The Oscar winner and entrepreneur behind the Goop beauty and wellness brand opens in a six-episode series aimed at improving the relationships and sex lives of six adventurous couples.
Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted that she has insecurities about her physical appearance on an episode of her new Netflix series “Sex, Love & Goop,” but she’s working on it. The Oscar winner and entrepreneur behind the Goop beauty and wellness brand opens in a six-episode series aimed at improving the relationships and sex lives of six adventurous couples.
When some women on the show called body image a barrier to sex, Paltrow shared her experience. She explained that having grown up in the public eye since the age of 22, she was always trying to fit something ideal.
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“I don’t think I’ve ever met a woman who feels completely good about her body, and that’s a real shame,” Paltrow said in a recent interview.
“It means that we are holding ourselves to another standard that is set to us and that is very external as opposed to internal. At this point in my life, I am certainly not a perfect person, but I have always I’m on a journey of self-improvement. I really like myself. I know my flaws. I don’t think I have blind spots anymore, and I’m trying to develop that same feeling about my body. I’ve been.”
Paltrow, 49, also explains that she wanted to “show up for vulnerability” because she was asking couples to do the same. The six couples, comprised of people of varying ages, races, and sexual orientations, are working with experts to learn new ways to see each other and increase intimacy, while also sharing their relationships through more pleasurable sex. Using methods and tools to increase
One of Goop’s missions is to encourage curiosity and “eliminate the shame surrounding female sexuality” through its content and products. Paltrow says there’s no better way than to talk about sex and ask people what they want in the bedroom.
“Female pleasure is still considered a taboo and I think if you look back throughout history and you understand how women’s happiness or lack thereof is regulated or, you know… ,” He said.
The show’s experts — a sexological bodyworker, a Tantra and Sacred Intimacy Coach, and an erotic wellness coach — help couples through intense discussion and physical exercise.
Many couples volunteered on the show in hopes of working through their disagreements or attitudes toward sex, which ranged from varying levels of desire to complaints about losing the physical spark in the relationship.
Michaela Boehm, an intimacy expert on the series who has worked with Paltrow personally, says she’s excited about “sex, love and goop” because it will make her advice more accessible to people who would otherwise be on sex therapy. can be reluctant about.
“You’re doing it in the privacy of your bedroom or your living room, where you’re watching. There’s no stigma attached, and you don’t have to expose yourself. You get into the water, so to speak, a A little toe in time,” Boehm said.
“People, because we don’t talk about these things, feel like they’re broken or the only one experiencing it,” Boehm said. “So seeing it and being presented with it as being something that in itself takes away so much pressure and it opens a door and creates a trust that can lead to a deeper relationship.”
Both Boehm and Paltrow said they were humbled by the courage shown by the couples. “It takes a certain amount of bravery to present yourself to do something like this,” Paltrow said. “A lot of those couples actually have almost the same, like movie star thing that you only care about and you want them to see.”
The show — which begins streaming Thursday — initially has an onscreen note saying it is “designed to entertain and inform, not to provide medical advice,” a disclaimer in anticipation of criticism from Paltrow and is often obtained. Some seasons showing the couple experimenting with sex toys and accessories, including paddles, blindfolds and a metal “Wolverine Claw” would certainly attract attention.
Goop has been scrutinized for promoting unconventional products and experiences in an effort to educate consumers, and Paltrow has been an easy target as the recognizable face leading the brand. “I have incredible admiration for her because she is so willing to put herself where I am personally, I don’t know if I have the courage to criticize to that extent,” Boehm said.
“When she actually decided to be very aware of the coupling and all that stuff, everyone was rolling their eyes, everyone was ridiculing her. But now you look and people are really going to accept that. that she may have co-parenting status and blended families that are a lot more functional, and that’s largely because she’s put herself out there.”
Yes, Goop wants to educate and empower, but it’s also a business, so as the series begins, the website is also highlighting two new tie-in products: a vibrator and a female libido supplement.
“I think women at large are driven by the idea that we don’t deserve to be asked for those things, and I think that really stumps us.” Paltrow said. The topic of sex is actually a really cool way to take a bulldozer and try to bust through it all because it’s something we all do, and it’s something that really connects us to ourselves. . “
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