Not only because it's high time we stop freaking out about girls pleasuring themselves, but because it's great to see Plaza be so candid about the act of female masturbation in an interview. She held her own! Sure, it was a little awkward, but just look at Conan. He makes everything awkward. Even though there is a "boys will be boys" attitude towards dudes masturbating, there still isn't a mainstream acceptance of the idea that women can actually enjoy sex, and further, enjoy it by themselves. In fact, many times the act is referred to as "female masturbation," as though it's a whole different animal than "male masturbation.
28 Best Masturbation Scenes in Movies and TV - Female Masturbation On Screen
This just in: women masturbate! It's totally normal and healthy! Everyone does it! So, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about on-screen female masturbation scenes—which are pretty few and far between compared to their male equivalents because for some reason people get super uncomfortable with the idea that women like sex. And more specifically, like touching themselves. Even now, this is considered pretty scandalous—so cheers to films and TV shows like Fleabag , Girls , The Deuce , and Reign for breaking taboos. The scene: Single mom Bridgette [Shaw, who also created the series] masturbates to photos of her ex's new girlfriend after a hilariously failed attempt to get off with a vibrator earlier in the episode.
Aubrey Plaza Got Really In Character For Her Masturbation Scene in "The To-Do List"
Aubrey Plaza is hilarious. This is a known fact. That's why the interview she did following a Sneak Peek Week presentation of her new movie "The To-Do List" is such a pleasure to watch: it's hysterical.
Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza talked about masturbation on Conan last night. The year-old actress has a very-real self-pleasuring scene in her upcoming movie, The To-Do List , coming to theaters on July Not only does this mean we're going to actually see her masturbate on screen for our viewing pleasure wink wink , it's also super de duper cool and may or may not be contributing to the raging girl-crush we already had on Aubrey to begin with. Watch her try to explain the situation to Conan while he pretty much has an awkwardness heart attack, and you'll love them both a bit more for it. The best part of this entire thing is imagining A the moment Aubrey walked in and saw the ceiling camera and B the moment she asked for direction and the director was like