Frisky business as usual in later life

The new Netflix sitcom ‘Grace and Frankie’ brings a comic eye to the fact that older women still have the same hopes and sexual desires as their younger selves, writes Margaret Jennings.          

Franike brandishes a blister pack of condoms at her friend who is preparing to go out on a date, after a month of “pinching and fingering” men on her phone, via an internet dating site.

It might seem like a perfectly reasonable exchange between two pals, except Grace and Frankie are 70-year-olds, who have both been married for 40 years and are now newly single.