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5th March 2024
02:20pm GMT
Emily Atack shared the gender of her baby while on live television.
The mum-to-be announced she was expecting her first child in December with her partner, Dr Alistair Garner.
Emily has been documenting her journey to motherhood online but had not yet shared her baby's gender.
This morning, The Inbetweeners star appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss a campaign that will introduce affirmative consent in relationships, explaining she wanted to enact change in sexual consent laws for both men and women.
During her appearance, she also revealed that she is expecting a baby boy.
The mum-to-be explained that she wants to campaign to influence his life in the future.
"I'm six months [pregnant] and I wasn't going to say this, but I am going to say this - I'm having a boy," Emily shared.
"I want him to be a part of a really positive change and I want him to grow up knowing he can talk about these things openly and enjoy his life.
"I want him to be on the right side of history."
Emily was a guest on BBC Breakfast to show her support for the campaign by Right to Equality to tighten the laws around sexual consent.
Affirmative consent means ‘anything less than a clear, uncoerced, and informed confirmation of consent like “yes” cannot qualify as consent in the eyes of the law.’
This would mean that consent has to be a clear communication of willingness rather than the absence of a ‘no'.
This can be withdrawn at any time and not be gained by threats, force, or coercion.
The actress says education around the topic needs to include all genders.
"Education in schools is so important. I don't remember any sex education at school for me," she explained.
"As a nation, we are very repressed, we're embarrassed, and we're shy about these kinds of things. I also think it's important to have the boys and girls together, talking about it together.
"It's not a separation of boys going off to a separate class to learn this, they already feel like they're being told off. This isn't a male-bashing crusade.
"It's something that we need men and women, and boys and girls, to work together on."
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