Attitude towards sex has changed
Already the reviews have been pretty bad — a couple, played by Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, have two small kids and therefore little opportunity for sex. They seize an opportunity to make a private sex tape based on the positions shown in the famous 70s manual, the Joy of Sex. Predictably, the sex tape falls into the wrong hands. With hilarious consequences.
Perhaps the only intriguing aspect of this whole idea is the inclusion of the once radical — now slightly comical — Joy of Sex, with its infamous sketches of the hairy guy and his groovy lady — a book set in 70s cultural aspic, all beards and flares. What is even more intriguing is the book’s enduring success — it remains one of the most influential sex manuals of all time since its publication in 1972, still in print and updated for contemporary readers — with sales of over 10m copies. Yet at the time, its publication shook sleepy suburbia awake, ripping at its net curtains and redefining sex for a generation — for those who could access a copy, that is. Naturally, it was banned in Ireland.
