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Men and relationships, Amnesty International sex work debate, Penelope Mortimer

Suzi Godson hears about young men's attitudes to commitment, jockey Hayley Turner discusses women in horse racing, and Amnesty International's review of the sex trade is explored.

Men and Relationships: in the first in a special four week series Suzi Godson hears from men in their twenties through to their eighties, beginning with young men's attitudes to commitment.

We speak to jockey Hayley Turner about women in horse racing and competing alongside men.

As Amnesty International prepares to review an internal policy document on the sex trade, we look at the debate around decriminalisation.

And, Penelope Mortimer's novel The Pumpkin Eater is the subject of our drama this week. Rachel Cooke, explains why it's such an important work.

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Helen Fitzhenry.

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58 minutes

Chapters

  • Men and Relationships

    Duration: 13:54

  • Women鈥檚 Horse Racing

    Duration: 08:17

  • Amnesty Prostitution Review

    Duration: 11:21

  • The Pumpkin Eater

    Duration: 08:01

Prostitution Amnesty Review

Later this week is set to review an internal policy document on sex work at a meeting in Dublin. The proposed policy would decriminalise the buying or selling of consensual sex between adults. We discuss.

Women in Racing

Horse racing is one of the few sports where women and men compete alongside one another equally, but men still dominate at the top of the sport. has been held at Carlisle Racecourse each year since 2011. It鈥檚 the only all-female event in the racing calendar and provides an opportunity for young female jockeys to get extra rides under their belt. Emma Barnett is joined by top Jockey Hayley Turner and 鈥檚 Susannah Gill.

Men and Relationships Part 1 (of 11)

For the last year Suzi Godson, the relationships columnist for The Times, has been conducting research into the male experience of marriage and family. In a special four week series for Woman鈥檚 Hour Suzi hears from men in their twenties through to their eighties beginning with young men's attitudes to commitment which highlight the profound impact of changing family structures and the consequences of absent fathers. Today she hears from 23 year old Liam who described himself as a 鈥渃ommitment-phobe鈥 until he met a partner who he realised that he couldn鈥檛 imagine a future without. 聽

Our Drama: The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater is the subject of our drama this week. The semi- autobiographical novel written by Penelope Mortimer and published in 1962 tells the story of a mother of numerous children who suffers a breakdown. After she discovers she is pregnant again her husband urges her to have a termination. Penelope herself had six children by four different men and at the time of writing she was married to the screenwriter and barrister John Mortimer. Rachel Cooke, Observer journalist and author of 鈥楬er Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties鈥 explains to Emma why 鈥楾he Pumpkin Eater鈥 is such an important piece of work.聽
The Pumpkin Eater is the fifteen minute drama from 1045 Mon-Fri and the novel has been re-issued by Penguin Classics

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest Suzi Godson
Interviewed Guest Hayley Turner
Interviewed Guest Rachel Cooke
Producer Helen Fitzhenry

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  • Mon 3 Aug 2015 10:00

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