If imagination were a subject, I don’t know what grade we would have. Most people do not consider living in the clouds to be a value. Just as everyone would be proud to get an A in mathematics, perhaps an A in Imagination would be disconcerting, even if it is a gain to have it. I am convinced of it. Without imagination, humanity would not have advanced in either the sciences or the arts. It would be terribly monochromatic and boring.
Gillian Anderson is the actress who plays the role of Jean Milburn in the Sex education series. She is a sex therapist who speaks openly, has a free sexuality and fills her house with figures in the shape of genitals.
Playing a role has risks. It can influence life. Gillian Anderson has posted on Instagram photos of plants and objects that evoke genitals: orchids, peppers, a dog that resembles a penis. She has two and a half million followers. From the networks, she encourages women to tell her their sexual fantasies. She wants to publish a book with all these testimonials, which will be called Dear Gillian.
Some people have stereotyped sexual fantasies, typical of those porn movies in which the roles are established and men are always the kings of the mambo. There are those who have fun, extravagant, curious fantasies.
When we try to imagine which is the country with the greatest sexual activity in the world, it is possible to fall into the clichés. The image of the Caribbean appears in our minds: the voluptuous bodies, the high temperatures that favor little clothing, the sense of rhythm incorporated into the DNA… make us think of Cuba or Brazil. The sensuality of the language, the beauty of the surroundings, the seductive character, a theatrical point of the people… could incline the choice towards Italy.
According to a macro survey carried out online by the Durex company, the country that leads the ranking of the frequency of sexual activity is Greece. It shouldn’t surprise us. It is the land where the gods of Olympus reigned for centuries, where Zeus had fun copulating with goddesses, nymphs and humans. The country of olive trees, myths and the sea that Ulysses sailed to Ithaca.
I love the Greek islands. In some towns, sitting on a bench or in the streets, I have discovered silent men, women dressed in black, who seemed taken from a photograph of a Majorcan town. The Mediterranean sister and closer. I have seen prints where time had stopped.
They say that the Greeks do not live very stressed, because they have a pleasant climate, a good capacity to savor small pleasures and are not pressured by the concern of having to find decent housing at a good price. It is seen that the houses are not very expensive and that people do not go crazy to pay for them at the price of gold. They relax and enjoy life, just like the old gods did.
I don’t know if those theories are meaningless lucubrations. Who knows if the Greeks are great practitioners of sex or simply know how to answer questions in a questionnaire with imagination. Being creative in survey responses has some merit. It can be a challenge to our ingenuity. Sincerity is sometimes overrated. We vindicate the imagination to power, even if it is online.