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Radio 4,29 Jan 2011,60 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

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Presented by Jane Garvey. From the Big Apple to Britain: the bite of the bedbug. Sexism on and off the football pitch - what is acceptable? The Michelle Obama effect and her impact on how people view race and gender. Why one mother's calling for a change in how professionals respond to cot death. Why the role model of a 'bitter bitch' is one Swedish author's answer to achieving a more equal society.The impact of multiple birth on a sibling - what it means to become an instant big sister to two, three, or four. Liz Lochhead on becoming Scotland's new national poet.

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