She's Gotta Have It

Nola's a good role model for wanting to be in control of her own life and body, and for eventually learning to accept herself as she is and not letting others tell her what she should be like. None of the men are good role models. They're all needy and demanding, and they want Nola to change to suit their own needs and ideas about women and relationships.

Sex and sexuality are major themes. Extended sex scenes that show a woman's bare breasts, including an extended close-up of a woman's breast being kissed while moaning is heard. In one scene, a man is very aggressive and the woman says he's hurting her. Female nudity from the waist up, and male nudity from behind. Lots of kissing and caressing, once with a same-sex couple. Close-ups of faces while receiving oral sex. A woman caresses her own bare breast and masturbates under covers. Characters briefly talk about sex between two women without specifics. A man strips down to his underwear and has a prominent bulge. STD prevention and birth control are never shown or discussed, except one mention of something being like a ripped diaphragm.