‘Tell me what you think of when you think of sex’: Gillian Anderson reaches out to fans as she outlines a plan to compile women’s sexual fantasies in a provocative new book
- The Sex Education actress has been inspired to collect the deepest and most personal erotic thoughts of her female contemporaries
- Anderson plays the uninhibited sex therapist Jean Milburn on the show, a character with an easy attitude towards physical intimacy.
- However, the actress believes that the laid-back approach taken by Milburn doesn’t always apply to real-life modern women.
Gillian Anderson has revealed plans to compile a new book based entirely on the explicit sexual fantasies of women around the world.
The actress has been inspired to collect the deepest and most personal erotic thoughts of her female contemporaries after taking on a starring role in the popular Netflix series Sex Education.
Anderson, 54, plays uninhibited sex therapist Jean Milburn on the show, a character with an easy attitude toward physical intimacy and a willingness to talk about sex without fear of judgment.
New Adventure: Gillian Anderson has revealed plans to compile a new book based entirely on the explicit sexual fantasies of women around the world.
However, the actress believes that the laid-back approach taken by Milburn on a show that seemingly frees her characters from sexual inhibition doesn’t always apply to real-life modern women, and she’s eager to find out why.
writing for The GuardianAnderson insisted that her next book, to be published by Bloomsbury, will be a cathartic experience for anyone who decides to get involved.
She writes: “I want women everywhere, and all who intrinsically identify as women now: gay, straight and bisexual, non-binary, transgender, polyamorous, all of you, old and young, whatever your religion, and married “. , single or another, that you write to me and tell me what you think of when you think of sex.
Creative Spark: The actress has been inspired to collect the deepest and most personal erotic thoughts of her female contemporaries after taking on a starring role in Sex Education
‘Whether it’s when you’re having it alone or with a partner, or with more than one. Tell me. Fantasies, frustrations, explorations, the forbidden, childhood, sounds, fetishes, guilt, insatiability.
‘Fifty years later, the boundaries have been erased, no more than in our own sexuality: BDSM, the modern meaning of the genre, etc., everything is at stake. Are women still the silent sex?
The actress was also inspired to compile her own book after reading author Nancy Friday’s groundbreaking 1973 book, My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies, a collection of intimate letters, tapes, and personal interviews on the subject.
Candid: Anderson, 54, plays uninhibited sex therapist Jean Milburn on the show, a character with an easy attitude toward physical intimacy.
And Anderson admits that he was surprised by how sexually repressed many of Friday’s subjects were, compared to their 21st-century contemporaries.
She added: ‘Today, thank God, we are living in a different world. We can talk about these things with our contemporaries. I think that’s one of the things that people find so liberating about Sex Education.
“We show characters who struggle with their sexual relationships and yet are brave enough to talk about it with their lovers and partners, so they can get what they need sexually. The show puts it all on the table and makes it okay to talk about it.’
Despite its success, Anderson previously admitted to throwing the Sex Education script in the trash after an initial reading.
She told The One Show: ‘I’m not really sure if I thought about the future. When I first read it, I hadn’t really responded. I would put it in the bin, and my partner suggested that I take it out of the bin and look at it a little more seriously.
“And actually, when I did it, I found it incredibly funny, and I understood what they were going for.”