''The Sex Files'' is a

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broadcasting on

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and was broadcast on CTV network stations after the

watershed Watershed may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage) Music * Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...

, due to its highly explicit discussion of the nature of

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

issues and behavior, from

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...

reproduction Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parent" or parents. There are two forms of reproduction: Asexual reproduction, asexual and Sexual ...

sexual orientation Sexual orientation is an enduring personal pattern of romantic attraction or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender. Patterns ar ...

puberty Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: the ovaries in a female, the testicles i ...

, etc. As one would expect of a show of its nature, it frequently featured

nudity Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. While estimates vary, for the first 90,000 years of pre-history, anatomically modern humans were naked, having lost their body hair, living in hospitable climates, and not ...

, but portrayed in a scientific manner for visually aid in learning, highly beneficial information on sexuality and the

biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

behind it. In Europe the show was called Sex Sense and featured a male narrator. The number of episodes and their titles were the same, but the episodes themselves were slightly different as the more explicit scenes were replaced. It aired on Discovery Channel Europe. Starting with episode 41 (season 4), it is broadcast in high-definition.

The Sex Files episode list

Season 1

# The

Erection An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a Physiology, physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firm, engorged, and enlarged. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, ...

Breast The breasts are two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates. Both sexes develop breasts from the same embryology, embryological tissues. The relative size and development of the breasts is ...

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Orgasm Orgasm (from Greek , ; "excitement, swelling"), sexual climax, or simply climax, is the sudden release of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, characterized by intense sexual pleasure resulting in rhythmic, involu ...

The Birds and the Bees "The birds and the bees" is a colloquial expression referring to a rite of passage in the lives of most children when parents begin sex education by explaining human sexuality and sexual intercourse to them. Meaning According to tradition, "the ...

Aphrodisiac An aphrodisiac is a substance that increases libido, sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior. These substances range from a variety of plants, spices, and foods to synthetic chemicals. Natural aphrodisiacs, such as ...

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Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

# The

Affair An affair is a relationship typically between two people, one or both of whom are either married or in a long-term Monogamy, monogamous or emotionally-exclusive relationship with someone else. The affair can be solely sexual, solely physical or ...

# Fetish #

Gender Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other tha ...

Hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...

# What is

Sexy Sexy is an adjective to describe a sexually appealing person (or thing), primarily referring to physical attractiveness. It may also refer to: * Sexual arousal, the arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity * Sexual at ...

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Girl Power Girl power is a slogan that encourages and celebrates women's empowerment, independence, confidence and strength. The slogan's invention is credited to the US punk band Bikini Kill, who published a zine called ''Bikini Kill #2: Girl Power'' in ...

Birth Control Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only be ...

Season 2

Sex Drive In psychology, libido (; ) is psychic drive or energy, usually conceived of as sexual in nature, but sometimes conceived of as including other forms of desire. The term ''libido'' was originally developed by Sigmund Freud, the pioneering origin ...

# The Act # The

Vagina In mammals and other animals, the vagina (: vaginas or vaginae) is the elastic, muscular sex organ, reproductive organ of the female genital tract. In humans, it extends from the vulval vestibule to the cervix (neck of the uterus). The #Vag ...

# Sexual Signals # Sexual Senses # Sex for One #

Puberty Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: the ovaries in a female, the testicles i ...

Homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexu ...

# The

Rear End Rear end may refer to: *Buttocks, euphemistically *Rear-end collision A rear-end collision, often called rear-ending or, in the UK, a shunt, occurs when a forward-moving vehicle crashes into the back of another vehicle (often stationary) in f ...

# Sexual Cycle # Love Juices #

Circumcision Circumcision is a procedure that removes the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common form of the operation, the foreskin is extended with forceps, then a circumcision device may be placed, after which the foreskin is excised. T ...

Intersex Intersex people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binar ...

ed People # Myths

Season 3

Testicle A testicle or testis ( testes) is the gonad in all male bilaterians, including humans, and is Homology (biology), homologous to the ovary in females. Its primary functions are the production of sperm and the secretion of Androgen, androgens, p ...

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Celibacy Celibacy (from Latin ''caelibatus'') is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the term ''celibacy'' is applied ...

Behavioral addiction Behavioral addiction, process addiction, or non-substance-related disorder is a form of addiction that involves a compulsive behavior, compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-Chemical substance, substance-related behavior – sometimes called a n ...

# Better Sex # Sexual Reconstruction #

Menopause Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when Menstruation, menstrual periods permanently stop, marking the end of the Human reproduction, reproductive stage for the female human. It typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 5 ...

# Future Sex # Sex & Culture # Sex & Disabilities # Sex vs.

Love Love is a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment (psychology), attachment to a person, animal, or thing. It is expressed in many forms, encompassing a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most su ...

# Healing Sex #

Pregnancy Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring gestation, gestates inside a woman's uterus. A multiple birth, multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Conception (biology), Conception usually occurs ...

# Sexpertise

Season 4

Sex Toys A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate Sexual stimulation, sexual pleasure, such as a dildo, artificial vagina or Vibrator (sex toy), vibrator. Many popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals, and ma ...

# Kinky Sex # Rated X # Beyond Monogamy # Pleasure and Pain # The Kiss # The Strip # The Bi Way # Baring it All # No Sex Please # Dirty Jokes # Makin' it Work # More Kinky Sex

Season 5

# First Date # Sun, Sand and Sex # The Boob Tube # Top Ten Sexiest Clothes # The Love Glove # Top Ten Sexy Things # Sexercise # Top Ten Sexual Fantasies # Erotic Origins # His Sexy Makeover # Her Sexy Makeover # The Wedding # Making of the Sex Files

Season 6

Virginity Virginity is a social construct that denotes the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. As it is not an objective term with an operational definition, social definitions of what constitutes virginity, or the lack thereo ...

# Marriage Makeover # The Brothel # Breasts # Sex and

Beauty Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasure, pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, art and taste are the main subjects of aesthetics, one of the fie ...

# Girls on Top # Sex and

Aging Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming Old age, older until death. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi; whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentiall ...

# Top Ten Myths #

Touch The somatosensory system, or somatic sensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system. The main functions of the somatosensory system are the perception of external stimuli, the perception of internal stimuli, and the regulation of bo ...

# Sex and

Rock n' Roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African American music such as jazz, rhythm and ...

# Satisfaction # Top Ten Archetypes # Sextracurricular Activities

Sexual Secrets

Sexual Secrets uses footage from ''The Sex Files'', with contents rearranged to 1-hour episodes. Sexual Secrets was premiered on

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and Discovery Health. Episodes 1-18 use footage from first three seasons of ''The Sex Files''. High-definition episodes are available starting with episode 19, which corresponds to the fourth and later seasons of ''The Sex Files''.

Sexual Secrets episode list

# Pleasure Zones (09/27/2002) # Love Potions (10/04/2002) # Sex Appeal (09/20/2002)to # Sex Drive (09/27/2002) # Forbidden Fruit (10/04/2002) # The Mating Game (11/21/2003) # Love Juices (10/18/2002) # Doing It Right (11/01/2002) # Love Triangles (11/08/2002) # The Body Beautiful (11/08/2002) # Sex 101 (04/25/2003) # Cheeky Secrets (04/25/2003) # Ultimate Sex (04/11/2003) # Sex, Lies and Abstinence # Constant Cravings (05/02/2003) # Designer Sex (05/16/2003) # Sexpecting (05/23/2003) # Prescription: Sex (05/30/2003) # Bi Now, Tri Later # Dating Secrets (03/05/2005) # Wild and Whipped # Kinky Secrets # Ultimate Makeover # Adults Only # Beach Bums # Ultimate Sex List (12/31/2004) # Under the Hood, and down the drain. # Put It On, Turn It On (02/26/2005) # Sex Ed for Grownups (04/14/2006) # Sex, Lies and Myth (04/21/2006) # Aged to Satisfaction (04/28/2006) # Rock n’ Roll in the Hay (5/05/2006) # Alpha Dames: Sex, Sass and Secrets (05/12/2006) # Beauty and the Breast (5/19/2006) # Pure and not so Simple (05/26/2006) # Sexy Marriage Makeover: From Hot to Not (06/02/2006)

External links

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