Human Sexuality Media Report
read one book and watch one documentary movie related to human sexuality.
Choose one book from the list that interests you:
1. Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction (Herbenick, 2009)
2. Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women (Heiman & LoPiccolo, 1987)
3. Big Big Love: A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them) (Blank, 2011)
4. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Roach, 2009)
5. Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, performance, and ballroom culture in Detroit (Bailey,
2013)
6. Come as you are: The surprising new science that will transform your sex life (Nagoski,
2015)
7. Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (Ochs & Rowley, 2009)
8. Great in Bed: Thrill the body… Blow the mind (Herbenick & Stoddard, 2011)
9. Paying for It (Brown, 2013)
10. Read My Lips (Herbenick & Schick, 2011)
11. Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality (Spencer, 2012)
12. Sex Made Easy: Your Awkward Questions Answered (Herbenick, 2012)
13. Sexpertise: Real Answers to Real Questions about Sex (Sawyer, 2008)
14. The Joy of Gay Sex; Revised and expanded 3rd edition (Silverstein & Picano, 2006)
15. The Joy of Sex: The Ultimate Revised Edition (Comfort, 2009)
16. The Kid: What happened after my boyfriend and I decided to go get pregnant (Savage, 2000)
17. The New Male Sexuality: The Truth about Men, Sex, & Pleasure (Zilbergeld, 1999)
18. The Orgasm Answer Guide (Whipple & Komisaruk, 2009)
19. The Science of Orgasm (Komisaruk, Beyer-Flores, & Whipple, 2006)
20. The Vagina Monologues (Ensler, 2001)
21. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us (Newman, 2004)
Choose one documentary movie from the list that interests you:
1. (A)Sexual
2. And the Band Played On
3. Dr. Money and The Boy with No Penis
4. Hot Girls Wanted
5. Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
6. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
7. Paris is Burning
8. Sexy Baby
9. The Business of Being Born
10. The Hunting Ground
11. The Last Taboo
12. The Ryan White Story
13. The Times of Harvey Milk
14. Trembling before G-d
15. We Were Here
16. Word is Out

To complete the assignment, read your chosen book and watch one of the documentary movies. Please make note about things that you have learned and/or that interest you.

For your paper, please do the following:
1. Provide a brief summary of the media (1-2 paragraphs each) and why you chose that
specific book or movie.
2. Identify the intended audience of the media (e.g., college students, homosexual men,
elderly people, women or men of a certain age, policy makers, academics, etc.) and
describe why you feel this is true.
3. To what extent do you feel that the information in the media is credible? Why or why
not? What kinds of information are used (for example: personal stories, scientific evidence, personal experience or opinions)? Is this kind of information reliable enough for you? What would make the media “stronger” in its ability to convey reliable information to you?
4. How does this media relate to course topics (if at all)? How does the information provided address questions or concerns that you, your friends, or other college students may have?
5. What did you learn from this media, if anything? Provide up to 2 examples. If you learned nothing, describe why you think that is.
6. What types of people would you recommend this media to? If you would not recommend it to others, why would you not?
7. What did you like or dislike about the media? 2