The Sex Habits of American Women

Signature presents the East Coast premiere of The Sex Habits of American Women, by Julie Marie Myatt, directed by Michael Baron.

The Kinsey Report meets Desperate Housewives in this voyeuristic peep into the sex lives of American women during the era of pointy bras and pompadours. A respected male psychotherapist in the ’50s is writing a handbook on female sexuality. Meanwhile his wife of 47 years and their unmarried daughter are conducting their own “research.” Juxtaposed against this mid-20th Century story is a videotaped interview with a contemporary single mom — a feisty product of women’s lib. Bridging the 50 years between these moments in social history, the intertwined stories ask provocative questions and take a hard and hilarious look at the unexpected repercussions of the sexual revolution.