely nights.

EP5 Sex & Power May 18, 2013

These are the surprisingly true stories about how the sex lives of the powerful have shaken up history: from Warren G. Harding's days as a playboy, to one women's time in a prince's modern day harem, to Rasputin's legendary status as a ladies man and the potential trigger point for the Russian Revolution.

EP6 Superheroes of Sex Jun 01, 2013

Da Vinci's work to the man who discovered and translated the Kama Sutra.

EP7 Sex & War Jun 08, 2013

Nothing unleashes sex like war–after all, if you were going to die tomorrow, what would you want to do tonight? From Ancient Roman battalions to seductive spies to how soldiers spent their down time in the Civil War and even how porn was used as part of strategy for victory in WWII, discover how sex has decided wars and changed the world.

EP8 Extreme Sex Jun 15, 2013

These unbelievably true stories reveal what happens when people take sex to the extreme: from Emperor Nero's now famous sex parties to Teddy Roosevelt's crusades against sex-ridden New York City and the invention of a mystical practice called "sex magic", which kicked off the free love vibe of the 1960s.

EP9 Sex Gone Wrong Jun 22, 2013

Sex is one of the most powerful human needs and many people have tried to harness its power for their own gain. But those attempts often backfire. From Jack Parsons, an American rocket scientist who thought he could harness the power of sex, to Thomas Jefferson's attempt to trap Alexander Hamilton in an affair, find out what happens when basic instincts back fire.

EP10 Sexperiment Jun 29, 2013

These are the surprising stories behind how scientists, the government and even the judicial system have harnessed sex to change world history: from covert experimental CIA orgies to the Middle Ages' "honest woman" test to verify bedroom activity and even the "cure" for female hysteria.
6.9| 0h30m| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 20 April 2013 Canceled
Producted By: Asylum Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Synopsis

How Sex Changed the World is a documentary series exploring how sex has changed history: from Ghengis Khan using it to expand the Mongol Empire to the survival of harems for thousands of years and even how Hoover used it to blackmail top level politicians.

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rajatshanu64 a good show and revealing very sex mystery from ancient history i never imagined and of course a must watch show with correct timing 12-1 am on HISTORY Tv18 and today's episode i got to know that sperm is discovered by Van Leeuwenhoek who's in not a scientist and not good at study but he is a curious man to see everything by his telescope and one day he just decided to watch his own sperm but the interesting part what he made a story to cover up for that he just didn't directly watched the sperm cause in ancient days people used to follow Jesus and this type thing is not allowed to do so he just made up a story that when he was intimating with his wife there is some seman remain out side of vagina and he collected it and see it with telescope.
sairyseast I stumbled across this, and was interested by the premise. Unfortunately, it makes huge sweeping statements- most of which claimed as fact are in actuality a point of view to serve the program with maximum sensationalism, at the expense of perspective and accuracy. It is presented with quick editing and flash presentation to appeal to the greatest demography wholly on the grounds that sex, as is the subject, sells. Fine, just research better, edit better and narrate accurately so that half truths and misconceptions aren't passed off as fact in order to sell the show. the people off the street weighing in on inane questions such as what invention would be of greatest import, or what is the most important contribution to sex is simply boring and really brings the show down even further.If there were more substance with greater perspective of the events, people and ideas presented this could be a really interesting program!I really hope this show can develop, as I think it has an interesting foundation. It could be quite good, but at the moment it is like watching a high school film project.fingers crossed.