aimee lou wood: “masturbation was taboo"
one of the stars of the netflix comedy-drama sex education grew up thinking sex was bad.
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english actress aimee lou wood poses after arriving to attend the world premiere of netflix's "sex education - season 2" in london on january 8, 2020.
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one of the stars of the netflix comedy-drama sex education grew up thinking sex was bad.aimee lou wood, who plays aimee gibbs in the show, recently spoke about how she was taught that sex was just for making babies, explaining that this contributed to her feeling like she was a “weirdo.”wood, 24, studied acting at london, england’s royal academy of dramatic art (rada) where she graduated in 2017. while there, she was involved in a number of productions including playing goody in vinegar tom, directed by cressida brown and jess in hen, a short film directed by james larkin. her role as the ham-loving gibbs is her first on-screen role.the english actor said that as a teen, classmates would not talk about masturbation, considering it “taboo.”“girls pretended they didn’t even know what it was,” she told the independent.wood compared the way sexual desire was perceived when she was younger to 1999 teen sex comedy, american pie.“anyone who enjoyed sex was kind of the crazy nympho who is a bit unhinged,” she said.it seems that wood is finally getting a chance to explore sexual desire more realistically. in the first season of the series, her character experimented with masturbation in what she describes as an “ugly and unflattering” way.“i knew it would be so much better if it was a bit ugly and unflattering and days-of-the-week pants rather than sexy lingerie, with some misty foggy lighting. who does that?”
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