Talking about sex

I hardly would call sleazy shows a la Jerry Springer "talking openly about sex." There is a difference between talking openly about sex and sleazy exploitation of sexual issues for titillation. (I once used the word "titillate" in a class on gender and sexuality in Colorado College. A feminist student in the class expressed surprise that I would use that word. I asked why. She said: because it is from "tits". We looked it up: titillate is from the Latin titillatus, which means to tickle or stimulate. Tit is from the French word of that meaning.)