About this episode
Penny East discusses the impact of social media on misogyny and women's trust in the medical system.
Penny East is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, the UK’s foremost campaigning charity for women’s rights, working against misogyny. A seasoned charity boss and campaigner, she helped shape the Domestic Abuse Bill 2021 and launched the UK’s first domestic abuse perpetrator programme. Together, Rachel and Penny discuss how the ever changing scene of social media is affecting misogyny, as well as how a disparity in how seriously women's pain is being taken has resulted in their trust in the medical system being damaged.
People in this episode
Host: Rachel Johnson
Guest: Penny East
Topics covered
- women's rights
- misogyny
- domestic abuse
- social media
- medical trust
Keywords
- Fawcett Society
- misogyny
- Domestic Abuse Bill
- women's rights
- social media
- medical trust
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fawcett Society, Domestic Abuse Bill 2021
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