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Woman's Hour: Laurie Penny on gender politics, women's tennis and gifted children

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15/07/2017

Laurie Penny on gender politics, women's tennis and gifted children

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Laurie Penny on gender politics, women's tennis and gifted children

Laurie Penny on gender politics, women's tennis, and gifted children.

The writer and activist Laurie Penny explains why she puts gender politics at the centre of her writing, we ask if women's tennis is boring, and are you a Miss, Mrs or Ms?

The writer and activist Laurie Penny places women's politics and gender politics at the centre of her writing. She discusses her new book 'Bitch Doctrine' - Essays for Dissenting Adults.

Is women's tennis boring? The BBC sports commentator Dot Davies and the sports writer for The Herald Susan Egelstaff discuss.

Parliament has launched Vote100, a series of events marking 100 years since women got the vote and a woman was elected as an MP. How easy is the job in 2017? An inquiry has been launched into the online abuse MP's experienced during the election. The Labour MP Yvette Cooper discusses the vitriol she and her colleagues are exposed to on a daily basis.

Should women involved or formerly involved in prostitution have their criminal records sealed or wiped when they apply for work? Heather Harvey from the charity nia and Fiona, a prostitution survivor discuss.

Are you a Miss, Mrs, Ms or Mx? Dr Amy Erickson has explored the history of women's titles and explains how they have developed over the centuries.

Our series Dating with Difficulties continues we hear from journalist Amy Nickell on what it's like to date when you're a single parent with a three year old.

How can you tell if your child is gifted and how best do you parent them if they are? We hear from Julie Tapin from Potential Plus and Tina Crawford who is mum to nine year old Toby who is a member of Mensa and took his Maths IGCSE this year without any tuition.

Presented by Jane Garvey
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor: Beverley Purcell.

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