Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Woman's Hour

Magazines & Reviews

Podcasts

Factual: Life Stories

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

BBC Radio 4 LW

Woman's Hour: Why don't women propose more? Sara Cox. The "good girl" stereotype in schools.

21/01/2019

Why don't women propose more? Sara Cox. The "good girl" stereotype in schools.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Why don't women propose more? Sara Cox. The "good girl" stereotype in schools.

We discuss proposals - who's asking who? Girls in school. The new Domestic Violence Bill

Should schools stop teaching girls to be good? Why don't women propose more? Sara Cox interviewed

We mark the launch of the government’s Domestic Violence Bill and discuss the social and economic costs of domestic violence. 

Is pressure to conform to the “good girl” stereotype holding back female pupils, and what can be done about it? 

Proposals: Why do men still seem to do most of the asking? 

Sara Cox on her new weekday show on Radio 2.

New research shows that women are putting off smear tests – and particular concern is for the under-35s, who are apparently avoiding appointments due to embarrassment, or being too nervous to raise their concerns with nurses. Kate Sanger is from Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, who conducted the research.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

Interviewed guest: Sara Cox
Interviewed guest: Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs
Interviewed guest: Sandra Horley
Interviewed guest: Jade Beer
Interviewed guest: Bella Mackie
Interviewed guest: Dr Perpetua Kirby
Interviewed guest: Dr Rebecca Webb
Interviewed guest: Patsy Kane
Interviewed guest: Kate Sanger

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Woman's Hour

Why don't women propose more? Sara Cox. The "good girl" stereotype in schools.

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4