OK...a couple of other things about this movie, Inside Deep Throat. There is a lot of commentary from people like Bill Maher, Erica Jongg, Hugh Hefner and Norman Mailer and Dr. Ruth among many others. This movie provides rich context on the culture at the time, and the sexual mores of the period.
But one thing that really stood out in one of the trials where authorities tried, and succeeded in banning the film in New York. The judge hearing the trial had to take a lot of expert testimony because he had never heard of a clitoris. Didn't know such a thing existed. And the framing of the argument, morally against the film, was that it showed a woman having an orgasm without the benefit of male penetration...and this...THIS...was considered immoral! A clitoral orgasm as opposed to a vaginal orgasm was considered IMMORAL! I think that argument could only win in a world where men rule~~~~
OK...I am done now...next movie...
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