humans," she said. Watch more Star of Netflix's Sex Education has some sex advice for young women Mackey went on to say that people should take a more nuanced approach when discussing sexuality. "We can talk and feel and have emotions and express ourselves," she said. "Come on, people." The 24-year-old actor said that most of her education around sex came from conversations with friends when she was a student. "I had one sex education lesson at school when I was 12 and it was literally like a biology class, all anatomy and reproductive organs," she explained. "So for me and a lot of my peers the real education came from discussion with friends over time." Mackey also credited art and photography for expanding her sexual education horizons, noting Belgian photographer called Charlotte Abramow, whose work champions sexual autonomy and the female experience.