'I THOUGHT FEMALE ORGASMS WERE A MYTH'

Scientist and Love Island star Yewande Biala shines a light on the topic of women's sexual pleasure

Scientist Yewande Biala is one of the smartest people to have been on Love Island. With a first-class honours degree in biotechnology and a master’s in pharmaceutical quality assurance, she walked into the villa in 2019 looking to discover the perfect formula for love.

It didn’t work out, but now the 28-year-old is applying all that brain power to a documentary exploring the secrets of the female orgasm. In the one-off Channel 4 programme, Yewande courageously allows us to follow her in her bid to experience an orgasm for the first time.

“I’m actually a little bit nervous about putting this out to the world because I filmed it a year ago, and it’s a sensitive topic,” confesses Yewande. “But I’m also excited because it’s an important topic that needs to be on TV and something that a lot of people shy away from.

“I was asked to do this doc two years ago, but I was so uncomfortable talking about sex that I said absolutely not. When they asked again later, I had matured, but still had so much of my journey to do.”

As many as one in eight women claim never to have experienced an orgasm, and in this documentary, Yewande meets scientists and therapists, along with other women to hear their stories, research and advice. She attempts to learn all there is to know about the complexity of the female orgasm.