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Woman's Hour: How to be on Time, Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Maternity and Paternal leave, Daughters of Objects, Shere Hite

11/09/2020

How to be on Time, Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Maternity and Paternal leave, Daughters of Objects, Shere Hite

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, How to be on Time, Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Maternity and Paternal leave, Daughters of Objects, Shere Hite

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How to be on time; the impact of  Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave; Daughters of Sunset, a play inspired by the 2011 discovery of a Bronze Age burial chamber on Dartmoor.

Are you always just a bit late to everything – even when there isn’t an actual reason? Is your time-keeping a source of stress for you and others? Help is at hand. In the latest of our How To series, Jenni discusses how to be on time with Grace Pacie, author of LATE! A Time-bender’s guide to why we are late and how we can change, and therapist and writer Philippa Perry.

On Wednesday this week the Government outlined their response to a landmark report from the Petitions Committee on the impact of COVID-19 on maternity and parental leave.  Jenni is joined by the Chair of the Committee, Catherine McKinnell MP to discuss the issues.

We remember the author of the Shere Hite report on women and sex.  In 1976 she published her report on female sexuality and told us most women can easily reach orgasm through clitoral stimulation but only 30% claim to achieve it during intercourse. Jenni met her in May 2006.  

In 2011, a Bronze Age burial chamber was excavated on Whitehorse Hill on Dartmoor. Inside were astonishingly rare remains of cremated human bone, animal pelts and jewellery. The 3500-year-old remains are thought to belong to a high ranking female, and her story has now inspired a new play being performed this week. ‘Daughters of Sunset’ tells the story of two queens leading matriarchal societies on Dartmoor and Exmoor in 1100BC, and explores the way women lead communities in times of crisis. Florrie Taylor is the play’s co-producer and Jane Marchand is an archaeologist who oversaw the remarkable excavation of the ‘Whitehorse lady’.  

The writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes has been talking to women about 	objects in their lives that are important to them.   Today it’s the turn of the violinist Eos Counsell.

Producer: Louise Corley
Editor:  Karen Dalziel

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