Woman's Hour - 07/04/2010

Jenni Murray discusses how the computer has moved into the bedroom and created havoc. Amanda Holden sleeps with hers within reach. Even President Obama can't live without his. The Blackberry, the i-phone and other portable internet devices make it possible to communicate with anyone at any time - but do they stop us from communicating to those closest to us? Have you ever sneaked a peek at your emails while on holiday? Is the Internet the third person in your relationship? Lowri Turner is a freelance journalist and never switches her Blackberry off. Andrew Clover is a freelance writer and comedian but he refuses to have one. In 1970 Germaine Greer shot to fame when her book The Female Eunuch was published. An angry, frank and passionate account of what Greer regarded as the oppression of women, the book became an internationally well-known and helped to spur on the Women's Liberation Movement. Forty years later it is still one of the most high-profile feminist texts. To discuss the book's importance and its legacy, Jenni Murray is joined by social scientist Ann Oakley who was one of the leading figures in the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1970s, and Finn Mackay, founder of the London Feminist Network One in four women will be affected by domestic violence at some point in their life, and there is an incident reported every minute. Now an innovative multi-agency approach involving police, health, housing and children's services is dramatically helping to reduce domestic violence. Woman's Hour looks at how this method works and why there are concerns about future funding. Taking part is Diana Barran, Chief Executive of CAADA, Co-ordinated Action against Domestic Abuse and Deputy Chief Constable Carmel Napier, from the Association of Chief Police Officers and the lead voice on domestic abuse. And Tamasin Day-Lewis cooks Spanish Chicken from her latest cook book.