Cindy Gallop & Dr Fiona Vera-Gray on the impact of porn on teenagers, writer Erin Kelly, Dr Jenny Mathers & Dr Peter English.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Continuing our look at what’s being reported as “rape culture” in schools, we talk about the impact of pornography on young people and its effect on relationships and sex. Emma Barnett talks to Dr Fiona Vera-Gray from Durham University and Cindy Gallop founder of MakeLoveNotPorn.

We hear from the thriller writer Erin Kelly who talks about her latest novel – “Watch Her Fall” – set in the world of elite ballet.

After Germany's announcement that it's restricting the use of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 60 we hear from Dr Peter English a Retired Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, and former Chair of the BMA Public Health Medicine Committee, who says the jab is safe to take.

And we discuss the Swiss Army's plans to attract more female recruits by allowing them to wear women's underwear for the first time. Until now female soldiers have been issued with the same underwear as men.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Donald MacDonald

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:35.0	Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's A from BBC Radio 4.
0:40.0	Good morning, as the number of reports from mainly women and girls about sexual assault,
0:43.9	misogyny and harassment by boys at our schools continue to rise, your messages
0:48.6	this week have consistently pointed the finger at one culprit, online porn. So today we're going to talk about it.
0:55.4	If you have children nearby you may wish to turn the radio down although we're going to
0:59.2	not be talking explicitly per se our conversation does need to be frank and not shy away from realities and will
1:05.9	contain adult themes.
1:08.1	So porn, it is here to stay and yet, while we know that both young men and young women watch it, as well as of course older men and older women,
1:16.0	research shows porn is more commonly seen by boys, and the majority of boys think that what they're seeing is a realistic portrayal of sex versus
1:24.7	39% of girls. My question to you then today is how is the way we behave and view
1:31.2	sex and women influenced by how women are portrayed in porn.
1:36.8	In other words, if porn depicted a more realistic version of sex and showed women having sex
1:41.6	as equal partners rather than having sex done to them,
1:45.0	would things improve?
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