Content warning: this article contains explicit discussion of sexual violence.
Every woman in my life has something in common with Aimee Gibbs from Sex Education. That shared something is a story of sexual harassment or assault.
Aimee Gibbs' assault storyline has proved one of the most talked-about moments from the recent series. Not only is Aimee's storyline moving to watch and painfully relatable, it's also based on Sex Education writer Laurie Nunn's personal experience.
In the third episode of the Netflix show's new series, Aimee gets on a bus to go to school. She's carrying a homemade birthday cake she's made for Maeve's birthday and trying to keep herself in an upright position when she becomes aware of a man standing behind her. We see Aimee's confused face at his proximity before it dawns on her. "He's wanking on me," she yells out. No one on the bus does anything. She gets off the bus and walks instead. When she gets to school, Maeve asks what happened to the cake. "It didn't look so bad before but then I was on the bus and a guy wanked on my leg and I got a big of a shock and I shmushed the cake," Aimee says, before blithely asking: "Do you think it'll stain, I love these jeans?" Read more...
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