Accountability
'If many men were honest about the experience, it felt more like we had been cut open.' Author Darren McGarvey wrestles with unsettling questions raised by the Me Too movement.
"If almost every woman can describe experiences of harm, harassment or intimidation, why are so many men convinced they bear no relation to the problem?"
Orwell Prize-winning author Darren McGarvey wrestles with the unsettling questions raised by the Me Too movement.
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Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
Darren McGarvey is a prize-winning author, musician, social commentator and BAFTA award-winning broadcaster. His debut book 'Poverty Safari' blended memoir, journalism and polemic and was a word of mouth bestseller. His follow ups 'The State We're In' and 'The Social Distance Between Us' featured on Radio 4 Book of the Week, and Darren delivered the 2022 Reith lecture 'Freedom from Want'. Darren is leading a series of live in-conversation events at the Edinburgh Fringe, where he'll explore facets of modern masculinity in conversation with a variety of expert guests. 'Performative Male' is at The Stand from the 5th - 16th August.
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- Thu 30 Jul 202611:45BBC Radio 4
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