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Gillian Andersonwants women to tap into their sexual desires.
In an Instagram video posted Wednesday, theSex Educationstar revealed that she’s curating a book about women and sex — and she even asked her followers toshare their sexual fantasieswith her.
“As women, we know that sex is about more than just sex,” the actress, 54, said while sitting in a large leather chair. “But so many of us don’t talk about it.”
Anderson continued, “Our deepest most intimate fears and fantasies remain locked away inside of us until someone comes along with a key. Well, here is your key.”
TheX-Filesstar— clad in a black top, pants, and heels — then talked about the book she’s curating.
“A book exploring how women think about sex because sex is about womanhood, motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain,” she explained.
“Wherever you come from, whether you’re 18 or 80, you sleep with men or women or non-binary individuals or all or no one at all,” she continued. “I want to know your most personal desires.”
From there, Anderson proposed for her and her followers to “open up this conversation together and create something revelatory.”
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Further explainingthe reason for her exploration, Anderson detailed so in a recent piece forThe Guardian. She specifically called out Nancy Friday’s bookMy Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies.
“SinceSex Educationwas broadcast, friends and journalists started asking me if women sometimes felt compelled to share their sexual problems or fantasies with me,” she wrote. “Well, they don’t. Which ultimately is what gave me the idea for a book — aMy Secret Gardenfor the 21st century, so to speak — that would be revelatory and profound, and inclusive across the board.”
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Anderson is already a published author. She published her first book,A Vision of Fire, in October 2014. Her debut project, which later became a part of herEarthend Sagatrilogy, was co-authored with Jeff Rovin.
She later tapped into her interest in female-focused issues, publishing the self-help bookWE: A Manifesto for Women Everywherein 2017 with Jennifer Nadel.
source: people.com
