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‘We’re not supposed to articulate our pleasure. Nice girls don’t’

Actor, writer and comedian Sally Phillips is pushing for women to speak up more about pleasure and sex. Her new film, How to Please a Woman, follows 50-something Gina who has just lost her job, feels invisible and is stuck in a sexless marriage. She decides to set up an all-male house cleaning service that also offers sexual services.

She joined Anita Rani on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour to discuss why we need to speak up about sex and pleasure. She also told discussed being kinder to our bodies and why she chose to turn down The Vagina Monologues.

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