Within moments, Offred was knocking on the door of Nick (Max Minghella) and kissing him until they were both left gasping for breath. Viewers cheered our hero on as she, in a moment intent on making a point about autonomy and consent, hastily removed her own clothes, undid her own hair and made her own choices.

And, while Nick initially pressed her down onto the bed, it wasn’t long before Offred/June – her desire mixed with her need to break the rules rather than be broken by them – pushed him away and clambered on top of him, a position she previously told us was her favourite when she was an autonomous woman with the right to seek pleasure wherever she wanted to.

All the while, Nina Simone’s melancholy voice can be heard intoning the lyrics to I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl – a song clearly selected with care, in order to remind us of all the complex emotions that sex can awaken within us. An act of passion can fulfil a primal, animalistic need. It can make us feel bold, and brilliant and on top of the world. It can help to distract us from all of the big bads going on in the world – but it can also reawaken us to them, too. And, when done with consent, a sexual act reminds us that we, and we are alone, are in command of our own bodies.

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