Sex Before The Internet

The creators of Showgirls wanted to push the limits, but it turned out America wasn't ready for explicit sex in a mainstream movie – until it came out on home video.

As VHS and cable brought sex scenes into your living room, Playboy's relevance was under threat. Hugh Hefner had to keep up with the times and bring his brand to television.

As VHS and cable brought sex scenes into your living room, Playboy's relevance was under threat. Hugh Hefner had to keep up with the times and bring his brand to television.

Ron Jeremy was the undisputed King of Porn, one of the few porn stars to cross into the mainstream. But a whispered secret would become a rebel yell as women revealed their truth.

The women of Nevada’s legal brothels describe working for America’s most famous pimp, Dennis Hof, at the Bunny Ranch – where anyone with a buck and a fantasy could come & get off.

From dildos to plugs, go inside Doc Johnson – the company that survived censorship, arrests, and a fire to become one of the largest makers of sex toys in the U.S.

Going inside the champagne rooms of Atlanta’s most notorious strip club where celebs and athletes of the ‘90s partied like never before — until the feds brought it all down.