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Legal aid, Christine Delphy, Dating with a learning disability, Erica Jong, Facial hair

Legal aid after DV, Christine Delphy on whether French feminism is racist, safe dating for adults with learning disabilities, Erica Jong archive, and embracing facial hair.

The Court of Appeal has found that Government changes to the rules which allow victims of domestic abuse to obtain legal aid are legally flawed. Jenni speaks to Emma Scott, Director of Rights of Women.

Christine Delphy is a world leader in feminist thinking. She founded a journal with Simone de Beauvoir and co-founded the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes. Increasingly, she has argued that French attitudes towards the hijab and Muslim women are reprehensible. She talks to Andrea Catherwood about her career.

How do adults with a learning disability make friends and relationships in a safe environment? Woman's Hour hears from Marianne Radcliffe of the charity Fitzroy about their campaign Love4Life, Mandy and Jay a couple who met through Stars in the Sky, a dating and friendship service for adults with learning difficulties and Nicole Hamerton, one of its founders.

Radio 4's season Riot Girls, about women's writing from the second wave of feminism to the present day includes a dramatisation of Erica Jong's novel Fear of Flying, published in 1973. Jenni spoke to Jong in 1990 and asked her what she said to the critics who suggested she wrote pornography.

Women often feel self-conscious about facial hair but it's very common. Why is it something that we still don't talk openly about? Jenni talks to Laura Cofield, Phd student from Sussex University and Dr Sam Bunting, cosmetic dermatologist.

Presenter: Jenni Murray.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Feminist Christine Delphy

    Christine Delphy is a world leader in feminist thinking

    Duration: 16:44

  • Dating with a learning disability

    How do adults with a learning disability make relationships in a safe environment?

    Duration: 12:11

  • Erica Jong

    Jenni's archive interview with Erica Jong in 1990

    Duration: 05:35

  • Facial Hair

    Women often feel self-conscious about facial hair but it's very common

    Duration: 07:55

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Emma Scott
Interviewed Guest Christine Delphy
Interviewed Guest Andrea Catherwood
Interviewed Guest Erica Jong
Interviewed Guest Nicole Hamerton
Interviewed Guest Marianne Radcliffe
Interviewed Guest Sam Bunting
Interviewed Guest Laura Cofield

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  • Fri 19 Feb 2016 10:00

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