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Feb 2024
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Women watch porn too - so why can’t we t...

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About this episode

A quarter of people watching pornography are women, but why do we find it hard to comprehend? We speak to the author of a new book who has interviewed one hundred women about their porn habits - what can we learn about women’s pleasure? 

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Guest: Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, deputy director at the Child and Women’s Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University, and author of Women on Porn: One hundred stories. One vital conversation

Host: Jane Mulkerrins.

Clips: Times Radio, The Tomorrow Show/NBC. 

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