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In this episode, boys from all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about sex, relationships and consent. In a post #MeToo and #Everyone’sInvited world, the boys talk very openly about their fears and anxieties around sex - especially to do with false allegations of assault. They also describe the pressures and the confusion they feel when trying to form physical and romantic relationships. Boys talk about the roles they feel they have to play and the difficulties in being both tough and emotionally open. Catherine also hears some of the work being done in schools and colleges designed to help boys and girls to communicate more openly and talks to a lawyer who works defending boys accused of sexual crime.

Thanks to

Haberdashers’ Boys School
Ben Dunks - author of ‘Intimacy: A Guide for Young Men About Sex.’
South Dartmoor Community College
Brook Advisory
Sandra Paul, Kingsley Napley
Beyond Equality

Producer: Catherine Carr
Researcher: Jill Achineku
Executive Producer: Marie Helly

A Whistledown production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4