The Sexual Century: How Private Passion Became a Public Obsession

Exactly what are the effects of the sexual revolution, the surge in gay and women's rights, war and the cinema on our attitudes towards sex? The Sexual Century, How Private Passion Became a Public Obsession explores these variables to present a fascinating story of the changes over one hundred years. Tom Hickman's important book accompanies the major television documentary series of the same name. Right or wrong, sex is now a very public part of life and the only mystery left is how it became that way.