06/04/2011
Presented by Jane Garvey. Featuring singer Mary Byrne from The X-Factor; have women progressed at the expense of men? sex education; and travel writer Sara Wheeler.
Jane Garvey presents. She might not have won X-Factor but former supermarket cashier Mary Byrne has beaten Britney Spears and Radiohead with her album "Mine and Yours" to be the highest new entry in this week's chart with her very first album release. Comments by David Willetts, Universities Minister, in connection with the launch of the government's social mobility strategy, that feminism was the single biggest factor that has caused a lack of social mobility in the last four decades. Why do we still struggle to teach our children the facts of life?
And travel writer Sara Wheeler.
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Mary Byrne
Mary Byrne's first album is the highest new entry in this weekβs chart. She joins Jane to talk about moving from the checkout to the charts.
Duration: 08:31
Feminism and social mobility
David Willetts, said the βsingle biggest factorβ creating this stagnation is feminism and the entry of women into universities and the workplace. Anne McElvoy and Suzanne Moore discuss.
Duration: 09:21
Sex education - when to have 'The Talk'
What should you tell your children and when? Sue Elliott asks parents and children when they had βthe Talkβ. Julie Jomeen, Professor of Midwifery and Lucy Emmerson, the Sex Education Forum discuss.
Duration: 15:28
Sara Wheeler
Sara Wheeler was the first woman selected to be writer in residence at the US South Pole Station and has travelled extensively. She joins Jane to talk about her latest book.
Duration: 08:06
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- Wed 6 Apr 2011 10:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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