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The Female Orgasm Onscreen | Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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The History of Female Pleasure

From the 30s, they use a pearl necklace to show a pearl necklace being dropped on the floor that we assume is meant to symbolize the orgasm. And then there were a couple other, a lot of symbolic things of like, lots of cigarette smoking and trains going through tunnels. There was a lot of innuendo. America was embarking on a sexual revolution. So female pleasure came back on screen. Unfortunately, it was often treated as a novelty that existed for men's amusement.

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