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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman’s Hour: stalking, long-term relationships and why they fail, women boxers, the clitoris, Andrea Riseborough

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

To mark ten years since stalking became a specific crime in England and Wales, we speak to crime reporter and presenter Isla Traquair. In her day job Isla is used to confronting murderers and travelling to dangerous places but it was in a quiet village in Wiltshire where her stalking ordeal took place. In August this year Isla's neighbour, Jonathan Barrett, was found guilty of stalking. This followed what Isla calls a 7 month period of terror from March to September 2021. 99% of all boxers are men and it remains a male dominated sport in all areas. We speak to Susannah Schofield OBE who hopes to harness the growing appetite for women’s sport with the recent successes of women’s football and rugby by convincing the BBC to show women's boxing. New research shows the clitoris actually has over 10,000 nerve endings. 20% more than the previously suggested amount from studies on cows in the 1970s. Does this increase in number matter? We ask science journalist Rachel E Gross and Dr Brooke Vandermolen, an NHS Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar. Why is it that we so often struggle or fail in long term relationships? We’re talking instead about unremarkable everyday behaviours that help to end a marriage. We speak to couples therapist, Joanna Harrison and relationship coach, Matthew Fray. The actor Andrea Riseborough tells us about playing Mrs Wormwood in the new Matilda the Musical film. The film is an adaptation of Tim Minchin’s hit West End musical of the same name. It stars Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood. She talks about playing one of Roald Dahl’s most famous characters and her life off camera, meeting Patti Smith for the first time. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Surya Elango Editor: Emma Pearce

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts

0:06.1

Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.

0:08.5

I'm Annie Serani and I'm going to take you through our curated best bits from the week just gone.

0:13.4

Coming up, what a year it's been for women's rugby and football.

0:18.1

But why are we still not seeing more women in the boxing ring?

0:22.2

New research shows the Clitoris actually has over 10,000 nerves,

0:26.7

20% more than the previously suggested amount from studies done on cows in the 1970s,

0:33.0

but does this increase in number matter?

0:35.2

And why are we only finding out about it now?

0:38.2

Two thirds of divorces in the UK are initiated by women.

0:42.2

Why is it that we so often struggle or fail in long-term relationships?

0:46.6

And finally, you won't want to miss this.

0:48.8

One BAFTA nominated actor on being a table for Patti Smith and Madonna.

0:54.3

Andrea Reisbrewer talks to us about playing Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical

0:58.8

and so much more. Put the kettle on.

1:01.3

But first, we kicked the week off with a special programme covering a reality we wish wasn't the case

1:06.6

for those who are affected, the majority of whom are women.

1:09.8

I'm talking about stalking.

1:12.3

Because this week marks 10 years since stalking became a specific crime in England and Wales,

1:18.0

the Prime Minister in 2012 at the time of this legal change, David Cameron,

1:22.0

described stalking as an abhorrent crime which makes life a living hell for the victims.

1:27.3

It certainly is a unique and dangerous crime defined as behaviour that is fixated,

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