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Woman's Hour: Kirsten Dunst, 'Laddish' culture in the armed forces, Teacher Joanna Harriott, Shy bowel, Child to parent abuse

15/11/2021

Kirsten Dunst, 'Laddish' culture in the armed forces, Teacher Joanna Harriott, Shy bowel, Child to parent abuse

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Kirsten Dunst, 'Laddish' culture in the armed forces, Teacher Joanna Harriott, Shy bowel, Child to parent abuse

Kirsten Dunst on starring in Jane Campion's new film The Power of the Dog.

Kirsten Dunst started in the acting business when she was just three years old - you may know her from films such as Marie Antoinette, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Virgin Suicides and Spiderman.  She joins Emma to talk about her latest film - The Power of the Dog - written and directed by the award winning Jane Campion.  

Is there a 'laddish' culture within the British Armed forces? And is it necessary in order to prepare – mainly men - for armed battle and conflict? Emma discusses culture within the Services with the Labour MP, mayor and former army major Dan Jarvis.

Children as young as four have been reported to police for abusing their parents, and according to police force Freedom of Information data, 42,000 incidents were instigated by adolescents and children aged 19 and under between January 2018 and June 2021. This abuse can range from physical, verbal and emotional abuse such as punching, kicking, threatening with knives, swearing or hurling demeaning insults.  It is a relatively unacknowledged and under-researched form of abuse, with little support offered to families. It is also gendered with more mothers experiencing it than fathers. Emma is joined by the domestic abuse commissioner Nicole Jacobs, and Sharon, a grandmother who is looking after her nine year old grandson. 

Parcopresis is the inability to defecate or go for a poo without a certain level of privacy. The condition is also known as shy bowel and it can stop people from feeling comfortable about going at work, while out and about or even while sharing a toilet with a new partner. The knock on effect of this is often constipation and according to The Bowel Group Report 2020 one in seven adults suffer from constipation and 60% of that number are women.  What causes this anxiety, why do more women suffer from men and what are the long term health implications of this? Emma asks Eleanor Morgan, author of  Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental Health and Why We Need to be Heard and Professor Siwan Thomas-Gibson, consultant gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist at St Mark's National Bowel Hospital in London.

Joanna Harriott is in her 50th year of being a teacher.  She has worked in west Belfast her entire career and in the same school, St John the Baptist School, since 1973.  She tells Emma why she doesn't want to give it up.

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