Jon Glynn-Hill

I love that. Yes, first boyfriend post-marriage. Yes.

I love that. Yes, first boyfriend post-marriage. Yes.

What do you hope for middle-aged women moving forward, especially when it comes to sex, when it comes to desire, when it comes to relationships?

What do you hope for middle-aged women moving forward, especially when it comes to sex, when it comes to desire, when it comes to relationships?

What do you hope for middle-aged women moving forward, especially when it comes to sex, when it comes to desire, when it comes to relationships?

So that's how middle-aged women are feeling about sex. But is this awakening just social or is there something biological to it?

So that's how middle-aged women are feeling about sex. But is this awakening just social or is there something biological to it?

So that's how middle-aged women are feeling about sex. But is this awakening just social or is there something biological to it?

Okay, so remember how Murray said that middle-aged women are sometimes surprised to find that everything's still working down there? Dr. Jenkins-Hall told us there's a reason for that.

Okay, so remember how Murray said that middle-aged women are sometimes surprised to find that everything's still working down there? Dr. Jenkins-Hall told us there's a reason for that.

Okay, so remember how Murray said that middle-aged women are sometimes surprised to find that everything's still working down there? Dr. Jenkins-Hall told us there's a reason for that.

So that's how sex shows up and works in real life. But what about on TV and the big screen? The rise of the older woman as a sex symbol after this break. This is Explain It To Me, and now we're going to get into the depictions of middle-aged women on the screen. Things have gotten better, but is better enough? Is it realistic? That's what we wanted to ask Lisa Whittington-Hill. No relation.

So that's how sex shows up and works in real life. But what about on TV and the big screen? The rise of the older woman as a sex symbol after this break. This is Explain It To Me, and now we're going to get into the depictions of middle-aged women on the screen. Things have gotten better, but is better enough? Is it realistic? That's what we wanted to ask Lisa Whittington-Hill. No relation.

So that's how sex shows up and works in real life. But what about on TV and the big screen? The rise of the older woman as a sex symbol after this break. This is Explain It To Me, and now we're going to get into the depictions of middle-aged women on the screen. Things have gotten better, but is better enough? Is it realistic? That's what we wanted to ask Lisa Whittington-Hill. No relation.

She's the author of Girls Interrupted, a book about the ways pop culture fails women. You know, we've been talking about this idea that women are hitting middle age and for one reason or another experiencing this newfound almost freedom around sex, you know, freedom from these hangups of their 20s, freedom from societal expectations of what sex could be, what it should look like.

She's the author of Girls Interrupted, a book about the ways pop culture fails women. You know, we've been talking about this idea that women are hitting middle age and for one reason or another experiencing this newfound almost freedom around sex, you know, freedom from these hangups of their 20s, freedom from societal expectations of what sex could be, what it should look like.

She's the author of Girls Interrupted, a book about the ways pop culture fails women. You know, we've been talking about this idea that women are hitting middle age and for one reason or another experiencing this newfound almost freedom around sex, you know, freedom from these hangups of their 20s, freedom from societal expectations of what sex could be, what it should look like.

And I wonder how much of that has to do with what we're seeing in pop culture. You know, there's the baby girl of it all. There's the substance of it all, which was a huge commentary on women in aging.

And I wonder how much of that has to do with what we're seeing in pop culture. You know, there's the baby girl of it all. There's the substance of it all, which was a huge commentary on women in aging.

And I wonder how much of that has to do with what we're seeing in pop culture. You know, there's the baby girl of it all. There's the substance of it all, which was a huge commentary on women in aging.