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      Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm

      2007 1h 12m Documentary List
      Reviews 56% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Historian Rachel Maines traces the origins of the vibrator and the sexual revolution. Read More Read Less

      Critics Reviews

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      Hank Sartin Time Out Rated: 4/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Tamara Straus San Francisco Chronicle Passion & Power may lay it on too thick with its You Go, Girl! message, but in the end it does bring to life a remarkably amusing and strange secret history. Rated: 3/4 Feb 22, 2008 Full Review Kam Williams NewsBlaze A tasteful examination of the climax strictly from the female perspective, incorporating a clever combination of the clinical, the carnal and even the downright comical. Rated: 4/4 May 7, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Immensely interesting. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member At times funny, at others kind of horrifying to imagine exactly what has been done to subjugate women's physiology over the past 2500 years. I thought this would be much funnier, a sort of light hearted romp through the turn of the century 'spa' treatments... but it was much more of a historic documentary leading right up to 2004. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Very interesting, funny and provocative. Despite the topic it researches - woman's orgasm, it does not have strong sexual content. The movie uses a lot of visual metaphors. It is very educative, not only for women. It shows and often ridicules the workings of the society and changes it has gone through the history. It has this healthy feminist approach, wit and humor that shows woman's point of view, which often makes the one of man purely idiotic. There are many facts given in the movie that are simply shocking. In my opinion any open minded, educated person should see this movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a must see, but it was informative and at parts amusing. I would definitely recommend it to those with a sense of humor. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Fun, brisk, often surprising examination of the vibrator's secret history as well as its current troubles (in Texas, where you can't sell them legally) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Historian Rachel Maines traces the origins of the vibrator and the sexual revolution.
      Director
      Emiko Omori, Wendy Blair Slick
      Screenwriter
      Emiko Omori, Wendy Blair Slick
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 18, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 12m