What really happened on the 'Sex Raft'
In 1973 an anthropologist put a group of men and women from around the world on a raft and cast them out to sea, but the results were not what he expected.
In 1973 Mexican anthropologist Santiago GenovΓ©s decided to create an experiment to find out what drives people to commit acts of violence. He put a group of men and women from different parts of the world on a raft and cast them out to sea. But what happened was not what he expected. Emily Webb hears from three of the women who took part - FΓ© Seymour, Edna Reves and Maria Bjornstam. This story was originally broadcast in May 2019.
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Picture: The raft cast out to sea by Santiago GenovΓ©s
Credit: Modern Films
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