Confessions of a Young American Housewife - 1974

Unlike most of today's porn, 70's porn often had a sense of social consciousness. Some directors actually had some sort of a message to deliver, that was conveyed by the story line (yeah, a story in porn. What a concept.) and the actual sex scenes. In the best of cases, the sex scenes moved more than the viewer's crotch and affected his thinking. Let's be honest, we weren't dealing with Schindler's List, but there was some attempt to create conversation at least.

Today's example of thoughtful, if heavy-handed, 70's porn is Confessions of a Young American Housewife, starring the amazing Jennifer Welles and the lesser-known Rebecca Brooke. Originally shot as a softcore tease, later edits included some hardcore inserts. Frankly, the original edition isn't bad unless you just have to see all the anatomical parts.

As the movie opens we meet Carole (Rebecca Brooke) and her friend Anna (Chris Jordan), who is the stereotypical comical sidekick/ best friend. Anna has enough sideways looks and the ability to carry a one-liner that she could have been on a sitcom back in the day.