Sex Education: Outsmarting Stereotypes 

In Brazil we have a meme that basically says "I respect your opinion but I think it's a dumb one"

Literally a great mindset at these trying times.

I honestly subscribed after hearing that lol

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@@giulia1361 Especially when hearing sjw nonsense, like in this TV show.

I love that too. On My So-Called Life each character had a limited closet to dress from, it just feels so much more real.

Yes! They seem like regular people cause they aren't all glammerous.

@Umamaheswari G um otis’s house is definitely a mansion lmao

ikr

@@lujorom9172 Yeah, cause his mom is a therapist and makes money. Adam and Eric live in normal houses. But Maeve for example doesn't even live in a house.

Does good writing matter when everyone still watches it anyway? We all are watching ironically at this point. 😂

Yep, after Season 1, the decent writing and acting went STRAIGHT out the window, never to return!

@@nameisamine it's genius comedy.

I love riverdale because after season 1 they realized they were a meme so from season 2 onwards they've fully embraced it.

Lol

And how Otis dressed up for that movie and it didn't diminish his relationship with his masculinity

@@Kaygovegan YEAH it was so sweet how he dressed up for Eric

Their dynamic is soooo wholesome

They nailed that perfectly 👌🔥🔥🔥

thank u for saying this! im not male but i have the same relationship with my best friend. i love her but absolutely platonic even tho im lesbian. sometimes people still think i in love with her just because im into girls and we have a very close friendship and we are very comfortable

yeah I think it portrays reality well. most parents are just afraid their kid won’t be happy and successful. “Hurt people .. hurt people”

I think his grandma knew he was gay as well. When he told her about the person he's dating, at first she was using "She" pronouns every time she talked about who he could be dating, when Eric used only "they" pronouns to describe Adam to her, she switched up very quickly to using "They" as well. Very subtle, which shows the love she has for her family as well as the caution she has as an elder Nigerian woman.

1000 th like

In Nigeria, being gay is very dangerous. So I just saw it as him thinking of how he would be threatened

@Vincent Divine it’s illegal to be gay in Nigeria the last time I checked.

And the accents. I rewatched the show with my mother (her first watch) and I had to watch it in the dubbed (German) version. It was not that bad, but I love the accents so much

@@Isabelle-hv6ny yeeaaah the accents are just so lovely! Honestly it's such a nice change from the typical American accent. It's been years since I've watched any dubbed movies or series (French dub is horrible on anything except from some old movies and a a few anime shows) unless it's forced on me like on TV. But yeah, the accents, I love them soooo much!

@@racheleke3171 French dub isn't horrible. Stop spreading lie.

@@hikaru78- I'm sorry, I should have rephrased it : I find French dub horrible.

@@racheleke3171 I respect that 😊 Je suis désolée de m'être énervée mais on a un des meilleurs doublages de la planète, j'ai pas mal de comédien de doublage préféré et je m'intéresse un peu au milieu alors ça me fait toujours mal au coeur de voir quelqu'un le critiquer >~

yupppp

i also love how they didn't need to hammer in the fact that jackson has gay parents, the show just presents them without overemphasizing that he has two moms

@@caitlinwong621 loved that 🙌, no storyline around it, just representation without it being forced

THIS 🙌🙌

ohhhh wait, is the blonde lady in the clips about jackson also his mum? i don't watch the show so whenever she's on screen with the lad i thought she was his mum based on their mannerisms, but then the hospital clip showed up and i was like, "no, wait, shouldn't that lady sitting next to him be his mum?" didn't occur to me that both could be his. lmfao one braincell moment.

It did it I think masterfully. Like with Aimee's story, irl you don't really hear about it. And if you do it's always little compared to rape. But when you look at it how it is ofc it's bloody traumatizing, it's horrible.

And they also show the trauma after that, like the way Aimee can’t be intimate with her boyfriend and how she always see the “man” which later on makes her need therapy from Jean

@@amandaeaton1177 and thats what I really loved the most with her arc. the writers showed that SA victims aren't magically healed by their friends saying motivational shit or accompanying them to where the incident took place. it has a long-term effect on the victim's mental health and life in general that should be discussed/addressed with a professional. and even after her talk with jean she still wasn't over that traumatic experience. and its so realistic. the writing in s1 and s2 was brilliant.

YES it feels very validating to SA survivors in the audience

I would then turn

What makes this next level writing is that when Otis asks his mum for advice on being a therapist, she points out that projecting yourself into your patients is the fatal flaw. Then not only does Jean do it with Jakub, but Otis does it with the asexual girl leading to people saying sex mom is better than sex kid

@@shaman9 Seems like their emotions can cause that flaw to show itself, Jean was very very in Jackob, she was blinded by him. Otis was dealing with his first girlfriend woes

true! I cryed so hard ;-;

@@Jasmin-jk6xf me too ! But they were tears of joy, seeing these girls care for each other that way made me so happy !

Isn't it just so heart warming. That episode was an eye opener to my husband. And I'm sure it made a lot of other share their story

I think there was only one scene where i cried more. But this scene was really strong.

I cried so bad watching that part, it was so touching.

YES!!!!

I understand this but it does disappoint me that the audience see them as "purely platonic" even though the show clearly hints and a future romantic relationship because its so clearly due to Viv being fat. Let the big girl be sought after for once!!

@@ej7728 totally got what you mean. i hope my comment didn’t come across as “big girls don’t deserve love” bc they certainly do, just like everybody else. from what i have seen so far, viv (helping jackson with his anxiety) and jackson (helping vjv with the guy she likes) have been helping each other out like they are siblings who are also best friends. i’m rooting for viv to find someone she loves and that person reciprocates- and it doesn’t have to be jackson.

@@user-nu9yn5li5d yeah I totally understand that and you didn't come off that way at all! My frustration is just cause I got excited from the hints in the series then everything I've seen about them online was all platonic because I guess I just saw it totally differently Edit: as a fat girl the reason I brought up Vivs weight is because you can have all these qualities in a romantic relationship, they don't make a sibling like relationship by themselves. Its that people don't see the romantic side of it even though i think it was initially written to hint at a romantic relationship.

@@ej7728 i saw it as a future relationship as well! it's really frustrating that the fans usually ship characters who've barely made eye contact, but don't ship those two characters who are clearly intended to be in a relationship by the producers, only because she's fat. I'm fat as well, and it's really annoying. i hope the producers will give her a chance

Adam is amazing, and his character arc is so human and realistic, he is probably my favorite character-

Was it ever said if Adam has a learning disability? Is he a second year senior?

IMO Adam had the best acting of Season 3

@@vicentepuyalto5151 I swear in season 3 I contemplated just skipping over the rest sometimes just to see what happens next in Adams storyline! I was HEARTBROKEN about the end!!! 😭😭😭

@Nino Circus Freak How could Eric do that to MY BOY?! HOW?!

ikr, cheryl blossom could NEVER

NO HONESTLY, everyone involved in sex education deserves the Worlddss

ikrr!! it felt so real and i think was relatable for a lot people and how they process such trauma

YES! i completely agree

And the way the other girls helped her even though most of them didn't really speak to each other or even like each other is so wholesome and nice to see. I love seeing female characters support eachother

It’s like the story was made for the characters, rather than the characters were made for the story. Really refreshing to see

Trueee. All of them had great character development. Side characters didn't even feel like side characters lol.

@@goodgrieficarus1217 u put this in words perfectly :))

THIS. I love so much how there's nothing about it!

Yeah same happens in Scott pilgrim too

@@hardikrana9580 Wallace is one of my favorite characters in anything ever.

"I'm not gay, Greg."

This happened in daybreak too

Maeve isn't necessarily likeable, she's unnecessarily rude and if you ever knew her in real life you'd think she was just obnoxious

@@gunveersinghdhir6186 If we got annoyed by Maeve in real life, it would be easy to avoid her, because she's not an extrovert. 'In your face' rude people are more annoying than 'loner' rude people. I personally wouldn't want to be friends with most of the SE characters for different reasons.

@@Ri57490 Also Maeve isn not for everyone, i like people who say what they are really thinking without a big filter, but i know that its not for everyone.

Calling her an activist is a stretch

I think her relationship with her mother really hammers in the fact that being a feminist does Not mean being a bitch to anyone and everyone. A person, who I think probably had everyone extremely irritated, who was dealing with an addiction and had hurt Maeve over and over. Still, Maeve loved her regardless, just shows how human these characters are. Such well rounded writing. CW would've had Maeve make sure her mother went to jail or some self righteous bull and act like that's not her mother.

I couldn't agree more! The final episode of season 1 was such a heart-warming moment. It's a shame we didn't' get to see more of him in the later seasons, although they chose to focus on Eric's mother instead...

absolutely loved how they presented that

@@clairestz1328 Yeah was Eric's dad's random disapparance ever explained?

Fate the Winx saga could not relate

i flipping HATE when they use a black character as just a social message and then discard them after like they’re only there for social justice purposes and for diversity instead of being actual characters.

That is so true 😥😥

i hope people stop tokenizing women. lgbt and poc in fiction and portray them as human beings. after all, the story and the characters MUST be fleshed out and even if someone wants to make a message out of it, it shouldn't take the mary sue or belittling route

I really agree, but then there is always some Teen Vogue article saying that in series X where character Y is black, unless the show talks about racism "their blackness is not acknowledged".. see for example the Netflix show Before her eyes

Exactly they're not in the show just because you have to have a gay characters on tv shows now they have a purpose to the plots

@@rtsharlotte AND they have their own stuff going on outside of the straight main character’s problems. Do they cover homophobia with Eric? Absolutely. And they do it pretty damn well as much as I can tell, being a straight dude. But Eric isn’t just forgotten after that and only brought back when a musical episode is happening and “well gays like musicals duh!” He is a character first and gay second. Same as how people write straight characters by default.

a great thing about eric's inpopularity is that he's not unpopular because he's gay being that there are other popular gay characters

@@MrRenardbleu yo true. Hell one of the gay dudes is in basically one of the most popular groups in the school and Rahim is also instantly popular when he transfers. Even the other dude calls out the SCHOOL BULLY on homophobia not being cool anymore and Adam backs off at that

What hurts the most about Kevin is that in the source material he has always been treated purposefully as a character that’s main trait is not that he is gay. Unfortunately the show is more regressive than the comics

Lily got to me as an autistic person because yeah. Even if we don’t realise what we are doingis “socially unnacceptable” other people will force us to learn that regardless. And it hurts a lot

btw your English is perfect, you need to stop saying that. There are Americans that write a lot worse than you, so

Never apologize for speaking a 2nd language. Your english is spotless fyi

I love that too!!! Like come on you can still keep bringing up new things about sidecharacters no need to always replace them! And I really loved his parts in season 3

that is soo true

your English is awesome❤️❤️

Yeah, we all want to believe that we are good people and then we realize and just say, yeah i have to notice more about how i make some people feel

I also don't like a lot of things about Otis, but I enjoy navigating through his world with him.

yeah it was refreshing to see a main character that didn't need to be written as a hero or placed on a pedestal

Otis was really annoying at times but i like how he was written

Ikr, that’s makes the character more realistic, after all, he’s just a teenager

And he is not in love with his straight friend. They are friends and that's it. I think it's amazing

Rosa Diaz (also B99), Elodie (Trinkets) Elena Alvarez (One Day at a Time), Callie Torres (Grey's Anatomy), Mickey Milkovich (Shamless), Santana Lopez (Glee), Eliott (the magicians), Nicky Nichols (Orange is the New black), Maeve (the boys), Oberyn Martel (GoT). That are the characters I immediately think off when its about not stereotypical gay/bi people.

Precisely, I adore that Eric is refreshingly his own character, and not just a sidekick for Otis. I also like that Eric isn't in love with Otis, and their friendship is one of the best dynamics on the show.

@@ducklingscap897 ehhh idk how well glee did that one. They kinda just made Santana gay last minute to make up for kurt ,and they hardly gave her a life outside of being mean and lesbian

@@namelessarm6273 is have to disagree, i think santana was one of the only good characters by the end of that shitshow lmao, i miss season one so bad

I think the best part is that his live changes and it’s good. He doesn’t get his wife back and his son doesn’t suddenly like him… Shows do that too often like the „he is good now for his family“.. no he left and it’s ok that way

Yes. But with the new headteacher, we got a new cartoon villain :D

the ‘hurt people hurt people” moment :(. it came full round

Yes! And even the arc revolving around Hope, who filled that 'cartoon villain' role on a more discreet way is perfect! From the first scene to her last, she feels very human and understandable, even if we despise her. They do all of their 'villains' so well in this show, tbh

I wish he remained an asshole, there's no need for him turn into a good guy like adam.

@@kaitakashi6587 noo, I see it as a way for boomers/macho man's to heal and find the joy in their lives again, and even for younger generations to know it's never to late to get your shit together

@@kaitakashi6587 the thing is this show isn't looking to vilify anyone. While people are mean, nobody is static, and everyone can change for the better

@@audreysbr yeah it's a sign for a teenage drama comedy series to show older people can still change but in truth is that there's never gonna be a happy story about it in the end nor will this particular scene come to fruition because that's reality, and that is somethin needed here with mr groff since he is an embodiment of being an asshole and will always be one. What's the purpose of him being good when you got old people like Jakob and Jean changing for the better it absolutely doesn't make sense

@@audreysbr if you actually had a family member or let alone a father like him, trust me you will never show any remorse for him no matter the tragic backstory

Yes! I loved all the scenes where he’s dressed up, and has meaningful interactions and conversations with fx Maeve, so funny and touching 😂

YES!

What i love is that they are allowed to be affectionate in their friendship. In many shows friendship between men, specially if one is gay ,is like " yeah, keep your distance, no touchy". But otis and eric fell like normal real friends, because normal friends hug each other .

I just love the way sex education gets the tiny aspects of real life and puts them in the show. That just makes everything feel so real.

Bull-Swip. This is not smart Writing. Theres so much wrong with this show, its incredible. And you call that smart? Wow.

@@slevinchannel7589 get lost

Can you say some of the things that are wrong with it?

@@slevinchannel7589 u can’t just say there’s so much wrong with the show and then proceed to not tell us what’s wrong with the show..

I also like that even though one of the characters is gay, there's never a "am I in love with my straight male best friend who I am so close with?". It's stereotypical and unnecessary.

i love how their friendship is presented as something normal, something you see everyday, without having the need to make a discussion/explanation as to why a straight and gay character are friends. they just are. and its fucking brilliant. otis does things for eric (like dressing up for a tradition) without the show ever questioning his masculinity. the writers really want the audience to understand that that is how friendships should be. the otis-eric tandem is SOOO well-written. a rare gem.

Their dynamic >>>>>

honestly!!

It really does add an extra layer of pain for us viewers though, it's almost too believable.

After watching the show, I googled if they're related or not

THIS

I also noticed that. Their noses are very similar

Also Maeve and her brother!!!

isnt he gay? but yeah hes the best lol

The only issue I have with Eric’s character is that he got together with Adam at the end of season 2, I’m not a fan of the “gay kid dates former homophobic bully” trope

@@seandavid4862 same

​@@seandavid4862 The trope is rather outdated, but with how this show has been turning high school drama tropes on their head, I'm willing to give it a shot in season 3. They might end up going someplace great with it.

@@seandavid4862 Couldn't agree more. Their relationship makes me cringe.

I also like this fantasy universe where this tv show takes place. Makes me forget about real life and real problems 😭

I also love how there is little to no music when it comes to sex scenes, it looks like a detail but means a lot, because sex doesn't work like a music, doesn't always last as long as music and it kinda shows that it is fine if your sexual acts aren't as erotic as what you imagined them to be like. And this is rare, and extremely positive to the public to free them from this complex

This

yeh i think it’s education than sex and it’s brings about great awareness to issues involving sexuality, race, identity, mental health and it’s a great and timely show to educate people

@Some Weeb So.... I don't know if we're watching the same show (cheerleader dancing scenes, stripper scene, sexualised sex scenes, Betty domme alter ego) but also.... As someone who is also very attracted to women... There are a LOT of hot women around in media!

I like how sex educations portrayal of sex is: “well...this is a thing that happens to people”

He is which is why his fits of rage he has inherited from his father are so jarring.

*Twilight flashbacks*

I cried realising I would've brushed it off the exact same way she did

I remember watching that scene and as soon as they went to the police, I paused. I was sat there thinking, “Wait, that’s not that big of a deal, stuff like that’s happened to me more times than I can count.” and then it clicked. I’m not gonna lie, I actually left the room to cry. I always thought that rape was the only form of sexual assault, I didn’t think that groping, or what happened to Aimee counted, so to find out from a netflix show that I’d been sexually assaulted, not fun.

@@dead-ringer hi... How have your last days been? I'm asking because i sort of had that same realization two weeks ago. I have deemed experiences "triggering to me", but only now realized what happened really was abuse objectively. I hope you have had time to breathe since realizing. I am spending some time without my partner to process this...

@@depaula1710 Hi, yeah i’m doing okay. I’ve been going to counseling since I had the realization, but I’ve been doing well, most of the incidents happened back when I was much younger, and my partner’s been helping me to cope with it, so I’m in a much better state than I was at the time. Thank you so much for asking, I hope you’re doing well too.

@@dead-ringer of course! Wishing you all the best to continue doing well. I'm in counseling too, for the second time, since more has been happening after the first round of 4 years of treatment. I am ok on my own, but struggling with relationships.

His interaction with Otis' mum is so hilarious 😭

he's literally me fr

also shes a feminist! like i dont care that shes “not like other girls” because thats just her and she doesnt put down women who are like other girls :) a very good character

I have so much appreciation for the way she was written. I feel like she first comes across as this independent, mean and "tough" type of girl but then, as you say, she turns out to be a much more complex character. She reminds me of characters like Furiosa from Mad Max or Katara/Toph from ATLA who often show a tough or mean side but then you see them also be conflicted, caring and sensitive, something the writers didn't drop in order to uphold this "badass" woman persona.

I didn’t even think of that. About her being the “not like other girls” trope. The show does a great job of turning that trope on its head that I didn’t even realize it. She doesn’t really put down or judge other girls the way victims of the trope do. (Like the NLOG girl thinking that girls into makeup and dresses and dating are stupid and only she’s right because she doesn’t care about that stuff). Maeve IS kind and caring and her struggles explain her outsider status perfectly whereas most not like other girls are really just average characters with nothing really big in terms of backstory or layers, their character is just that they HAVE TO hate stuff other women like. There was a comic on instagramabout that too, of a Girl who thought of herself like that but comes to realize that there are girls who like games and movies and comics AND they like makeup and dressing up too and that she doesn’t have to pick one or the other just to feel unique. It ends with “maybe I AM like other girls. Because other girls are unique and cool”

@@pcrassen4975 This comment is perfect. She has the cool factor and mysterious vibes that make her fit the trope, but she’d never think of it herself. She’s a bitch but wouldn’t put another woman down for not being ‘different’. And she’s so sweet to her friends once you get passed her hard exterior. I love her.

Caring about friends doesn't make someone no longer horrible. This is like saying "this rapist was nice to me, so they actually aren't a horrible person". Unwarranted aggression, rudeness, and bullying tendencies make a horrible individual. Like Adam. Just because he was closeted and has an abusive parent doesn't absolve him. If you're nice to a select few people but horrible to others, you're still a horrible person.

I thought it was really good that even though not thát much happened, she was still so affected by it. Because it is so real: something like that can have an incredible impact and it happens way too often

@@Marjanne0031 It is, in my opinion, also a good example of "just because there are people who have it worse than you doesnt mean your problems and nightmares are less important" ...people tend to play things down to an extend where it eats you up from inside, because to you the horror is real, the others just have "another perspective" on life

that was the best episode of the series no contest.

@@ichbinnichtdererste thank you. People made me wanna feel like my problems dont matter because i am not homeless or didnt have cancer or smth like that, like i should be greatful for basically something that is a bare minimum

@@notwerkinginthishouse8634 It has become a bad habbit of me to think the same, but what I tell others is exactly that...your problems matter, your reality is not mine...tell me, what is your reality, so that I can see the problems and help me to understand them...Before telling you to change something, I would first want to see your world...after all some of us are more sensible than others :)

😢😢😢

Yall are so dramatic 🙄.. it was solid

What are you people on about 😂 I loved it! It made me happy cry.

Season 4 is a bit rush but that does change the fact that this is the best teenage show ever

"Just two dudes, sitting in a hot tub, 5 feet apart..." 🤣🤣🤣

I totally agree.

Sex Education is a prime example of what happens when you have good gay representation on the show. Eric is gay, he has relationships, and there are also many other non-straight characters on the show; and precisely because of that, when Eric and Otis have a friendship and are affectionate with each other, but not romantically, nobody has to write anything more into that, because the representation is already there and we don't have to thirst for it by shipping canonically straight characters! All that is to say - when the gays are there, the friendships don't suffer ;)

Oh fuck i commented something similar and just now read your comment lol I agree 100% (it lacks a lot as well here in Brazilian television!)

Yea I love that Otis fully except his best friend is gay and doesn't feel the least bit self conscious about it and even supports him. Yea plus all the characters have so much depth to them that they feel like real ppl

@@industrialalliance9905 asexual is ace

@@m4rthaswur1d I know. I just didn't that they included asexual int their comment

I love how they portray it as normal and not as a quirk or a "quirky lgbt people". The characters feel real and natural and thats why i love the show. Its not pretentious

@@m4rthaswur1d thank u for letting me know! 💕

and it doesn't feel like they are just following a check-list

My boyfriend is straight, and his best friend of 15 years is gay as. It reminded me a lot of their friendship. People have asked me if I'm worried when they sleep in the same bed (his best friend lives 5 hours away so he stays the night when he visits) and if I dislike them being affectionate and all. Just shows how important good representation is and how badly it's needed.

That shouldn't surprise anyone. What does sexual orientation has to do with friendship?

Same story with music, both this and fashion really embrace the charm of the show.

agreed. like maeve wears jackets like a BaD GiRL but it doesn't feel forced

Yes!! I’m so sad they’re wearing uniforms in the next season

@@takeyat8840 wait they are?! I know some people were complaining about the fashion since they're brits but why D:

@@noba5420 some pictures of the cast wearing them got leaked, but I don’t know the reason :/

First time an extra girly naive character is much more than that and taken seriously

yeah i love it! like shes seen as an idiot, but still a person with feelings that matter. there are dumb people in the world, there are some dumb blondes too, they exist. theyre human though! and they can be some of the kindest people out there, and deserve love just as much as anyone else! so depicting her as such and still giving her respect gives a blueprint for how to treat these people in real life. theyre still people with experiences and opinions that matter as much as anyone else.

and the GREATEST of friends😭😭

probably because teen drama garbage shows focus more on the absurd stupid mystery drama shit and not really on the relationships of characters.

@@dericmatthew4074 drama in shows I think basically translates to ENTERTAINMENT or ENTERTAINING at least to me imo BUT irl it'd just be someone being a total nuisance and kinda of just a loud and annoying insufferable noisy af brat like annoying younger siblings for/as an example

She's my favourite!

I love Aimee so much too! I do think that she really isn't that intellectually smart but I think the show does a really good job in showing that this doesn't make her any less worthy as a person. It doesn't mean she's completely dumb or incapable of having her own thoughts.

@@fromweirdobonawithlove1426 exactly!

I mean that was the point of the video. The characters have more to them than it first appears.

ikr she seems like she would be a really good friend

@@antonioricaud5308 be fr

@@antonioricaud5308 You are in the wrong place, dude.

​@@antonioricaud5308be fucking for real

yeah it was literally never brought up at all which i thought was so amazing along with all the other layers to the parent's relationship including many smaller details, such as Jackson not being emasculated at all by having 2 mums, the dynamic about one of them being the biological mum and the other not and it highlights how even gay couples have issues (you rarely ever see these issues talked about as most TV gay marriages are always happy and perfect which isnt realistic)

But it’s also cool how in the third season they talked about their discovery cause Jackson asked for advice about being in a queer relationship

@@glorycastillo5379 yes totally!

Another series where this is done so well is Vigil (also with the actor that plays adam btw)

What I love about this show is that the lgtb characters have "normal people's" issues that are completely independent to them being lgtb. In most shows the problems of the lgtb characters are always related to their sexuality and the fact that society is not lgtb friendly enough. They always make a great deal about how they are lgtb and that society should change and become more tolerant to them. Like that's ALWAYS the plot line in other shows. In Sex Ed, Jackson's mothers are having relationship issues and are about to divorce like any heterosexual couple would, they are not perfect. No character is perfect and no character is a villain. I love how the video mentions Mr Groff (Adam's dad) as a "villain" character, but even him gets extremely humanized in the 3rd season and you end up liking him much more and sympathizing with him.

same ahahahah

Same here

YES

Me too. 😂

Same haha

I never thought I would be shipping Otis and Ruby but here I am, yes Maeve and Otis are amazing but I loved Ruby with him, they helped each other grow

@@caldervitriolic2128 I'm praying otis and Ruby is endgame 🥴😩

Yeah I’m just now realizing I’ve never seen ANY shows talk abt pansexuality, despite being a pan person myself.

Bojack also did this very well.

@@saryjackson7705 same like just seeing them say a character in schitt's creek is pansexual made my day so well cause of how less representation I've seen and it just made me so happy but when they did it so well in sex education and through the character that I literally had a crush on was just.... Damn

@@bubbybrothethird5369 yess i love that show

This great lgbtq+ representation because it discusses discovering your sexuality in very realistic ways. I like the animated show She-ra’s lgbtq+ representation for almost the opposite reason, they live in another world and in that world being lgbtq+ is the norm

I burst into tears at that part. "Sex doesn't make us whole...so how could you ever be broken?"

Yes yes yes

Absolutely! Also thought it was amazing that Otis didn't understand the asexual character but Jean did-- shows just how hard it can be to find someone who understands your asexuality and how healing it is when you finally do.

As an ace this show makes me really uncomfortable lol

@@somethingunusual8456 are certain asexual people uncomfortable with the idea of sex? i’ve never heard of that before but i’d like to learn more if your ok with telling me lmal

Well, I know where I'll be traveling to as soon as I'm vaccinated

that's so cool!

luckyy

They film most in the forest of dean. Especially tintern. We saw them film two scenes on my walk lol they finished filming about 3 months ago

Ahhh thats awesome!! Yep i saw them just chilling in cardiff, no filming though. Who did u manage to see?

more genuine sex education from that portion of the episode than we've received in our entire schooling life

first, i wanna say i’m truly sorry you had a similar experience. no one deserves having to go through being violated in any manner. second, i felt the same way, i too went through something similar and i just felt so alone and awful afterwards (and for a while after). so seeing what aimee went through and showing her journey as she processes and slowly heals was really impactful. i remember crying all throughout her arc and getting some closure on my own experience, so it was wonderful

i was assaulted on a bus and ive never told anyone but her storyline was so similar to me it made me feel less scared and able to move on

@@victoriapina8895 i’m so sorry and i’m so happy that you feel better now. i’m doing better too. i hope you feel less alone now

@@stayslaying2415 thank you for sharing. it’s really really hard to say this kind of thing, so you’re very brave. i hope you are doing better!

He bullies because he's bisexual then?

True except for how she treats Ola. I love the show, but the Ola / Maeve rivalry really annoyed me, cause it’s so old, so ridiculous and pointless, and they’re both better than that.

@@lujorom9172 yes i felt the same. fighting “over a guy” which was essentially the message they wanted to show is very silly and old like you said. i’m glad it was over right after lmao

@@marianunes8472 exactly!! Although it did go on for several episodes, which was still too long imo.

I love her character so much also I like they didn’t make her “pure” and sassy , she’s just such a well done person over all

@Some Weeb would you call yourself an open-minded person?

I was crying and my husband was crying too

And the “it’s my vagina” scene Had it been an American show I think that scene would’ve been too comedic and lost the message But I was actually crying

I would say that 2 if Bojack Horseman wasn't a thing

😔 I just realized what you meant now after season 4

Indeed, I watched both seasons in about three days, and I can't wait for the third!

Huh, I could only make it part way to ep 3. Maybe some day I'll give it another go.

@@FauxFoxPaw watch the whole season, trust me u will love it at the end.

And nobody talks about it

@Vasili ZgR Why?

OH AND THE BIMBO GIRL X RIOTGRRRL FRIENDSHIP IS JUST SO PERFECT AND ACCURATE HER DEFENSE OF AIMEE TOO

Yes most writers like to tear female friendships apart for the sake of a guy . Loved how they handled this friendship

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this is the perfect set up for a lesbian love story in season 3 😫

@@neptune2266 no because them being platonic is what makes it good.

@vick • female relationships almost never end in romance though? they’re always teased and hinted at to bait fans but it never actually happens. anyway my comment was mostly a joke i still love them both girlfriends or not.

And his mother’s were lesbian which is just the cherry on top ❤️

I guess we could count his mom feeling distant when he was quitting sports? But then again that wasn’t specifically about her being white just about her not being biologically related so Idk. More about blood vs. family than racial

Exactly! It can be so exhausting to only see representation where the POC or Lgbt characters are getting bullied or discriminated against.

I love when that happens. Like have their race or sexual orientation not be a biggy. I love how with Eric's story, it wasn't a whole race narrative, but you could get to know him culturally

Excatly! I think there's also a hint in the fact that Jackson is a black swimming champion

I’m gonna be honest I’ve never seen the connection between eric and adam. it just felt off. that whole thing where eric is just FINE WITH KISSING A DUDE IN NIGERIA IS DUCKEDD up. Like ?? maybe the show was more focused on otis and maeve near the end of the season but SEROOUSLY

Adam is my favourite character too and I absolutely love his poem at the end of the season as it shows how far he's come. I also felt proper iffy about Eric this season. He's been out for so long but Adam practically outed himself to the entire school. He has barely had time to process his own sexuality let alone his first gay relationship. It makes sense that Eric doesn't want to hide anymore but I think getting annoyed at Adam for not being as open as he is was pretty horrible. Also the kissing some rando guy?? that you just met??? when you have a bf at home???? I like Eric but this season he was being kindaaa the worst to Adam

And also like.. Who goes somewhere with a stranger you never met? Plus the whole "I felt more free with Oba" just dosen't make sense to me, since Oba and the others were not really out openly?

@@nightmare9597 Whoa, that only just occurred to me!!! Yes, Oba can't be open in Nigeria so what is Eric on about wrt Oba versus Adam to be open about their sexualities?! Open only in clubs? As opposed to in front of the school and Eric's family?

@@quasalor1480 Ikr? Plus, Adam was open to trying out new things, and was kinda already out in the school, so it was only the parents who didn't know that. Eric was in a relationship with Adam, not his mom, so it should only be a small problem not really a huge one for him.

That's what I've always said!! That yes the main character of the show is otis but the leader of their duo is Eric

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Yes! I think it's mostly due to the diversity of people behind the scenes. It shows that diversity isn't just putting characters of different groups on screen but having them directed/written by the same cishet white men, it's about what's going on behind the scenes, because no one knows women more than a woman, or about gay people like a gay person, etc.

Oh and while the scene was like really really sad. I love how the group of girls find out they have nothing in common other than the terrible stuff that had happened to them. They're all individuals that end up respecting and bonding with each other over their trauma and I think that's quite beautifully

@@dragon9261 OMG YES. It was so sad, first of all that they had nothing in common except that they were all victims and second of all because it shows the reality that so many girls and women are being assaulted every day. It really brings you back to reality for a bit.

That instantly made me think of The 100, which has many strong female characters (sometimes strong is their only characteristic, which makes them one-dimensional again) - but they are all usually fighting against one another.

@@m_milos we had that exact kind of moment when I was at girls only birthday party and most of these girls were strangers and we ended up talking about how we all had survived assaults or face it . It was sad that some of the girls had to face so much but it was kinda like felt good too cause I felt like I was not alone. Girls are really supportive but the images in media really infiltrates our imagery .

Yes! The way they weren't force to overexplain or justify their identity to the audience and characters was really satisfying, and the writers didn't shy away from making them a flawed character still which is great

yes!!! i agree so much. i also really appreciated when cal pointed out that jackson would be getting into a queer relationship if they dated and how he actually explored that idea because it makes the audience realize that non binary isn't just like girl-lite or guy-lite like you said it's different for everyone i just really liked that part

Cal was the worst character in this show. Sorry. Not because they're non binary but because they felt like forced representation.

@@cennix id rather have “forced” representation than no representation

we indeed had more of Cal in season 4 and I love how the story ends

Love this

Absolutely. I love how Eric’s dad is just concerned for him. I really like that. These conversations are my favourite parts of Sex Education.

Yes and I love how he chose to come out by wearing traditionally feminine African clothes

@@77777gang he came out years before that

And where his Christian community wasn't shunning him like we are used to hearing. Cause as a queer black woman, some of them be HELLA HOMOPHOBIC

Right. Eric's dad is one of my favorite tv parents. I felt like he was super realistic. I felt like if I was a Dad with a son like Eric I could see myself acting the same way (okay maybe a bit less accepting but I'm working on it)

Same, he is my favorite character too, for the same reasons as yours and also because I never saw a so well written bisexual male character in a series, movie or book. I actually don't know if I ever saw a bi male character in a story. And I love that he isn't just a bully or aimees ex or the son of the headmaster, he has his own life and friends. And I love the new friendship between Orla and him. I smiled so much when they huged and talked.

@@rosie8909 You want a bi male main character? Look no further than Moxxie from Helluva Boss.

@@chronologizer422 oh wait I know this show, a friend of mine likes it a lot. Thanks for the recommendation

Oh I remember that I read the webcomic/book Heartstopper, there is a bi male character as well

@@rosie8909 Heartstopper is literally one of the best comics I've ever read.

Yes! Honestly I watch it all the time because I wish that I could live in their universe😂 Sounds a Little sad but the vibe of the show is just so good

Same. There isn’t really a big bad or a dramatic storyline. The storyline is just the characters and what they are experiencing. It’s very slice of life imo. And I like it precisely for that reason. I don’t need Hiram Lodge to be the big bad for the twentieth time in a row and Veronica saying how she hates her daddy and then going back to him the moment it’s convenient.

@@pcrassen4975 Yeah, Archie and Jugehead make me wanna puke I despised so much misogyny and it felt like 18+ but i loved how they unite girls always

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agreed

exactly!! and i love how season 2 ended with him trying to come to terms with his mental health and he befriends Viv despite all the pressure from his jock "friends" and he's such a sweet and caring guy

it remined me of a character called cam in degrassi the next generation, spoiler..... he was written specifically to explore suicide. he comes to this new school with his hockey team- he's good (iirc) but he's shy and awkward and the youngest player who doesn't really have friends on the team. he feels extremely pressured and stressed between hockey (and trying to get scouted for a scholarship) and being a new kid and at one point he self harms, he makes himself sick so he can miss practice and then when that blows up in his face he purposely falls from a high place and breaks his own arm. he seems to recover mentally while not having to play but he has troubles with his new girlfriend and his teammates and the guy who likes his gf grief him repeatedly and he eventually kills himself. we never find out how he did it bc the degrassi team actually researched and listened to the mental health experts who said it could lead to copycats/distress the viewers (looking at u 13rw) but its very powerful and heartbreaking. it scared me so much seeing Jackson hurt himself to keep him from having to swim. i don't think sex education is going down that path with him and he'll find his way next season but it broke my heart.

Jackson is one of my favourites

Definitely! Everyone is just so multilayer

Lol

as calmy as Dumbledore

Omg I love the alien girl!

also I've never seen vulvodynia been talked about on shows even though it's not uncommon! Was pretty cool.

her arc in season three is pretty short but it’s so heartbreaking 💔 she deserves the world

Lilly >>>

Please I love Lily she's so funny and yet she doesn't trrryyyyyy

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didn't they cancel it?

wait no that was teotfw

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Atleast euphoria does it right

Euphoria is actually great and does it right however 13 reasons why failed horribly they should’ve stopped after season 2

@@Kevin-rg3yc Euphoria still doesn’t deliver well enough. All though, it is more promising, than most American teen shows, it still has this essence of American exaggeration in it. Euphoria comes off as being too heavy because the characters and the situations in it are still portrayed unrealistically. It is too extreme, and there’s too much going on. Also the situations and characters, especially Rue, have an unsatisfying development. Sex Education knows it’s a dramatic/comedic teenage show and pokes fun of teen show stereotypes and tropes by criticizing them, which ironically makes it serious and real. whereas Euphoria tries too hard to be a “serious” and “deep” teen show by making it all too depressing and extreme, where in fact it comes off as too unrealistic, but forced rather. I would have to praise Euphoria for their LGBTQ+ portrayal, and for their portrayal of drug addiction though.

@@kamilyakadyr7063 Totally agree with you. It's too deep and depressing for me.

Skins (UK). Skins does it right. Everything. (first 2 seasons, are the best, ist has ups and downs after that.) Sex education too. Imo 13 reasons should have never been made in the first place. The whole concept and idea is just wrong.

Just as otis and ruby’s relationship was getting interesting they just dropped it which was disappointing.

Agree- I think that instance where she takes him home and they spend the night w her dad is great! Ruby was vulnerable and we saw different side of her etc. where are the Maeve and Otis thing almost felt unnecessary- like there was no strong argument for that to be the ultimate pick( apart from “they’re meant to be”) Would’ve preferred it if Maeve was w Isaac (could’ve been good rep for people w disabilities in active sexual relationships too) and Otis w Ruby!

@@surabhidhapare8700 I think her and Isaac also are a much better fit than her and Otis. Isaac can draw and good at it, it looks like a passion for him, Maeve can write and she is good at it, it looks like a passion for her. Otis, though being nice and perceptive, is sort of mediocre. Yeah, he was good at "counselling", but it doesn't really feels like something exclusive. Though I understand this whole "I know what's best for me, but I want you instead" concept writers are trying to convey, I still can't help thinking Maeve would be much better off with Isaac than with Otis, same goes for Otis and Ruby, they are a much better fit than Otis and Maeve for the same reason.

@@mountjack7280 Otis and Ruby dudeee!

Yeah this was my thoughts to ... i was very surprised but it was looking like, it would really work!

Diversity has nothing to do with good writting. If that is what makes it the best teen show then I'm quite sure it's far from it.

@@Ignasimp Well sometimes in the writer's room, diversity is needed if you're writing of different issues of different ethnic groups. Just saying.

@@jodavi5763 the show hardly focus on ethnic differences, though. The writting doesn't depend on the diversity of characters in a simplistic racial or sexual way. Diversity of personality is far more interesting storytelling-wise.

@@Ignasimp what makes people appreciate the show more and have it seen as one of the best teen shows of the last decade is because of the unspoken diversity. Gay people aren’t being terrorised for being gay and racial groups aren’t being racially targeted for their race.

@@tyresem4102 I found that to be a very minor thing in the series actual product. They are a great series because of the great storytelling.

So true

I love this show SO fucking much

Better than Riverdale

Yeaah

@@unknowngg2697 your standards are low if you compare it to riverdale 😂

i agree with you. lily though, kind of

Isn’t that season 1 Lilly tho?

@@mj7087 is it? I kinda forgot some details about season 1

There was a character who discussed asexuality in the show and it was represented and addressed so well. Not too sure if it was in season 1 or 2 but yeah they never represented virgins in a bad light afaik

@@mj7087 Not really, Lily is not 'virgin' by choice so she doesn't represent a subversion of repressed

the craft put into this show makes me feel like my writing is garbage 😭

@@jamescarr1265 I mean, it's made by a group of writers. Hope you get there tho🫂