Rural domestic abuse, Endometriosis, making fun of your mum
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Women in rural areas are half as likely to report domestic abuse as those in urban ones. Judith, who moved to the Scottish Highlands from London, tells reporter Kathleen Garragher about the culture of privacy and keeping yourself to yourself. When her husband became abusive she didn’t feel able to ask for help. Endometriosis is a serious and lifelong disease which affects as many as 1 in 10 women. But it often goes undiagnosed. Karen Havelin has turned her experience of the disease into a novel, 'Please Read This Leaflet Carefully'. And Eleanor Thom has written a manual aimed at her fellow sufferers, as well as their friends and family, 'Private Parts: How to Really Live with Endometriosis'. Iranian women have been taking pictures of themselves out in public and without their headscarves as part of the #WhiteWednesdays protests. The head of Tehran's Revolutionary Court has said that they now risk up to ten years in prison for sharing their pictures and videos. We talk to Masih Alinejad, the activist behind the campaign. And, is it ever ok to use your mother as source material for your comedy whatever your relationship history? Jenni speaks to Anoushka Warden, writer and performer of ‘My Mum’s A Twat’ at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and comedian, Sindhu Vee, ahead of her new show ‘Sandhog’ on tour in September.
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| 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. |
| 0:36.1 | Hello and welcome to the Women's Our Podcast for Thursday, the 1st of August. |
| 0:41.9 | I'm Jenny Murray. |
| 0:44.0 | Endometriosis is a serious and debilitating disease |
| 0:48.0 | which is suffered by as many as 1 in 10 women. |
| 0:51.0 | Why is it often misdiagnosed and how do you live with it? |
| 0:55.6 | The National Royal Crime Network reports that women in the countryside are half as |
| 1:00.6 | likely to report domestic abuse as those in towns and cities. In the first of two reports |
| 1:06.5 | we talked to a woman who thought it was a private matter and she should keep herself to herself. |
| 1:13.2 | And the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is imminent. |
| 1:16.2 | One young woman will be delivering her monologue called |
| 1:19.9 | My Mom's A Twat. |
| 1:22.0 | Is a mother fair game as material for comedy. |
| 1:27.0 | Now you may remember earlier this year we discussed a campaign in Iran which has been called |
| 1:31.8 | white Wednesdays. It aimed to encourage women to |
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