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Mary Beard, Watching porn in public places - your reaction, Are fathers being failed by employers?

Who inspired Mary Beard? Are fathers being failed by their employers? Watching porn in public - we hear listeners' reactions. Poetry slam champion Theresa Lola performs.

Historian Mary Beard is the first link in our latest series of The Chain, talking about her life and the woman who's been her biggest inspiration - the next link in the chain.

Are fathers being failed in the workplace if they want to take their equal share in caring for children? It's a question that's being asked by one parliamentary committee today. We speak to one dad about taking five months off work when his baby was born and hear from Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive of Working Families and Maggie Stilwell, Managing Partner for Talent UK and Ireland at EY.

On Friday we heard producer Siobhann Tighe describe her experience of finding herself next to a man on a bus who was watching porn on his mobile. Many people contacted Woman's Hour to give their reaction and to let us know about similar experiences. We'll hear from some of them and will also be talking to Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett who writes for The Guardian and was co-founder of the feminist blog, The Vagenda.

Theresa Lola is a young Nigerian-British poet who won this year's National Slam Final - she performs some of her work.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Anne Peacock.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • The Chain – Mary Beard

    Duration: 14:15

  • Fathers at Work

    Duration: 13:13

  • Viewing Porn in Public – Reax

    Duration: 09:26

  • Theresa Lola

    Duration: 04:54

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Anne Peacock
Interviewed Guest Mary Beard
Interviewed Guest Sarah Jackson
Interviewed Guest Maggie Stilwell
Interviewed Guest Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Interviewed Guest Theresa Lola

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  • Mon 16 Jan 2017 10:00

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