Is it just me or is there a whole load more cunnilingus in TV and film than there ever has been before? Last week, fans of House of the Dragon were left stunned when Daemon Targaryen dreamed that he had sex with his mum in a fevered series of hallucinations.

Casual incest aside, I was thrilled this Freudian nightmare also featured some dining at the Y. And it’s not the first time; House of the Dragon has proudly featured cunnilingus in its raunchier moments. Who can forget Queen Alicent using Ser Criston Cole’s face like a barstool when they should have been sorting out war stuff at a king’s council meeting?

In the last few months, I’ve also seen cunnilingus popping up in Bridgerton, Mary and George, and The Morning Show. I’ve also been lucky enough to see a sneak peak of Netflix’s newest bodice ripper, The Decameron, and it’s in there as well. Hurrah!

Maybe it’s just the shows I’m watching, but I am sure there is a lot more growling at the badger on screen than ever before. And, to quote Lizzo, it’s about damn time. I want to see more cunnilingus on TV! Hell, let’s have it on the Antiques Roadshow! Alright, I got carried away with that one, but allow me to explain why the normalisation of lip service on TV is so important.

Normalising cunnilingus on TV is an exceptionally effective way of challenging such selfish, archaic views around who is supposed to be doing what in bed. It disrupts the narrative that heterosexual sex is all about male pleasure and places women’s right to damn well get theirs front and centre. Showing cunnilingus on TV is a radical feminist act and, in our sexually saturated cinematic world, it is long overdue.

Perhaps the reason I am noticing it so much is because until quite........

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