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Real Sex was a documentary television series produced by HBO. Real Sex was a sexually explicit "magazine" which "explores sex '90s style." Created by Sheila Nevins and produced by Patti Kaplan, the series was originally meant to be a single 60-minute special about sexuality, largely in response to the cultural attitudes surrounding sex in the wake of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980's. The series was female-run, and segments were largely directed by women.
Real Sex explores human sexuality. Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones described the fare in The Essential HBO Reader as "a peek into the diversity of sexual activities...with an emphasis that ranges from the unusual to the bizarre." The show typically explores three to four topics each episode. Segments are separated by street interviews with random people, relating to the episode's topics. The Essential HBO Reader, Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones, University Press of Kentucky, July 2013
In 2018, HBO began removing the show from its streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now, along with similar series and Taxicab Confessions making them largely Lost media
It spawned a spin-off series called Pornucopia.
| Episode 01 | November 13, 1990 Masturbation, Nudists, and Street Interviews: An Oral History of HBO's Real Sex ( Vulture July 30, 2013) | A striptease class taught by LaGioconda (a.k.a. Lisa Suarez). | |
| A husband and wife strip couple filmed at Big Al's in Peoria, IL. | |||
| A brief segment about phone sex which grossed $400 million last year (1989?). A vast majority of callers are male and earn more than $30,000/yr. The average caller spends $45 for 30 minutes. | |||
| A 31-year-old virgin talks about her chaste lifestyle, and how she plans to wait to have sex until she is married. | |||
| A kinky homemade video of a couple jumping into bed filmed by Adam Crown. | |||
| A masturbation class for women taught by Betty Dodson | |||
| Erotic films for women directed by Candida Royalle and Femme Productions. | |||
| Episode 02 | Jane Jones strip show and exotic circus includes a 600 lb. Siberian tiger named Qadesh, a Burmese python, and a topless saxophone performance. | ||
| Carol queen peep show. | |||
| Married couple Donna and Gary filming Videos for Lovers for the Better Sex Institute. | |||
| Madam Beverly Harrell of the Cottontail Ranch | |||
| Women dressing up in Annie Sprinkle clothes and acting out slut and goddess fantasies. | |||
| Episode 03 | |||
| Episode 04 | August 13, 1992 | Annie Sprinkle show about her sexual evolution from a shy teenager to porn star and exhibitionist. | |
| 1991 Miss Nude World pageant organized by Samantha Jones. | |||
| German game show called Tutti Frutti where contestants removed various items of clothing. | |||
| Live tele-fantasy New York public access show called Voyeurvision hosted by Lynn Muscarella. | |||
| Oceanic Tantra workshop where the couples undulate like dolphins through the waters of Maui. | |||
| Episode 05 | August 13, 1992 | Lynn Chase's exotic Burlesque and animal show. She boxes for stress relief. | |
| Frank and Ona Zee show home spanking and bondage play. | |||
| Dr Frank Sommers, M.D. makes short sex education films for women. | |||
| Susanne Bartsch throws a drag queen show (including RuPaul). | |||
| Beate Uhse talks about her well-known German sex store. | |||
| Episode 06 (1993) | August 5, 1993 | Mike Saenz creates an early adult interactive video games called Virtual Valerie. | |
| Tuppy Owens creates the anything goes Sex Maniacs Ball to raise funds for disabled people. It includes an early view of virtual reality sex. | |||
| Eric Kroll takes fetish photos of 3 women wearing girdles. | |||
| A couple makes sensual whips and toys. | |||
| An exotic play called Soltando a Franga by Sady Cinema which loosely translates to "Release the Inhibitions". The driver is Sady Baby (a.k.a. Sady Plauth) an infamous actor and filmmaker | |||
| Episode 07 | November 11, 1993 | Photographer takes quirky fine art black-and-white nudes of his friends on the streets of New York. | |
| Michelle's XXX Revue is a Los Angeles lesbian and bisexual strip club founded by promoter Michelle Levy. | |||
| Russian men's magazine Andreisp. | |||
| The couple behind Libido The Journal of Sex and Sensibility shoot a nude layout for the magazine. | |||
| A virile Chinese senior citizen. | |||
| Episode 08 | March 17, 1994 | Alla Maximova (Алла Максимова) striptease school for the "new" Russian woman | |
| Male sexual seminar, men only | |||
| Sexy male and female 'rock stars' in Rio perform in the nude "they practice what they preach" | |||
| Porn critic and sex educator Susie Bright gives seminar on 'how to read a dirty movie' | |||
| Exotic Erotic Ball was held up through 2009 at various locations throughout California; the 2010 ball was cancelled the day before the show, and no ball was scheduled in 2011 | |||
| Episode 09 | August 13, 1994 | Ylva Maria Thompson's wild late night Swedish TV show. "Tusen & en natt" | |
| 5 day Love, Sex and Sensuality workshop in Hawaii with Alan Lowen | |||
| Drag king show mixed with strip show, to show how fluid sexuality is. | |||
| An erotic party that is recorded to create an adult audio CD Lisa Palac and M. Gantt | |||
| Mr Nude Universe | |||
| Episode 10 | |||
| Episode 11 | July 1, 1995 | ||
| Episode 12 | July 1, 1995 | ||
| Episode 13 | |||
| Episode 14 | Annie Sprinkle with Lily Braindrop Borana, Jennifer Einstein, Dominique D'Anthony, Danielle Willis & Jennifer Blowdryer | ||
| Episode 15 | August 14, 1996 | ||
| Episode 16 | January 17, 1996 | ||
| Episode 17 | January 14, 1997 | ||
| Episode 18 | March 14, 1997 | ||
| Episode 19 | February 7, 1998 | A group gets together to play in the mud in the desert. | |
| Club 55 in Washington DC (closed in 2008) and Hedonism II sponsored beauty pageant for black women. | |||
| Episode 20 | May 2, 1998 | Miss nude world 1998 exotic dancer competition at the "pink pony club" in Atlanta GA. Won by "Holly Montana" | |
| Monthly Male exotic dancer show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arranged by Lady Simzie | |||
| Deborah Annapol workshop on polyamory and relationships. | |||
| a Nude art exhibition in New York City 'Natasha VonRosenchilde' is the artist. | |||
| Episode 21 | September 5, 1998 | The making of realistic sex toys from capture of porn stars' "parts" to manufacturing | |
| Oakland, CA's Edgewater West Hotel (now closed) | |||
| Old-Fashioned Erotica | |||
| the production of a lesbianism-themed art exhibition called "Women Loving Women," which included live lesbian sex performances by porn star Missy and other women in the gallery, with some of the female patrons participating | |||
| Episode 22 | February 20, 1999 | Making of and playing with realistic ($6,000) female from Abyss Creations | |
| workshop on full-body orgasms | |||
| European Sex Club for Couples, Holland farmhouse where couples live out their fantasies | |||
| Performers '13' and 'Princess' of the 'Impotent Sea Snakes' get married at San Francisco's Exotic Erotic Ball | |||
| Episode 23 | May 8, 1999 | arousing African-American dancers | |
| "Club Relate", the only heterosexual masturbation club in America | |||
| an adult-film star-turned-performance artist | |||
| Episode 24 | February 26, 2000 | Suburban housewives learn new oral and tactile techniques at a home party | |
| Exotic Performers read erotic poetry they've written as part of their show | |||
| British specialty that features arousal by playing in a variety of sloppy foods. | |||
| Episode 25 | June 17, 2000 | featuring Tristan Taormino | |
| featuring Susan Block | |||
| Episode 26 | April 7, 2001 | Cunnilingus workshop | |
| Swingstock '99 Swingers camping convention in Rural Minnesota | |||
| Florida Exotic Dancer competition | |||
| The joys of latex from paint-on liquid latex to being vacuum sealed between sheets of latex | |||
| Episode 27 | June 2, 2001 | ||
| Nine college girls live in a house filled with 55 cameras | |||
| Exotic Dancer with very long tongue | |||
| Sex toys made of Pyrex | |||
| Episode 28 | October 27, 2001 | Women who enjoy playing as horses | |
| Exotic dancers get around local laws by performing MacBeth in the nude | |||
| Making of and playing with realistic (US$6,000) Male Love Dolls from realdolls.com | |||
| Modern exotic dancers learn the fine art of classic burlesque dancers | |||
| Episode 29 | April 6, 2002 | Oil wrestling | |
| Off-Broadway show: Puppetry of the Penis | |||
| Exotic Dancer Competition that includes nude horseback riding in Topeka, Kansas | |||
| Couples' Kama Sutra workshop | |||
| Episode 30 | August 3, 2002 | High-tech sex toys including Violet wand and Sybian | |
| Erotic Oscars | |||
| Company that provides professional video services for couples that wish to act out their fantasy | |||
| Kinky Circus | |||
| Episode 31 | November 22, 2003 | Am I Good in Bed? | Anal 101 featuring Tristan Taormino |
| Punk Pinups featuring SuicideGirls | |||
| Latin Lovers | |||
| Sex Party | |||
| Episode 32 | 2005 | Explores the world of erotic Fire performance | |
| Toys in Babeland's annual Masturbate-a-thon | |||
| Mask.tv's custom pornography | |||
| The world of Adult Babies | |||
| Episode 33 | 2009 | Produced in late 2009, this almost standalone episode looks at how sex workers are adjusting during the economic downturn of the year before. | |
| "Flog Away" | |||
| "Madison's Avenues |
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