'Maid' - new word-of mouth hit series; Toni Tone; Access to coils; Women in the UK military;
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Women in the military are suffering serious long term physical and mental health problems because of widespread bullying and sexual harassment. Research by the University of Oxford, King’s College London and the charity Combat Stress found over 20% were sexually harassed, over 5% were sexually assaulted and over 20% were emotionally bullied. Laura Hendrikx, is the author of the study which was published in the BMJ Military Health Journal. She and Chloe Tilley are joined by veteran Colonel Ali Brown.
Have you been watching Maid on Netflix? The 10-part series is a word-of-mouth hit, about a single mother in the US who flees her abusive partner and takes up cleaning for wealthy clients to support her and her daughter. Inspired by the 2019 memoir 'Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive', it tackles poverty, domestic abuse, motherhood and homelessness. Rachael Sigee, a freelance journalist and TV critic and Caron Kipping, a divorce and separation coach and Independent Domestic Violence Advocate, herself a survivor of domestic abuse, discuss why it's so popular.
The Lowdown, the world's first review platform for contraception, has found that women prefer the coil to any other contraceptive method. Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCS), such as the implant, injection, the hormonal and copper coil tend to be those chosen most frequently. However, during the pandemic, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) has found a steep fall in access to these LARCS. Alice Pelton Founder of the Lowdown and Dr Asha Kasliwal, President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care, discuss.
Blogger Toni Tone has thousands of followers across social media - many of whom call her “the big sister I never had”. Her work on relationships and female empowerment have been shared by the likes of Demi Lovato, Khloe Kardashian and Oprah Magazine. Toni’s new book of ‘I Wish I Knew This Earlier’ is a Sunday Times bestseller, and details her advice on the complicated, and sometimes painful, world of dating. Toni joins Chloe to discuss.
Presenter: Chloe Tilley Producer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Laura Hendrikx Interviewed Guest: Colonel Ali Brown Interviewed Guest: Rachael Sigee Interviewed Guest: Caron Kipping Photographer: Ricardo Hubbs Interviewed Guest: Alice Pelton Interviewed Guest: Dr Asha Kasliwal Interviewed Guest: Toni Tone
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:41.4 | Hello, I'm Chloe Tilly. Welcome to Woman's Air from BBC Radio. podcasts. how in her view society has come to believe that violence against women is normal |
| 0:55.6 | in what's being billed as the most powerful speech made by the future queen. |
| 0:59.5 | She asked how many more women must be harassed, raped or murdered before we truly unite to |
| 1:05.6 | forge a violence-free world. |
| 1:08.0 | Speaking at the Women of the World event in London, she urged men to get on board to tackle sexual violence against women. |
| 1:15.0 | Well, her speech comes as research from the University of Oxford says women serving in the |
| 1:19.3 | British military are suffering serious long-term physical and mental health problems because |
| 1:24.7 | of experiences of bullying and sexual harassment. |
| 1:27.6 | We're going to hear from a military veteran about her experiences. |
| 1:30.9 | We're also this morning going to be talking about contraception, particularly long lasting |
| 1:35.4 | contraception like the coil or the implant. |
| 1:38.4 | This morning I want to hear how easy is for you to get hold of this type of contraception. |
| 1:43.4 | Lated figures show that during the pandemic there has been a sharp fall in the number of women |
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