Masters of SexMasters of Sex
the Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
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Showtime's dramatic series Masters of Sex, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. BeforeSex and the City and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told,Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.
Follows the career of the famous sex research couple who used their own relationship to gain the confidence of subjects for their studies and to convince readers of their expertise.
<div><strong>Now a New Showtime Original Series</strong><br><br>Showtime's dramatic series <em>Masters of Sex</em>, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before <em>Sex and the City</em> and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, <em>Masters of Sex</em> sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.<br></div>
Showtime's dramatic series Masters of Sex, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. BeforeSex and the City and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told,Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.
Follows the career of the famous sex research couple who used their own relationship to gain the confidence of subjects for their studies and to convince readers of their expertise.
<div><strong>Now a New Showtime Original Series</strong><br><br>Showtime's dramatic series <em>Masters of Sex</em>, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before <em>Sex and the City</em> and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, <em>Masters of Sex</em> sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.<br></div>
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