How Sex Changed the World

Season 12013

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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10 Episodes

E01 America's Sex Pioneers

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.

April 20, 2013

E02 Sex for Sale

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.

April 27, 2013

E03 Sex Rebels

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.

May 4, 2013

E04 Sexpocalypse

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.

May 11, 2013

E05 Sex & Power

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.

May 18, 2013

E06 Superheroes of Sex

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

June 1, 2013

E07 Sex & War

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.

June 8, 2013

E08 Extreme Sex

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.

June 15, 2013

E09 Sex Gone Wrong

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.

June 22, 2013

E10 Sexperiment

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.

June 29, 2013

How Sex Changed the World

E01 America's Sex Pioneers

E02 Sex for Sale

E03 Sex Rebels

E04 Sexpocalypse

E05 Sex & Power

E06 Superheroes of Sex

E07 Sex & War

E08 Extreme Sex

E09 Sex Gone Wrong

E10 Sexperiment

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

Stranger Things

Squid Game

Black Mirror

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Arrow

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Money Heist

Chernobyl

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Last of Us

Peaky Blinders

The Boys

Rick and Morty

The Big Bang Theory

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

True Detective

American Horror Story

E01 America's Sex Pioneers

E02 Sex for Sale

E03 Sex Rebels

E04 Sexpocalypse

E05 Sex & Power

E06 Superheroes of Sex

E07 Sex & War

E08 Extreme Sex

E09 Sex Gone Wrong

E10 Sexperiment