Edwina Currie - is she 'too old' to be talking about sex?

Yes, I agree. She's only saying what lots of us oldies are thinking anyway.
I go around lusting a lot, but am not brave enough to say it out loud!

Perhaps no-one compares to John! She lusted quite a lot then!

Exactly!
Go Edwina

Whitewave - ah, but she was a lot younger then she has to stop now she's over 50.

I just find all the negativity really hypocritical, plenty of famous men have partners half their age.

Even at her age I'd imagine she thinks she's God's gift to men; I loathe the woman [she was our MP ].

She`s quite funny though. Don't forget how sharply edited the bit that we see is. Out of 24 hour filming they must really pick and choose juicy bits. Its good that its not all about the shallow young crowd. I would have lost interest if it was just them.

I've never read (and never considered reading) her books, but I understand that they are pretty raunchy, though I suppose that, since 'Fifty Shades', they have been made to seem rather tame.

Double standards, that's why!!

If it was, say, Michael Buerk standing obviously lusting after one of the young females then all hell would be let loose amongst the feminist community!
But apparently it's fine for older women to openly lust after younger men.

Yes, you're right, *rosequartz!

No she is not too old to be talking about sex. No-one is ever too old to talk about sex (in moderation). Happy sex is good for our health and it is life enhancing. Please pass on a bouquet from me to everyone over 60 who still has a health interest in sex. and more.

Maybe she sees herself in the Ann Bancroft role in the Graduate.
Mick

...I need a vomit emoticom..... A thousand curses on you for putting that image in my head Michael....

ha Mick. Maybe?

Haha. I've just been listening in the car to a programme on Radio 4 about gossip, celebrity and otherwise, and how it has both positive and negative impacts on our lives, and how gossip has a part to play in setting standards.

As a non-celebrity follower, I'm just guessing this has something to do with Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of here.
But will someone please enlighten me as to what the egregious Edwina has done or said? please?

tegan

I take it you are not an Edwina fan then? Oh dear just read your earlier post.

I don't know enough about her to like or dislike her but can't see the problem if she wants to talk about sex and (shock horror) still finds men attractive. Good for her I say.

Jane - yes, it's 'I'm a celebrity get me out of here' basically, Edwina is lusting after a young male celeb when really she should be sitting in the background making placemats out of twigs - because she is over 60 !

Why should a persons age come into it??

I'm no fan of Edwina Currie but it's yet another case of 'going for the person'.

If this was Helen Mirren or Judy Dench and not Edwina Currie the sister hood and press would be loving it.

A load of old cods wallop usually started in the press, picked up by the public, who probably haven't even watched the program to see how totally innocuous her comments have been.

Even on GN there will have been threads that get really annoyed at 'sexism' ,'ageism' . What is so wrong in an older woman enjoying life in her 60's or 100.

" Is it cos I am a woman".

I'm a Celebrity is hardly up there in the ratings for intellectual debate is it

Spot on POGS. Totally agree.

& I agree with that too but I'm a bit thick

Edwina lives and dies by the media; she has been manipulating it for as long as I can remember. When she was our MP heaven help an event that she attended that didn't have full press coverage, and she was pretty rude to people if that wasn't the case. My problem with her is the fact that she thinks that she is so sexy and attractive; if she was someone that didn't take herself so seriously it wouldn't be so bad. Anyway; she's done this to get the publicity she craves and, by even mentioning her I'm falling for it .

Thank you Bee63
I suppose the question is whether this is appropriate behaviour on the programme - regardless of age or sex. Not being an aficionado, I can't answer the question.

I mean, I can't really imagine Michael Buerk or Helen Mirren behaving inappropriately in any context. If they wanted to lust after anyone, I'm sure neither of them would do it in public.
So it's nothing to do with Edwina Currie's age, simply that she herself is given to inappropriate behaviour.
Of course, if lusting after people is the norm on the programme, then there's nothing wrong with Edwina doing it.
IYSWIM.

The latest Bond girl is 50. Not that that has got anything to do with it, just thought I would drop it in.

The problem is that its Edwina - she's Marmite isn't she? I find her self centred, smug, opinionated, full of herself and goodness knows why she had to go public on her affair with JM