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Natural Childbirth Backlash, Gender-Neutral Clothing, Jill Leovy

Discussion on a possible backlash against natural childbirth, author of Ghettoside Jill Leovy, gender-neutral clothing and having a little sister with autism. With Jenni Murray.

Is natural childbirth being pursued at too high a cost for women and their babies? Jenni hears from both sides of the debate; as Selfridges launches a new project called 'Agender,' which includes a gender neutral clothing range, we ask what this says about the future of fashion as we know it? Jenni speaks to fashion journalist Kenya Hunt; as part of 主播大秀 News School Report 2015 we hear from 13 year old Caitlin, on what it's like to have a little sister who is autistic; and Jenni talks to Jill Leovy, the author of Ghettoside.
Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Sarah Crawley.

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Tue 17 Mar 2015 10:00
主播大秀 Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Pressure To Give Birth Naturally

    Duration: 09:48

  • Agender Clothing

    Duration: 10:38

  • 主播大秀 School Report: Autism

    Duration: 08:26

  • JilI Leovy

    Duration: 09:43

Pressure To Give Birth Naturally

It has been announced that all maternity care in England is to be reviewed, after eleven babies and one mother died following "a lethal mix" of failures in a "seriously dysfunctional" maternity unit at Furness General Hospital in Morecambe Bay. Professor Cathy Warwick, General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives and Dr Alison Phipps, Director of the Gender Studies Research Centre at Sussex University join Jenni to discuss if natural childbirth is being pursued at too high a cost for women and their babies.

Agender Clothing

Agender Clothing
A leading department store has聽launched a new project called 鈥楢gender,鈥� which includes a gender neutral clothing range. The aim is to challenge gender stereotypes. What does this say about the future of fashion and its industry? Reporter Anna Bailey聽spoke to the designers behind the clothes. And聽Jenni speaks to fashion journalist Kenya Hunt, to discuss the concept of agender fashion.

主播大秀 School Report: Autism

As part of we hear from 13 year old Caitlin,聽who discusses聽what it's like to have a little sister who is autistic.

JilI Leovy

Jill Leovy spent聽nine years working as a reporter for the LA Times embedded with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her book, Ghettoside follows the investigation into the murder of a police detective鈥檚 18 year old son, and the police work done to bring his killers to justice. We speak to her about her work following the detectives, the mothers devastated by loss on a shocking scale, and some of the women brave enough to testify against killers despite putting themselves in danger.聽

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Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Kenya Hunt
Interviewed Guest Jill Leovy
Producer Sarah Crawley

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  • Tue 17 Mar 2015 10:00
    主播大秀 Radio 4

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