Women’s Sexual Desire

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Is it time to challenge stereotypical ideas about male and female sexual desire? We hear from women who think so. According to Dr Wednesday Martin research in recent years has suggested that much of what we’ve been told by scientists is untrue, for instance the assertions that men have a stronger libido than women and that men struggle with monogamy more than women do. She joins award-winning comedian and playwright Fran Bushe to discuss

It’s a week since Theresa May announced her resignation as Conservative Party Leader – we look at the reaction to her stepping down and discuss the news highlights of the week with director of Civil Exchange, Caroline Slocock, Co-founder and editor of Black Ballad, Tobi Oredein and journalist Sonia Sodha.

When we talk about men and women's levels of sexual desire, do we too often default to using narrow, stereotypical categories? According to Dr Wednesday Martin research in recent years has suggested that much of what we’ve been told by scientists up till now is untrue, for instance the assertions that men have a stronger libido than women and that men struggle with monogamy more than women do. She joins award-winning comedian and playwright Fran Bushe to discuss.

Booksmart is a new film about best friends and academic overachievers Amy and Molly who on the eve of their graduation from school discover they may have spent too much time studying and not enough time partying. It has been described as one of the most perfect coming-of-age films. We speak to the journalist and writer Karen Krizanovich and film student Sophie Foxley.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
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0:41.0	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcast for Friday the 31st of May.
0:48.5	It's often been said that men think about sex every seven seconds and women hardly at all.
0:55.0	What's the truth for the men and of course for the women?
0:59.0	Have we all been misled by what turn out to be rather silly stereotypes.
1:05.0	There have been plenty of rather raunchy films about boys as they come of age.
1:09.2	Will Book Smart about two young women on the verge of graduation from high school proved to be a hit with the girls.
1:17.0	And the serial, the final episode of Guzrin.
1:20.0	But we begin with a review of the week's news exactly a week after the Prime Minister Theresa May
1:27.0	announced she would step down as leader of the Conservative Party.
1:30.7	I'm joined by the editor of Black Ballard Toby Orodine, the chief leader writer at the observer and deputy opinion editor at the Guardian on Yousodar.
1:40.0	And Caroline Slocock, the director of civil exchange, the author of people like us and former
1:45.6	private secretary to Margaret Thatcher.
1:48.1	Caroline, what did you make of the response to Mrs May's speech and headline such as The Crying Lady, a Crying Shame, It All Ends In Tears.
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