Sex Revolutions
From 1948 to the present days, from the publication of the Kinsey report, the first revolutionary study on sexual behavior, to gay marriage, from New York to Paris, via London, Stockholm, Cologne and Berlin, Sex Revolutions traces, for the first time in its entirety, the process of the sexual revolution, showing the interaction of all its dimensions. Initially perceived as a scientific, libertarian and social revolution, carried by feminists and gays, it became the symbol of a profound societal revolution redefining relations between men and women and the relationship with others.
From 1948 to the present days, from the publication of the Kinsey report, the first revolutionary study on sexual behavior, to gay marriage, from New York to Paris, via London, Stockholm, Cologne and Berlin, Sex Revolutions traces, for the first time in its entirety, the process of the sexual revolution, showing the interaction of all its dimensions. Initially perceived as a scientific, libertarian and social revolution, carried by feminists and gays, it became the symbol of a profound societal revolution redefining relations between men and women and the relationship with others.
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