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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Demi Moore, Sexual assault allegations at Harrods, Pregnancy loss language

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor Demi Moore is a name recognised by many, from her standout role as Molly Jensen in the film Ghost, to Lieutenant Commander Joanne Galloway in A Few Good Men. But it’s her role as Elisabeth Sparkle in new movie, The Substance, which has got a lot of people talking. Many see it as a commentary on Hollywood’s beauty standards and fear of ageing. Demi joined Kylie Pentelow live to discuss it.

The BBC recently broadcast Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, a documentary and podcast which alleged that former Harrods chairman Mohamed Al Fayed sexually assaulted women who worked at the store. Kylie spoke to the woman who was the catalyst for the documentary - Sophia Stone and to her husband Keaton Stone. Sophia alleges that she was groomed and then sexually assaulted by Al Fayed. Keaton was determined to help her and approached other women who had worked at Harrods. The BBC has heard testimony from more than 20 female ex-employees who say Al Fayed, who died last year, sexually assaulted or raped them. The current owners say they are "utterly appalled" by the allegations and are seeking to settle claims "in the quickest way possible”.

The language used by healthcare professionals to describe pregnancy loss exacerbates the grief and trauma experienced by some individuals. Words such as incompetent cervix, products of conception, and empty sac to name but a few. That’s according to a study published this month by University College London. We hear from Dr Beth Malory, Lecturer in English Linguistics at UCL who led the study.

It's officially the start of cuffing season, apparently that time of the year where you want to stay home, under a blanket, with a takeaway and someone you love. But how are people looking for partners nowadays? Are we over dating apps and looking to return to meeting people in real life? Anita was joined by Olivia Petter, author or Millenial Love, and Oenone Fobart, co-host of the Everything is Content podcast.

What would happen if a mysterious woman on a flight began predicting the deaths of her fellow passengers? This is the premise of Australian writer Liane Moriarty’s latest book, Here One Moment. Liane joined Krupa to discuss her novels, which include the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Big Little Lies.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Deiniol Buxton

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're living under more tyranny today than our founding fathers did in 1775.

0:05.6

A US presidential election is looming, but underneath...

0:09.6

conspiracy culture rears its head once again and nothing is as it seems.

0:16.0

All those things that we had feared was coming true.

0:18.0

Burn the house down and start over.

0:20.0

It's America through the looking class.

0:23.0

Join me, Gabriel Gatehouse, as the coming storm continues.

0:27.0

Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:30.0

BBC Sounds Music music radio podcasts.

0:36.0

Hello, this is Krupa Party and you're listening to the Women's Hour Podcast.

0:40.0

Welcome to Weekend Women's Hour with me, Krupaparty.

0:44.0

In the next hour, the Hollywood A-Lister Demi Moore, who is the star of a new film, The Substance,

0:49.3

which explores aging in a very confronting way. And apparently it's coughing season,

0:54.0

the period when single people seek partners to spend time with

0:57.0

now the weather has gotten colder.

0:59.0

But where do you meet your special person, in real life or on apps?

1:03.5

I think essentially dating apps have turned the dating experience into a game

1:07.6

because a lot of people use them quite mindlessly.

1:10.1

You're sitting there kind of swiping through different people making decisions

1:13.7

based on very superficial things like someone's height someone's star sign what

1:17.3

someone does for a living and we don't take it very seriously.

1:20.3

Also the best-selling Australian author of Big Little Lies, also an Emmy in Golden Globe winning series

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