CULTURE
From Sex Education to Big Swiss: why sex therapists are 2023’s must-have
They are the new stars in a raft of novels, podcasts and TV shows — but do they reveal the secrets of sexuality or just give us a cheap thrill?
Jodie Comer will star in the HBO adaptation of Big Swiss
NEIL RASMUS/SHUTTERSTOCK
The Sunday Times
Jen Beagin had a lot of fun researching her latest novel — because it mainly involved asking friends and strangers about their sex lives. “There are many sexually dysfunctional people out there, I’ve been in relationships with them, and I interviewed people. I know what kind of problems there are,” the bestselling American author says.
These “problems” (of which there are many) are at the heart of Big Swiss, her third novel, which features 2023’s must-have: a sex therapist. Beagin’s is appropriately named “Om”. Among Om’s clients is a gynaecologist nicknamed Big Swiss, who has never had an orgasm and who says sex with her husband of six years is like “driving home from work and not remembering the ride”.
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