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Weekend Woman's Hour: Economic Abuse, Should there be a Minister for Men? Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Economic abuse was officially recognised under the Domestic Abuse Act in 2021, yet a new study from the charity Surviving Economic Abuse suggests victims are still being let down by the police and the courts. Their CEO Nicola Sharp-Jeffs joins to tell us more about their findings, alongside ITV broadcaster Ruth Dodsworth who shares her own personal experience.

On Tuesday’s programme, the Conservative MP for Don Valley, Nick Fletcher, championed the idea of a Minister for Men. He says statistics show that 75% of people taking their lives are men, that the life expectancy of men is 3.7 years lower than it is for women, that 83% of rough sleepers are men. On Wednesday we heard your views - could a Minister help tackle some of the issues many young men seem to be struggling with, such as masculinity, pornography, consent and their role in society? Could a Minister for Men also make life better for women? And could it be a way to tackle the rise of influencers such as Andrew Tate – a self-declared misogynist?

Have you ever been in a 'situationship'? It's sort of a relationship but you're not exclusive. It's the subject of the debut novel of Taylor-Dior Rumble. The Situationship is published by Merky Books and it's been termed the label's first Rom-Com.

Rebuilding My Life series: When Martine Wright was rescued from the wreckage of a bombed Tube train on what became known as 7/7, her injuries were so severe that she could not be identified. Both her legs were amputated above the knee. 18 years on, Martine speaks about her road to recovery, physically and emotionally.

Is Belfast the new city of love? Well, it’s the backdrop to new Sky Atlantic romcom The Lovers, which follows local supermarket worker Janet and her love affair with English TV presenter, Seamus O’Hannigan who has a whole other life, and a girlfriend, back in London. Roisin Gallagher, who plays Janet, talks about filming in her hometown and the changing perceptions of Northern Ireland’s capital.

Presenter; Anita Rani Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Sarah Crawley

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:05.2

Hello, I'm Anita Rani, and welcome to Woman's Hour

0:08.6

from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.3

Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.

0:12.7

As always, we've got a packed show for you today

0:14.7

featuring the best of the Woman's Hour guests

0:16.6

and interviews from this week just gone.

0:19.1

Coming up this afternoon, Martin Wright

0:21.3

on rebuilding her life after losing both her legs

0:24.1

in the 7-7 bombings in 2005.

0:27.0

I believe the journey in our lives

0:29.4

is the destination.

0:30.4

There's no utopia, there's no, you know,

0:33.2

things will happen good and bad in our lives.

0:35.9

And it's the way that we deal with it,

0:37.9

the way that we believe in what has happened to us

0:41.8

that will get us through.

0:43.0

Also, are our men and boys in crisis?

0:45.9

We'll hear your views on the idea of a minister for men

0:49.8

and we'll discuss the debut novel from Taylor, Dior, Rumble,

0:53.1

the situation ship, when a relationship is described

0:56.2

as more than friends, but less than official.

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