Listener Week: Day Two
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Catherine wrote to us about the wellness industry. She asks whether its relentless focus on improvement whether through diet, exercise or psychological tools such as mindfulness contributes to yet more pressure, particularly for women, to live the perfect life.
At the age of 59 Annie is going back to university. She wants to talk about what she should wear. She's frightened of sticking out like a sore thumb amongst the other students on the course. A personal stylist and a fashion editor are on hand for advice.
Listener Sarah wrote to us about her three daughters and the fact that they often receive unwanted attention on the street from teenage boys and men. Has it got worse since she was their age?
Listener Joy is single and she's not alone. In the latest UK census 34 per cent of the population in England and Wales describe themselves as single. Yet swathes of society still seem to hold singletons and particularly women in judgement. We explore why.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Interviewed guest: Catherine Venables Interviewed guest: Pixie Turner Interviewed guest: Natasha Devon Interviewed guest: Joy Interviewed guest: Bibi Lynch Interviewed guest: Emily Hill Interviewed guest: Sarah Interviewed guest: Betty Interviewed guest: Gwyneth Interviewed guest: Annie Dehaney-Steven Interviewed guest: Alice Wilby Interviewed guest: Felicity Kay Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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| 0:41.0 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey. It's Tuesday the 20th of August. podcasts. on the program throughout the week has been suggested by you. There's more on the |
| 0:54.0 | delights of being a single woman on the program today because so many of you want to |
| 0:57.2 | talk about that. We'll discuss dressing for university as a mature student and ask |
| 1:02.0 | are you heartily sick of the wellness industry? |
| 1:05.0 | Do you get the little gag in there because I was really proud of that. I came up with |
| 1:07.7 | that this morning at half eight and I was actually I felt rather smug |
| 1:10.1 | that I thought of something so witty and illuminating and I'm going to pack |
| 1:14.5 | myself on the back for that even if no one else is. First of all this morning we |
| 1:18.0 | talked, this is in the light of the conversation yesterday about bringing up |
| 1:21.5 | boys to be respectful and considerate. |
| 1:24.8 | This morning, why does so many young women are not just necessarily that young get unwanted |
| 1:30.0 | attention from men and boys when they just walk down the street. A listener called |
| 1:35.1 | Sarah emailed to say my daughters are 27 19 and 13 and they're constantly |
| 1:41.8 | frustrated by comments and inappropriate |
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