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It took a full decade for Masters and Johnson to finally publish their findings in the more liberal and free-swingin' 1960s, as they waited for society to catch up to the point where it could handle the facts their study revealed.Īs the show starts that's a far bit off in the future. With Virginia no longer a part of his office, Bill accepts Libby's offer to serve as his secretary, in order to help him help compile the work for a presentation.īill gives the presentation on his and Virginia's research to the hospital, but it does not get the response he had hoped.Masters of Sex is a show based around an interesting, but surely limited, premise: what happened when the first American doctor tried to investigate the real biological processes involved during sex? Given this was the mid-1950s when homosexuality was still illegal, censors had a big problem with Elvis Presley's hips and society was dumbfounded when a woman expressed a desire to have a career, the answer is scandal, outrage and secrecy. DePaul's class.Ī young woman named Flora Banks tells Bill and Virginia that she got pregnant from her participation in the study, and wants to know the identity of the father. Johnson redoubles her efforts to get a college degree. Austin continues his sexual relationship with Margaret Scully.īill and Virginia decide that the best way to record their study findings is to film them. Bill tries to balance the study and his affair with his home life. In the aftermath of the miscarriage, Libby and Bill vacation in Miami. Ethan is worried about dating Barton Scully's daughter. Virginia has a one-night tryst with her ex-husband, George.īill experiences anxiety about becoming a father. With the study back in the hospital, Bill and Virginia recruit new participants on campus. Virginia has trouble telling Bill that she cannot accept his proposal, but Bill informs her that Scully has cancelled the study.īill and Virginia continue working at the brothel but Bill grows increasingly frustrated with the conditions. William "Bill" Masters proposes a controversial study of human sexuality but is rejected by his university. The season ends with Bill on Virginia's door step saying he can't live without her. The presentation of the study at the University turns out to be a disaster, and Bill is fired from Washington University. Bill is unable to cope with Virginia's departure. However, after Bill pays her for her work (as they do to all their subjects), Virginia feels demeaned, and later quits.
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Despite Bill not wanting to try again, Libby becomes pregnant again and gives birth at the end of the season.īill and Virginia begin having sex themselves for research in the study. She eventually becomes pregnant through fertility treatments, but suffers from a miscarriage. The study goes to a brothel, where he meets Betty DiMello, and goes back to the study after blackmailing provost Barton Scully with his homosexuality.īill's wife, Libby Masters, wants a child, but Bill cannot tell her that his sperm count will make it impossible to conceive a child.
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He begins the study anyway with his new secretary. Bill proposes a controversial new study on human sexuality but is rejected by the university. In 1956, a nationally renowned fertility specialist, William Masters, met a former nightclub singer, Virginia Johnson.