Jeremy Vine right now - about rape within marriage....

[WhatFreshHellIsThis]

....I'm intrigued. He started the show with an email from 'Jane', read by an actress, about how her husband rapes her regularly.

Now this seems very topical with the BNP agenda at the moment.....am I being cynical in thinking that the email from Jane probably isn't real?

I suspect it's a clever way of raising the issue, and good on whoever came up with it, it's an important issue that needs to be brought to people's attention.

But I can't help thinking if I was experiencing this, writing to Jeremy Vine wouldn't be my first port of call. What do other people think? Am I being cynical?

[monkeytrousers]

oh god yes - totally made up. Never believe anything you hear from Vile, erm, Vine

[JeremyV]

Hi Custard, just to say (a) thank-you for listening to my show (it's Jeremy on R2), and second, (b), no, we absolutely would never make something like that up .. Jane was very very real. As we broadcast, it is not her real name but I have been corresponding with her. JV

[FenellaFudge]

Are you really, really, really Jeremy?
Like, really?

[Tinker]

Oh, I so want that to be the real JV.

[monkeytrousers]

omg, hoochi, your standards are waaaaay low

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

@ sudden sleb action...

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

Mine are lower

[Tinker]

It is his tone isn't it.

[monkeytrousers]

oh my god, just as corrective - I can't stand the man. He personfies everything that has gone wrong at the Beeb.

[monkeytrousers]

This is going to go all Tony Parsons, isn't it? I'm out of here you fawning losers!!

[totalmisfit]

let's not forget we live in a country where only 6% of reported rapes result in a conviction.

Sadly, the BNP are only stating openly the opinions held by those who allow this absurd and frankly terrifying status quo to prevail year after year.

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

plus the BNP will doubtless be among that particular breed of person who assert that if the conviction rate is 6%, that means 94% of accusers (victims) are lying. And should be sent to prison for wasting police/court time.

[WhatFreshHellIsThis]

Ahem, if that really was Jeremy Vine, I'll have you know 'twas I who posted the original thread not believing in 'Jane', not Custardo.

Tsk.

[Dumbledoresgirl]

Was that really Jeremy Vine? God I love that man. I listen to his show most days but missed the rape in marriage feature today. I might even add to my obsession by seeing if I can hear it now online...

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

MTs just playing hard to get

Excellent dumbles, it certainly sounds like a light evenings listening

[Dumbledoresgirl]

Might be lighter than the other debate I am involved in here on MN.

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

Dare I ask?

[Dumbledoresgirl]

The one about men raping Mumsnet .... oh no sorry, men dominating Mumsnet (apparently )

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

Oooh I'm off for a search...

There are only a handful of men who post on here regularly so it seems like it might be an interesting thread...

[Dumbledoresgirl]

No no, the OP's opinion is that men are an unnecessary evil (well on MN anyway).

[LovelyTinOfSpam]

I guessed that DG, there was another thread recently about it, I said there are hardly any of them anyway and it takes a brave kind of man to come and hang around on here...

Have just had a quick look actually but not going to get involved - looks like my POV is pretty much covered