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Radio 4,28 May 2015,58 mins

Spare Rib Online, 2015 Power List, Wiki's Gender Gap?

Woman's Hour

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What impact will the Fifa corruption scandal have on the Women's World Cup when it kicks off next month? The groundbreaking 1970s magazine Spare Rib is now available online - we hear what a new generation of feminists makes of it. It's reported that women make up less than 10% of those who edit Wikipedia - we discuss whether the gender gap influences the online encyclopedia's content. With the judging underway for the Woman's Hour 2015 Power List: Influencers, today we look at the way ideas are spread and how we are influenced by them. The role of mothers and their sons explored in Shakespeare's plays. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Anne Peacock.

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