Sexual offences against men; 'How Fat Feels'; Snowplough parents

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Reynhard Sinaga has been identified this week as ‘Britain’s most prolific rapist’. He was convicted of 159 counts of sex offences including 136 rapes, against 48 male victims and will serve a minimum of 30 years in prison. Police believe there may have been up to 200 victims. According to research 1 in 6 men have been targets of rape or sexual abuse. To discuss the issue of male rape and the support available to victims, Jenni is joined by Alex Feis-Bryce, CEO of SurvivorsUK and Neil Henderson, CEO of Safeline and Chair of Male Survivors Partnership.

In our series’ How Fat Feels’ back in 2018 Mellisa talked honestly to our reporter Ena Miller about why she insists on calling herself fat and how her weight shapes her life. ‘Some days I use my fat as armour, some days it’s like a shroud’ she said then. Today Mellisa joins Jenni to listen to that interview again and consider how she feels now about her body.

We’ve heard of the helicopter mum. Now here comes the snowplough. That’s the term used to describe an overprotective parent who clears anything in their path in order to ensure their child’s success. But what does this behaviour do to a child? Jenni is joined by Rebecca Glover, Principal of Surbiton High School who has created a TedX Talk ‘Do Snowplough parents remove true grit?’ and Dr Angharad Rudkin, a child psychologist.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Alex Feis-Bryce Interviewed Guest: Neil Henderson Reporter: Ena Miller Interviewed Guest: Rebecca Glover Interviewed Guest: Dr Angharad Rudkin

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0:41.0	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to Wednesday's edition of the Women's Our
0:45.6	podcast. Good morning. On Monday we heard from a woman called Jules who spoke to
0:51.4	us in 2018 about how fat feels and she discussed how she is nearly two years on.
0:58.0	Today, Melissa, who also talked to us in 2018, looks back on what she said then and explains how it feels now.
1:07.0	The Snowplow Parent, what's the effect on a child of the mother or father who sweeps all obstacles to success away does it remove
1:16.0	the child's true grit and the serial episode 3 of exile.
1:21.9	Now I'm sure you've read in the newspapers or heard in the news about
1:25.8	the conviction in Manchester of Reynard Senaga, described by the Crown Prosecution
1:31.0	Service as the most prolific rapist in British legal history,
1:35.2	of whom the judge said he would never be safe to be released.
1:39.6	He was convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes against 48 young men.
1:47.6	We read this morning that dozens of young men have approached the police since Synagar was imprisoned to report fears that they too
1:54.8	had been duped, drugged and sexually assaulted after they'd met him as they left nightclubs and bars in Manchester.
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