August 31st 2023.
Love Island star Yewande Biala is tackling a taboo topic in her new documentary. Growing up in a religious household, Yewande was taught that masturbation was a 'sin'. As a result, she had never experienced an orgasm and is now setting out to discover why in Channel 4's Secrets of the Female Orgasm.
Yewande spoke to a doctor about why she hadn't had an orgasm and revealed that she had never tried to masturbate. She said: "I grew up in Ireland, which is obviously a Catholic country, my parents are Catholic and Christian. Sex was never really spoken about in my house. And masturbation is the biggest sin and they would literally tell you that."
Yewande shared how her parents once punished her after incorrectly believing she was having sex. She said: "Sex chat with mum is awkward for most, but when I was 15 my mum grounded me for a whole year because she wrongly believed that I was sexually active."
The 23-year-old went on to attend a class to learn how to finger herself, a women empowering sex party and bought various sex toys. She also confronted her mother about why sex wasn't addressed in their family growing up. Yewande said: "it's not sex education, it's fear-mongering". Her mother eventually agreed that it was a 'good' thing to masturbate.
Yewande hopes that her documentary will educate people and help those who have grown up in similar circumstances. Ahead of the documentary airing, she said: ‘I learned so much and hopefully I can educate someone or maybe there’s someone that can relate to me or grew up in a religious household or a household that never talks about sex and had a similar journey to me.’
Secrets Of The Female Orgasm airs on Thursday at 10pm on Channel 4. Yewande is hoping to break down taboos around the topic and help others achieve the same thing she did.
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