Bridgerton has been praised in the past for focussing on the female gaze during sex scenes, particularly between Daphne and the Duke. And it seems that this is going to be more important than ever in the new season of the show.

Coughlan told EW that this season aims to ask the question of its female characters: ‘What were their wants and desires?’” adding: “They weren’t these one-dimensional people who just did needlework. They had real lives and wants and needs and feelings.”

Bailey also commented on the same topic: “the female gaze is so important because there are many ways people communicate by sex, and what sex means, and what your body means to someone else. It’s important that there’s an inversion of sexuality and how people are exploited in the storytelling of sex.”

Bridgerton season 2: the cast reveal some exciting details about what to expect