Sex Education s Aimee Lou Wood had a vulnerability hangover after filming masturbation scenes
Time for the female pleasure taboo to get in the bin Feb 8, 2021
Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood has spoken about feeling a vulnerability hangover after filming masturbation scenes for the hit Netflix show, saying that looking back now, she s pleased the final scenes portrayed female pleasure in a realistic, non-airbrushed way.
Wood, who plays Aimee Gibbs in the series spoke about filming the scenes in an upcoming episode of the
Make it Reign podcast (out Tuesday), according to the Sun. In the show, her character seeks the advice of high school sex therapist Otis (Asa Butterfield) after her new boyfriend stops mid-coitus and asks her tell me what you want. Aimee explains to Otis that nobody has ever asked her before, and therefore it s not something she s ever really thought about. After Otis suggests Aimee gets to know what she likes by herself she comes out with th
On âI Hate Suzie,â Sexual Freedom Is a Fantasy
This HBO Max comedy, along with shows like âI May Destroy Youâ and âSex Education,â suggests that female sexuality and desire are always subject to the intrusion of social norms and expectations.
In âI Hate Suzie,â Billie Piper plays an actress who is the subject of a sex scandal.Credit.HBO Max
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In âShame,â the fourth episode of âI Hate Suzieâ on HBO Max, the protagonist, Suzie Pickles (Billie Piper), a pop star-turned-actress whoâs caught in a public sex scandal, masturbates â for almost the entire episode. Or, rather, she