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The Puritanical Eye: Hyper-mediation, Sex on Film, and the Disavowal of Desire

#culture #sexuality | The disappearance of the sex scene in American cinema, the suppression of the body under the moral imperative of commodities in neoliberal capitalism, and Verhoeven as antagonizer. This essay is a contribution to a special issue that explores the potential resurgence of the erotic thriller genre in contemporary US media landscape: “The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema and Streaming”

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What was sex like when most people lived in 1 room/1 bedroom homes? : AskHistorians

#history #sexuality | They just had sex. Couples would have sex with their children or relatives in the bed, there wasn't the sense of taboo or privacy around it that we have today.

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