6 Must-Watch Shows, Around the World To Understand Sex & Sexuality Better

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Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day:  Sex is an integral part of human existence. Talking about sex is usually swept under the carpet owing to the stigma associated with it. Cinema, however, has been one reflection of humankind exploring the unsaid shame and taboo brought by something that the world is actually talking about behind closed doors in soft tones. Around the world, many cinematic gems have been playing a poignant role in starting conversations around sex and sexuality in attempts to destigmatize it. Here are 6 shows you can begin with! 

Sex Education 

The Netflix sex-ed series created by Laurie Nunn revolutionized the conversation around sex, sexual health, and the sexuality spectrum on a global level. The credit for the same is due to their diverse cast Emma Mackey, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Gillian Anderson, George Robinson, Rakhee Thakrar, and more.  

The show is a straightforward, yet nuanced depiction of complexities and questions around sexual desires and acts through the lens of varied people, including teens, therapists, disabled, and queer people, all of their experiences defined with compassion and delicacy.      

Christiane Amanpour: Sex and Love Around the World

Wanna have a wholesome retreat by getting a glimpse of people’s take on sex, desires, love, and relationships around the countries then this has to be on your watchlist.  

Popular journalist Amanpour is on a journey to explore how love and sex are celebrated on the grounds of six major cities Accra, Berlin, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beirut, and Delhi. Follow her in the docuseries to experience the shifting landscape around love, sex, marriage, and divorce.   

Sex, Explained 

Watch this Netflix docuseries to learn about sex from scientific and psychological perspectives. 

This American series delves into the topic of sex with an enlightening approach with a fun narration that keeps to engaged despite the lots of numbers and statistics it presents.   

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) 

Now this one’s a lil ancient in terms of its release date of course. But it is on the recommendation list for two reasons. First, you will have a show from a time when sex was not such an open topic hence watching something from that timeline. Second, the series attempts to answer some prominent curiosities around sex.    

The Warp Effect

This might seem to take the concept of virginity and the consequence of losing it too far. But it’s a metaphor to destigmatize sex, and sexual diseases and actually offer a representation of the way ahead for any slips that may come in the way of exploring sex and sexuality  

Blue is the Warmest Color

I know this is a movie, not a show! 

French shows are heralded for their minute and tender characterization of sex and sexuality on screen.  ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ directed by Abdellatif Kechiche is about Emma intricately played by Léa Seydoux coming to terms with her sexuality after breaking up with her boyfriend, she falls in love with a girl with blue hair, named Adéle played by Adéle Exarchopoulos. Love is her librating power supporting her in exploring her desires and identity.     

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