The female orgasm is finally getting the TV attention its deserves

The Guardian

From Fleabag to Gentleman Jack to Big Mouth, women masturbating on screen is no longer the stuff of taboo it once was. "Indeed, whether it’s humping a pillow, angling a shower head or using a vibrator, the idea of women young or mature putting their pleasure first has been historically controversial," says Eleanor Morgan. "I remember my heart sinking when Sally Draper was carted off to a psychotherapist for masturbating in Mad Men, but such was the pervasive attitude of the era. Women were pleasure-givers, not receivers; or, if pleasure was received, it was incidental. Luckily, contemporary TV writers are now centralising female pleasure in both celebratory and matter-of-fact ways."