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Greenlit: Original Sin: How Sex Changed the World, Nat Geo

Original Sin: How Sex Changed the World w/t (6 x 60′) – Investigates how the sexual revolution over the past 50 years has impacted every aspect of our society, including pop culture, science, politics and social interaction.

The series explores how sex has shed many of its taboos to increasingly permeate contemporary cultures all over the world, and how this new era of exploration is shaping our lives. It will take a frank look at how sex has become more visible, impacting the Internet, advertising, politics, education and the media. Hitherto marginalized sexual communities have entered the mainstream and new types of sexual aggression are on the rise.

Exploring how sexuality is represented in various countries and cultures around the world, the series reveals how sex on the Internet has led to a collapse of traditional privacy, how sex education over the years has taught us more about our fears and anxieties than sex itself, how sex scandals often expose political hypocrisy, and how concepts of gender and sexuality have become newly defined thanks to high-profile personalities like Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner.

The influence of sex on what is socially acceptable has also impacted cultures all around the world. The series examines the sexual revolution globally, including the campaign against sex robots in the U.K., Japan’s bars where women can use vibrators in public while having a drink and Thailand’s moves to enshrine third-gender individuals in their constitution.

Using archival footage, animation and interviews with experts like sex therapist Dr. Ruth, Original Sin uncovers the surprising ways sex impacts humanity and how societal conditions have changed over the past 50 years.

Channel: Nat Geo

Producer: World of Wonder

TX: TBC

Source: Nat Geo press release