Nicole Kidman's recent statement expressing her exhaustion and aversion to filming sex scenes in the movie 'Babygirl' has sparked a conversation about the exploitation of women in the film industry. She revealed that the experience left her feeling violated.
The article argues that the normalization of intense and potentially exploitative sex scenes in films is not about art or character development but rather reflects the industry's problematic power dynamics and its treatment of female bodies as public property. It challenges the framing of Kidman's experience as 'daring' or 'brave,' instead characterizing it as institutionalized abuse.
Nicole Kidman just verbalized something that all of us women have felt but are afraid to say: there’s a limit to how much sex we can fake before feeling violated. And no, I’m not exaggerating by using this word.
The actress had to stop filming Babygirl because, in her own words, “I don’t want to orgasm anymore.” This isn’t just another Hollywood drama — it’s a cry for help from an industry that normalizes abuse in the name of art.
A 58-year-old woman filming intense sex scenes with partners aged 64 and 28 isn’t about “art” or “character exploration” — it’s about an industry that still believes the female body is public property.
What deeply infuriates me is how this is being sold as “daring” and “brave.” Since when is forcing an actress to the point of emotional exhaustion courage? It’s institutionalized abuse with a million-dollar budget.
Director Halina Reijn talks about “expressing confusion around power, gender, and age” as if this justifies pushing an actress to her limit. But here’s the inconvenient truth: the only power being expressed here is the industry’s control over the female body.
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