Who Decides if I'm a Woman?

Analysis

• Episode: Who Decides if I'm a Woman?
• Website: Analysis
• Feed URL: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006r4vz.rss
• Duration: 00:28:16
• Published: 2013-03-18 22:00

A spat between feminist Suzanne Moore and transgender rights activists played out on social networking sites, and then hit the headlines when journalist Julie Burchill joined in too. Jo Fidgen explores the underlying ideas which cause so much tension between radical feminists and transgender campaigners, and discovers why recent changes in the law and advances in science are fuelling debate. Contributors: James Barrett, consultant psychiatrist and lead clinician at the Charing Cross National Gender Identity Clinic Julie Bindel, feminist and journalist Lord Alex Carlile QC, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords Melissa Hines, professor of psychology at Cambridge University Richard O'Brien, writer of the Rocky Horror Show Ruth Pearce, postgraduate researcher in sociology at the University of Warwick Stephen Whittle OBE, professor of equalities law at Manchester Metropolitan University Producer: Ruth Alexander.