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Woman's Hour: US Election, Sex work, Johnny Depp

03/11/2020

US Election, Sex work, Johnny Depp

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, US Election, Sex work, Johnny Depp

The programme that offers a female perspective on the world

Women and the US election; sex work in lockdown 2; Johnny Depp; and your life in shoes.

America goes to the polls today.  It's predicted the women's vote will be key, particularly the suburban woman who came out for Trump in 2016 but 4 years on has changed her mind.  We review the polls ahead of what is expected to be the biggest turn out in years. 

Johnny Depp has lost his libel case against the Sun newspaper over an article that called him a "wife beater".  We talk to a Women's Rights organisation and look at the career implications for the 57 year old film star and his 34 year old ex wife Amber Heard. 

One group of self employed people we’ve not heard much about during the pandemic is sex workers. The coronavirus has spelt economic disaster for an industry which requires social contact and many are turning to online platforms like OnlyFans which allows them  to sell photos and videos with a monthly subscription. Jane will be talking to Laura Watson from the Collective of English Prostitutes and the feminist writer Julie Bindel.

And in our new series on life and shoes, we speak to  Carmen about her espadrilles her mother danced in decades ago and her own tango shoes

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Henrietta Harrison

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