British actress Gillian Anderson (54) is looking for sexual passion for a book about women’s erotic fantasies. ‘Sex education put everything on the table and made talking about sex less taboo. I wonder if people actually dare to do that.’
In the Netflix series Sex education British actress Gillian Anderson plays the candid sex therapist Jean Milburn. That role left friends and journalists wondering if women came knocking on her door with their sexual problems or fantasies. No, she said, but the question did inspire her. ‘Sex education put everything on the table and made talking about sex less taboo. I wonder if people dare to do that in real life,” she said in an article by the British newspaper The Guardian. In it she calls on readers to share their hottest thoughts. “Let’s make something that goes straight to the heart and shows what it’s like to be a woman today.”
Another source of inspiration was the book My secret garden: women’s sexual fantasies by Nancy Friday from 1973. That bestseller, in the aftermath of the sexual revolution, is in need of an update, according to Anderson. She wants to know from everyone who identifies as a woman, regardless of sexuality, age, religion or place of residence, what they think about when it comes to sex. Anderson is hoping for answers from a diverse audience to show how far we’ve come since My secret garden appeared for the first time.
In the Low Countries, the Belgian artist and TV presenter Lucas De Man and the Dutch psychologist Mariëlle de Goede already delved into the sex dreams of the public for their book, which will be published in 2020. Yes, please. In addition to power games, group fantasies are said to be the most popular among the Flemish – that could be a threesome or an orgy.
If you want to share your most spicy dreams, you can forward them to Gillian Andersonvia deargillian.com.
