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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer history, donor conceived children, Eleanor Williams

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We speak to listeners on how best to talk about Andrew Tate and other social media influencers who are spreading misogynistic messages online. We talk to Dr Emily Setty, Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey who does research in schools with young people about sex and relationships & Michael Conroy, founder of Men at Work, an organisation that trains professionals how to have constructive dialogue with boys. Listener Hayley got in touch to share her own story, not only of being a donor conceived person herself, but of using a donor to conceive her own children too. She explains why she thinks it’s so important to be open and honest about your child’s conception. 22-year-old Eleanor Williams who claimed she had been trafficked and raped by an Asian grooming gang was convicted of perverting the course of justice. She will be sentenced in March but we consider the possible impact her conviction could have on how rape is reported, how it’s handled by the police and whether women are believed. We hear from the former chief prosecutor for the north west Nazir Ali and Maggie Oliver, the former senior police officer who became a whistle-blower for exposing the poor handling of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring case by her own force. We hear from Joanna Bourke who is the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric on the history of breast cancer. The Offbeat Sari exhibition will include 90 examples of innovative saris – including the first ever sari worn at the Met Gala and a foil jersey sari worn by Lady Gaga. We talk to the exhibition's curator Priya Khanchandani. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Surya Elango Editor: Louise Corley

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.7

Hello, I'm Ani Tarani, welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.

0:08.4

Now, if you're at work or busy with other things during the week,

0:11.5

so you can't catch our programme live at 10 a.m. every morning,

0:15.0

this is your place to be.

0:16.7

Every Saturday, I'll be taking you through a curated selection of our best stories.

0:21.5

You're welcome. T. Ambiskets are the ready.

0:24.5

Coming up, as the dust settles on the Eleanor Williams case,

0:28.1

we ask what the impact of her conviction could have on how rape is reported,

0:32.4

how it's handled by the police, and which women are believed.

0:36.0

As of this year, children in the UK conceived by sperm,

0:39.1

egg or embryo donation will be able to request information

0:42.5

that identifies their donor when they turn 18.

0:45.4

We hear one listener's extraordinary story.

0:48.4

We dive into the history of breast cancer and the pivotal role

0:52.0

of the Black, lesbian, writer and radical feminist Audrey Lord,

0:55.5

and that's not the only history we'll be exploring on the programme.

0:58.9

What pieces of clothing from your heritage are you wearing or reinventing?

1:03.2

We look into the 5,000 year old history of the Sarri and its modern day Renaissance.

1:09.2

But first, how do we talk to our children about Andrew Tate?

1:13.5

I spoke to journalist Harriet Hall and asked her to describe the kind of social media content he produces.

1:19.3

He is the latest in a long line of men operating largely online,

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