… in 1971. The I Am Curious films arrived, and then the Emmanuelle movies, and then a whole genre of gauzy French art-house erotic films that focused on women’s sexual escapades. Second-wave feminism had a messag… in 1971. The I Am Curious films arrived, and then the Emmanuelle movies, and then a whole genre of gauzy French art-house erotic films that focused on women’s sexual escapades. Second-wave feminism had a message for the patriarchy: Women think about sex too, and we’re joining the conversation.