Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a 1972 comedy film directed by Woody Allen. It consists of a series of short sequences loosely inspired by Dr. David Reuben's book of the same name. The film was an early smash for Allen, grossing over $18 million in North America alone against a $2 million budget, making it the 13th highest grossing film of 1972. The credits at the start and close of the film are played over a backdrop
Sexual revolution to transform "Cosmopolitan" magazine into a life manual for young career women.) In 1969 Joan Garrity, identifying herself only as "J.", published "The Way to Become the Sensuous Woman", with information on exercises to improve the dexterity of one's tongue and how to have anal sex. The same year saw the appearance of Dr. David Reuben's book "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". Despite the dignity of Reuben's medical credentials, this book was light-hearted in tone. In 1970 the Boston Women's Health Collective published "Women and Their Bodies" (which became far better known