Summary: Part A:Although secrets are a fact of life, they can have tremendous impact on people’s lives. Lies on the other hand, can completely destroy lives and families. Jane Isay explores the impact of keeping secrets and the liberating power of truth. Secrets and lies can damage our sense of self and relationships. Even so, people have survived learning the most disturbing facts that have been hidden from them.Part B:There was a pop culture revolution in the years between 1968 and 1973. Movies, literature and television challenged more sexual taboos than ever before and possibly ever since. Film and theater especially broke down barriers, starting what is considered to be the height of sexual expression in our pop culture. These works include Myra Breckinridge, Hair, Boys in the Band, Midnight Cowboy, and Deep Throat. In his book, Sexplosion, Robert Hofler weaves a lively narrative linking many of the writers, producers, and actors responsible for creating these works and places them in their historical context.
