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Sex Madness: A warning to teenagers. ''They Must Be Told''

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Sex Madness (1938) is an exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, along the lines of Reefer Madness, supposedly to warn teenagers and young adults of the dangers of venereal diseases, specifically syphilis.The cultural mores could not be more opposite one hundred years later.

Talk about another era, this is like life on another planet. Read the opening text.

Wild parties, lesbianism, and premarital sex are some of the forms of madness portrayed. The educational aspect of the film allowed it to portray a taboo subject which was otherwise forbidden by the Production Code of 1930, and its stricter version imposed by Hollywood studios in July 1934.
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