Category :DVD Sex Education
The O Tapes The O Tapes

As I sat in the theater at Cinequest in March, I had the opportunity to see the acclaimed documentary "The O Tapes" on the big screen. Starting with the first seen when Adam and Eve were in the garden, the audience gets the fact that 43% of American Women are non orgasmic or will be non orgasimic in their lifetime. That's not a bearable number if you ask me! No wonder Eve had a frown on her face. As the documentatory continues, it weaves through the historical facts and debunks several myths while interjecting humor as a release tool for an intense subject matter. Not only does it handle the subject matter in a provactive and informative way, the characters or women who are questioned within the film run the gambit cross-culturally, ethicnally and age with a variety of responses. One thing was quite in common though, sex and orgasms are taboo with mothers and daughters in general. Another excellent aspect of the film was knowledge. There were several Sex Therapists that particpated in the film and provided valuable knowledge on the "g spot" as well as clitoral and vaginal orgasms. Overall, this is a film everyone should see over 18 years old of course. It empowers women, gives them identification, understanding, and a real opportunity to know they are not alone!

I didn't have the opportunity to go with Jane to Cinequest and as I understand it is just as well since both showings were sold out. However, Jane brought a copy home and thought I might learn something. So we sat on the couch and watched it together. We found that it was a documentary that should be followed by discussion for couples, women and men alike. I think it provides remarkable insight to how women percieve sex and orgasms. Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars doesn't even touch this subject. As part of the male gender, the O Tapes provides excellent opportunities for reevaluation of many men's ideas about women and sex. I also think it is a title everyone should own and when the children are grown (18 years old) give him/her a copy. Might as well start their early life out knowning rather than having them find out when their 40?