Sex and choking, Online Abuse and work, Plastic pollution
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Research by internationally-renowned sex expert Dr Debby Herbenick from 2020 found that 21% of women had been choked during sex, with this being nearly twice as prevalent among adults under 40. Why are more young people including this as part of their sex lives and what are both the short and long-term health consequences? Dr Debby and Medical Director of the Institute for Addressing Strangulation, Dr Catherine White, talk to Clare McDonnell.
As talks reach a conclusion in Ottawa this week on a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution, we speak to film director and campaigner Eleanor Church. Her documentary, X Trillion, comes out this week, and takes the viewer on an all-female expedition to the North Pacific gyre, where much of the world's plastic waste ends up.
What sort of responsibilities do employers have towards women who are abused online because of their job? Dr Rebecca Whittington is the Online Safety Editor for Reach Plc, which publishes newspapers including The Mirror and The Express. She explains how she protects journalists from online harm.
Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Kirsty Starkey Studio Manager: Neva Missirian
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| 0:38.0 | Hello, this is Claire McDonnell and you're listening to the Women's Hour podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Hello and welcome to Women's Hour. |
| 0:45.0 | Today we're going to be looking at the growing trend of choking during sex |
| 0:50.0 | and how it's become more mainstream. |
| 0:52.0 | Today here in the UK the Institute for |
| 0:54.8 | Addressing Stragulation is holding a conference with this very much on their |
| 0:59.3 | agenda as they have major concerns about the longer term health impacts this could be having on our |
| 1:04.9 | brains. We're going to hear from Professor Catherine White shortly, she's medical director of the Institute, |
| 1:10.1 | and also the internationally renowned sex expert Dr Debbie Hebannick |
| 1:14.3 | who's done her own research into this growing trend state site. |
| 1:18.0 | Are you in a job that means you have to have a public online profile |
| 1:22.4 | and does that ever leave you feeling vulnerable? |
| 1:25.0 | Well if you're a female journalist being visible online is part and parcel of the job. |
| 1:29.0 | Now a major publisher here in the UK has created the role of online safety editor, the first of its kind to try |
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