Table of Contents: “…Introduction : The 1950s : no sex, please, we're American -- The pill and the media : spawning a revolution -- Playboy magazine : taking pornography into the mainstream -- James Bond : bringing sex into the movies -- Jim Morrison of The Doors : pushing the limits of sex in music -- All in the family : bringing sex to American television -- Cosmopolitan magazine : celebrating the sexually active woman -- Donahue : taking sex on morning TV -- Three's company : adding jiggle to the small screen -- Movies of the 1980s : erasing sexual taboos -- American advertising : pitching with prudence -- Madonna : tackling sexual issues through music -- The gay nineties : Adam and Eve + Adam and Steve -- The Black nineties : showcasing African-American sexuality -- Semen on the front page : Bill Clinton's sex life redefines the news -- Youth media : shaping teenage sexual values -- Paying for sex (on cable) : Sex and the city and Queer as folk -- Cyberporn : bringing sex to the World Wide Web -- Reality television : crossing new sexual thresholds -- "Sexual literacy" : understanding the media's sexual messages.…”
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