New podcast episodes released to help end misogyny and violence against women and girls
Elmore has published new episodes of podcast series ‘Flipping the Narrative’. Launched to raise awareness about how men can think about their involvement in ending misogyny and violence against women, the series has the following episodes, each one covering a key theme:
What it means to be a male: hears from Josh and Conroy about what they see as masculinity and how emotions get processed.
Being a father: Sam became a father at 19 and now has 4 boys. He talks about his experience of fatherhood.
Misogyny in uniformed services: Rod had been a senior police officer in the Met for many years and discusses the culture within the force which allows misogyny to exist.
Does porn ruin or enhance relationships?: Abi and Dan discuss the influence of porn on how sex and relationships develop.
The role of masculinity in offending: Dom talks about some of the reasons men commit crimes and the role socialisation has in this.
Addiction and Recovery: looks at how addiction can start, the impact on somebody’s life, the process of recovery, and what life without addiction looks like.
Elmore’s podcast ‘Flipping the Narrative’ is helping to end misogyny and end violence against women and girls.
Co-hosted by actor Luke Jerdy and the Domestic Abuse Lead for Oxford City Council, Liz Jones, ‘Flipping the Narrative’ aims to bring into being a culture that motivates everyone to get involved in recognising, challenging, and interrupting all forms of abuse against women. The series seeks to create a climate which views abusive attitudes, beliefs, and certain behaviours as unacceptable.
The hosts are calling on men to pass the series along to friends, families, and colleagues in order to start conversations, take new perspectives, and support each other and women to build an equitable society and healthy environment for everyone’s children to grow up feeling safe and cared for.
‘Flipping the Narrative’ will publish the following episodes on a weekly basis:
Anger: looks at internalised anger, how destructive it is for the individual and ways to overcome it.
Tackling predatory males in the night time economy: How police and local authorities can work together to pursue potential offenders and prevent further victimisation.
Moving forward to a better world: hears from young people on their journey to adulthood and how can the future be better for men and women.
The series is accompanied by a spoken word performance by Luke about ending misogyny and violence against women and girls across the UK.
Luke is known for his portrayal of Jesse Donovan in Channel 4's Hollyoaks from 2016 to 2020. Liz has worked in the Violence against Women and Girls field for 16 years and has facilitated and developed programmes for men who choose to be abusive and violent towards partners. Liz is also a trustee at Elmore Community Services.
At least 125 women have been killed in the UK since Sarah Everard was tragically kidnapped and murdered, according to campaigning website the Counting Dead Women project.
Sarah Everard’s death provides a teachable moment for men to be actively involved in new conversations to end misogyny. With the podcast’s encouragement to ‘pass it on’ to other men, ‘Flipping the Narrative’ aims to show men that they can help each other to sit up, become aware, and take important action to challenge men who perpetrate harmful behaviours.
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The series has been funded by Oxford Safer Communities Partnership and Elmore Community Services and produced by Sound Rebel UK.
The spoken word performance has been funded by Sound Rebel UK and Elmore Community Services.
Elmore provides a Domestic Abuse service to support victims and survivors to recover and work alongside perpetrators to tackle harmful and controlling behaviours. The perpetrator programme was designed by Liz Jones. Elmore’s domestic abuse service is part of Family Solution Plus, an Oxfordshire County Council model.