Is Sex Education woke?

Sex Education has a woke score of 93/100, which means it is heavily driven by woke themes. Sex Education follows socially awkward British teen Otis Milburn, whose mother is a sex therapist, as he teams up with sharp classmate Maeve to run a secret school sex advice clinic. Across four seasons the series tracks the students' romantic, sexual, and personal dramas with blunt humor and emotional honesty. It places strong emphasis on LGBTQ+ experiences, gender identity exploration, consent, and sex positivity through recurring storylines and dialogue that challenge traditional norms around masculinity, family, religion, and relationships. Later seasons, especially the final one, increase focus on non-binary and trans characters alongside diverse casting that highlights identity visibility.

Is there DEI in Sex Education?

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Political / ideological dialogue, Representation / casting choices. Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.

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Sex Education

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Factors & Ratings

These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Sex Education.

Representation / casting choices

Prominent and recurring LGBTQ+ characters plus ethnic and disability diversity in lead/supporting roles; later seasons add visible gender-identity characters; fits UK school setting but emphasis on identity signaling is audience-visible.

60 / 100

Political / ideological dialogue

Frequent direct, educational-style exchanges promoting consent culture, sexual pleasure, rejection of gender stereotypes, and framing homophobia/religious conservatism as harmful.

65 / 100

Identity-driven story themes

Core plots and character growth heavily revolve around sexual orientation discovery, queer relationships, gender fluidity/non-binary identity, and reconciling queerness with family/heritage; queer elements dominate emotional arcs especially from season 2 onward.

85 / 100

Institutional / cultural critique

Critiques traditional masculinity (e.g., bully-to-vulnerable male arcs), conservative school authority, and religious views on sex as restrictive; mostly personal/interpersonal rather than broad anti-capitalist or systemic Western-institution attacks.

Sex Education

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