Synopsis
Sex, Explained (2020), Season 1 is a Netflix documentary series — five episodes, watch online on iFILM. Each instalment takes one question most shows leave deliberately vague.
The season moves through sexual fantasy (why desires cluster into recognizable patterns across very different people), attraction (what biology and context actually drive desire), birth control (why a practice with a millennia-long history is still this flawed), fertility (the gap between how reproduction works and how hard it can be to make it happen), and childbirth (why even modern medicine has not made delivery straightforward). Scientists, physicians, and sociologists speak plainly — data first, no dramatization. For a five-part miniseries, the ground covered is unusually precise: it treats the audience as adults who can handle a real answer.
Stream Sex, Explained Season 1 all episodes on iFILM.
5 episodes
S1·E1Sexual Fantasies
Harboring a naughty sexual fantasy? You're far from alone. Your desires likely fall into one of three titillating scenarios. Is your interest aroused?
S1·E2Attraction
Do you have a type? More than one, perhaps? Find out what goes on when we're drawn to someone sexually and the many factors that fuel these turn-ons.
S1·E3Birth Control
Birth control has been around for millennia, so why isn't it better? From the pill to IUDs, discover why pregnancy prevention remains such a challenge.
S1·E4Fertility
Where do babies come from? Medical advances mean more and better reproduction options. So why do so many people still struggle to conceive a child?
S1·E5Childbirth
Labor pains. Delivery trauma. The miracle of childbirth is difficult under the best of circumstances. Why is it so tough, and how can it be made better?
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