7 amazing series and documentaries about female health and sexuality
With these 7 Netflix and Videoland recomendations you can learn something about the female body and sexual health!
The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow (Episode 3: The Pleasure is Ours)
In roughly half an hour, Gwyneth Paltrow brings us along in the world of vulvas to real vulnerability. Gwyneth and her team delve deep into the theme of physical pleasure for women, outlined by sextherapist Betty Dodson. Fun fact: it's the first time in Netflix history to feature a full frontal vagina and a real orgasm. Worth watching for that reason alone!
Available on Netflix!
Slutever
Sexpert Karley Sciortino snoops around the nightstands of very different people with one thing in common: A love for sex! With an open mind, she provides a new outlook on various aspects (and fetishes!) surrounding sex. In this short series of 8 episodes, Karley takes us into the worlds of VR porn, polygamy, strippers, and alternative sex education for schools.
Available on Videoland
Sex, explained
From the biology of attraction to the history of birth control, explore the ins and outs of sex in this entertaining and enlightening series. This series is fun and informative, but it’s slightly less exciting than the other recommendations from this list. Sex, Explained is so tame that you can watch it together with your mom. It is far from horny, but informative and binge-worthy nonetheless.
Available on Netflix
Embrace
Don’t spend a single day at war with your own body. Make love, not war and embrace that wonderful body. That is the message this documentary brings forth. In this jarring documentary, body rights activist Taryn Brumfitt shares the starling truth about the modern women and her self image. Did you know that 91% of women hate their own body? Brumfitt became part of the 91% after her pregnancies. But one day she had enough. After she posted an unconventional before-and-after foto, it sparked an international media frenzy, propelling her Body Image Movement into the hearts and homes of millions all around the world.
Available on Amazon Prime
Sex & Love (around the world)
CNN's award-winning journalist, Christiane Amanpour travels the world to investigate how adults from various countries think about sex, love, marriage, and divorce. In this six-part documentary series, she goes from Tokyo, taking a look into the world of sexless marriages, to Berlin, exploring the “Free-body culture”.
Available on Netflix
Babies
This six-part docuseries explores the groundbreaking science that reveals how infants discover life during their very first year. From nature and nurture to discovering early life: this series is not only educational, but also very moving. Perfect for the young parent(s) (to be).
Available on Netflix
Sex Education
Sex Education is less informative, but certainly not any less worty of being on this list. It follows the life of high schooler Otis, and his mother Jean, a sextherapist, as he faces the various struggles of high school life. Prying neighbours? Be sure to close the curtains for this one. Uncomfortable sex scenes, wet dreams, homosexuality, adolescent infatuation and (shameful) sex education are thrown at your face. Laughter is guaranteed!
Available on Netflix
