5 documentaries that will make you smarter about sex

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Documentaries are powerful learning tools, and our society remains very ignorant about sex, so it stands to reason that there's a lot that we can learn from some good docs dealving into sexuality.

While putting together my new book "The Sex Effect" - which examines hidden relationships between sex and culture - I came across a slew of compelling documentaries about sex and society.

Here are five great documentaries you need to watch to be smarter about sex:

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The Sex Effect: Baring Our Complicated Relationship with Sex

A gripping exploration of the relationship between sex and our society, with a foreword by bestselling author A.J. JacobsWhy do political leaders become entangled in so many sex scandals? How did the U.S. military inadvertently help make San Francisco a mecca of gay culture? And what was the orig...