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Emma Thompson: Sex should be recommended by the NHS
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Oscar winner reveals her older friends have started to hire escorts after realising how integral it was to their wellbeing
Dame Emma Thompson has said that sex should be recommended by the NHS.
The Academy Award-winning actress explained sex is “so good for you” as she also revealed her friends had started to hire escorts after realising how integral it was to their health and wellbeing.”
“You need sex because it’s part of our health plan, if you like,” Dame Emma said, adding: “It should really be on the NHS. It should. It’s so good for you.”
She added: “We need to learn about our own response to: ‘What if when you’re unwell, you can’t make connections, but you need sex?’”
Dame Emma, 66, speaking at a screening of her 2022 film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, also called for the stigma around the topic of sex workers to be addressed.
The film, which sees the actress portray a retired schoolteacher who hires a young sex worker, had inspired her friends, MailOnline reported.
The Love Actually star said “a number of older friends” had hired escorts because of the film, adding that she hoped it could act as a “springboard” for wider discussions about the role of sex in our health and wellbeing.
It comes amid a rise in Hollywood plots exploring the lives of sex workers, including the Oscar-winning film Anora about a young escort who achieves what she believes is a fairytale when she marries the son of a Russian oligarch.
Dame Emma’s character in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, by contrast, is a widow who wants to experience a sexual awakening.
Her character never experienced an orgasm, something that the actress admitted is “notoriously difficult” for women.
Discussing the topic at the screening, she described the female orgasm as “a beautiful, healthy expansion of your body in a moment of time”.
Dame Emma added: “It’s very good to be able to give yourself an orgasm when you need one. And for women, it is notoriously difficult.
“In fact, the stats are quite alarming. It really is much harder than you think. One of the things that really surprised me when the film came out was the number of young women who told me they’d never had an orgasm.”
Sex work ‘very complicated’
The Sense and Sensibility actress also acknowledged her “very complicated views about sex work”, but said that Daryl McCormack, her co-star in the 2022 film, had spoken to a host of sex workers ahead of the role.
She said they taught the 32-year-old actor that their profession is just work for them, saying they are “just like accountants – sex workers are doing a job”.
Mikey Madison, the breakout star of Anora, also acknowledged the sex worker community in her Oscars acceptance speech for best actress.
The 26-year-old, who consulted sex workers for her role, said: “I also just want to again recognise and honour the sex worker community.
“I will continue to support and be an ally. All of the incredible people, the women I’ve had the privilege of meeting from that community has [sic] been one of the highlights of this entire incredible experience.”
Dame Emma, who is president of the Helen Bamber Foundation, which supports survivors of human trafficking, said: “Sex workers are a little more vocal now and very strong on what they think needs to happen – and they’re the people we need to listen to.”
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