Did anyone listen to this segment on Woman's Hour recently? Project inspired by Trump, reviewed in the Guardian.
^Four women stand on stage wearing earpieces. They hear the words of real men interviewed by playwright Gary McNair and relay them back to us. Those men – doctors, cabbies, gym bunnies and manual workers – spring into life as their words spew across the stage.
^
“The best thing that comes out of a woman’s mouth is your knob, I would say, aye.” “They’re only good for being in the kitchen … make my dinner then give me my hole, and then go to your bed.” For an hour the words are relentless, as the voices swirl around, reinforcing and supporting each other. Always there and never challenged. But it’s all right, isn’t it? It’s only locker room banter.
I might be naive but I'm genuinely shocked by the misogyny, and how prevalent the playwright said he found it. DH says that in his experience locker room talk happens sometimes but it's not that bad. And I believed him. But this is awful.
Why do men do it? Because they actually hate women do you think? Or is it just showing off?
I'm also interested if anyone has experience of women talking like this. I have certainly heard women objectifying men, but not in a hateful way.
I just found this segment really depressing, I don't know how Jenni Murray kept so cool.
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CaptainWarbeck · 10/11/2017 05:59
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