Sara Pascoe: why does gender matter?

Beyond Today

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Sara Pascoe’s first book explored the anatomy of the female body. Now the comedian has turned her attention to masculinity. Sara came to the Beyond Today studio to talk about her new book, what RuPaul’s Drag Race can teach us about gender roles, whether sex workers should be prescribed on the NHS and why men shouldn’t have to pay the bill on a first date. Producers: Alicia Burrell and Philly Beaumont Mixed by Weidong Lin

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:06.2	Hello, I'm Tina Dehealey.
0:08.0	This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4,
0:11.0	a space to ask one big question about one big story.
0:14.0	Today, Sarah Pasco, does gender matter?
0:27.0	On beyond today, we like to speak to people who have interesting things to say about the world.
0:37.0	Sarah Pasco is one of them. I'm a big fan. She's a comic and she's written a couple of books. The first was about the female body
0:45.8	and the second that's just come out is called Sex Power Money.
0:51.3	Sarah came into the Beyond Today's studio to chat to us about it.
0:54.4	And Sarah Pasco, welcome.
0:56.0	Hello.
0:57.0	My first question is, can I please have a look at a picture of your dog?
1:00.8	Yes, of course.
1:02.4	I'm pretty sure I've got pictures very
1:04.3	recently from him on his walk today. What's his name? His name's Mouse. Oh he's
1:09.2	all I'm trying to find a really cute one. This is him last night my boyfriend's in
1:12.2	the background.
1:13.0	Oh, yeah, he's such a handsome boy.
1:16.0	Talk about the dog.
1:17.0	Yeah, both handsome boys.
1:19.0	Both handsome.
1:20.0	Oh, really sweet.
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