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Are they actually having sex with their surrogate partners on Virgin Island?

Channel 4’s Virgin Island has triggered intense debate with its provocative premise, and even more controversial execution.

To lose their virginity, or at least achieve a meaningful level of sexual intimacy, while on camera, during a two-week sex therapy retreat on an idyllic Croatian island. Among the show’s cast of intimacy experts, therapists and tantric coaches, two individuals stand out: Andre Lazarus and Kat Slade, the series’ designated sex surrogates. These surrogates, unlike their hands-off counterparts, are not only allowed but qualified to engage in physical and sexual contact with participants, including intercourse, if it becomes a therapeutic step in the process.

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