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Woman's Hour

Sharon Stone. The impact of pornography on young people. Actor Vanessa Kirby

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It’s nearly 30 years since Sharon Stone starred in Basic Instinct, with the famous uncrossing-of-legs scene. In 2001, after adopting her first child, she suffered a stroke and almost died. In an exclusive interview with Emma Barnett she talks about her autobiography - The Beauty of Living Twice.

This summer, students in England will receive A-level and GCSE results based on their teachers’ predictions, after official exams have been cancelled for the second year. Teachers will be required to compile evidence to substantiate their predicted grades. We hear from Emma Irving who works part time as a private tutor and Richard Sheriff, Executive headteacher of Harrogate grammar school and president of the Association of School and College Leaders.

Jessica Moxham's eldest son, Ben, is disabled. At birth it was touch and go whether he would live and Jessica spent most of the first year of Ben's life keeping him alive, learning how to feed and soothe a baby who couldn't suck or eat. Jessica has written a memoir, The Cracks that Let the Light in: What I learned from my disabled son.

Continuing our look at what’s being reported as “rape culture” in schools, we examine the impact of pornography on young people and its effect on relationships and sex.

There are plenty of festivals planned in person once social distancing laws are – hopefully – lifted this summer. But why are they still featuring majority male artists, particularly those headlining.

Plus Vanessa Kirby explores her role as Martha in the film ‘Pieces of A Woman’. A story of a couple on the verge of becoming parents, when their lives change dramatically when a homebirth ends in tragedy. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lorna Rose Treen Editor: Beverley Purcell

Transcript

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Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless

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searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the

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telly we share what we've been watching

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Fladiated.

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Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

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Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

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And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

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searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds.

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BBC Sounds Music music radio podcasts.

0:34.4

Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour on the program today.

0:38.9

With school exam season coming up and results predictions,

0:42.4

one teacher has raised concerns

0:44.0

about pointy-elbowed parents and their lawyer mates pushing to get their kids the best

0:48.8

results. So how far would you go to get your children the best grades?

0:53.4

Would you think about getting a three-year-old, a tutor,

0:56.0

to get them into kindergarten?

0:57.5

Keep listening for that.

0:59.5

We also have Jessica Moxham sharing her experience of raising her severely disabled son.

1:06.0

Also Oscar nominated actor Vanessa Kirby and what she learnt from her role in pieces of a woman

1:12.3

about watching women give birth on screen.

1:15.0

After hours and hours and days and days of research, I realized I didn't know how to act

1:19.6

it any better than I started.

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