Yes I am an old prude.

I would have switched off too! I just don`t want to hear about other peoples sex lives .
I started to read Forty shades on the recommendation of my DIL , what badly written utter rubbish , she thought it was wonderful . She is a well educated ,sweet girl so I guess its an age thing !

No NanKate, I don't think you're a prude at all. I feel the same as you, there is no need for it. Sadly though, its seems the 'norm' these days to many people.
I watched the program you referred to once when I owned a tv, that was enough, I found it to be a load of nonsense anyway.
I no longer have a tv & don't miss it one bit. I have my laptop & have a much better choice of things to watch & learn. Even when I had cable tv it was hard to find a decent program, most of it was garbage. I have also learnt alot about what is really going on in the world, rather than what the mainstream biased tv news programs feed us.
I know I've gone off the topic a bit but you obviously are a decent lady with morals & we shouldn't have to listen to inappropriate language, especially, as you pointed out, on a day time programme, its totally unnecessary. Maybe try listening to the radio instead

LOL ! I think I should have written 50 shades not 40

There was an article in the Sunday Times by the radio reviewer talking about how inappropriate it is to broadcast Fear of Flying at 10.45 in the morning. I haven't listened to it, but sometimes I think boundaries are being pushed too far. I wish there was another word instead of "prude" for people like me who likes a bit of reticence and modesty in talking about sexual matters publicly.

Ironically I came on this thread as a respite from the Pedants' Corner one on 'off of'! It had been disrupted by a poster who enjoys annoying people with gratuitous obscenities.

Lesley - I'm going to look at the ST!

Why is this particular f word used as a noun, adjective, verb, adverb etc. and really means nothing at all? When you think of all the other words in the dictionary, it's very repetitive, boring and shows a barren mind. Why can't authors and comedians see this? Silly question! They do it for publicity or to sell more books. I remember Kenneth Tynan using it for the first time on television, and he was banned for years afterwards. The BBC must have some odd people at the top now (whom we are paying for, don't forget).

I hope you gave that evil cow a piece of your mind Elred!

I bet her mind is totally barren.

Who???

I do so agree with NanKate and LesleyC! I cannot understand the thinking behind the broadcasting of Fear of Flying during the daytime hours. I am obviously an old prude but, frankly, proud of it! I rarely listen to Womans Hour these days as I find their constant discussions and airing of all things sexual/transgender et al plus their very smug self-satisfied and cosy style of presentation frankly repelling.

Keep up, wot!

I read A Fear of Flying when it first came out and couldn't for the life of me see what made it feminist literature. Sex and swearing, ok, so the point is...?

I listened to the dramatization to try again to make sense of the hype. Nope.... still can't see it. Unless it's trying to say 'Look, see how we women can have sex and swear!' Not feminist and not clever, imo.

Errrm mimmi Fear of Flying is currently ON the radio!

I suppose the only way to judge the book is to actually read it. I'm not sure listening to an abridged version on the radio can do justice to a book. It's six quid on Kindle, so I might give it a go.

"You did not have to apologize for wanting to own your own soul. Your soul belonged to you - for better or for worse. When all was said and done, it was all you had."

(From the book)

I liked the yNancy Friday books which where supposedly feminist.

phoenix

(Sorry. Can't help laughing)

I have always found sex a private and wonderful thing NOT to be talked about and broadcast constantly!!!

I'm afraid I am getting more prudish as I get older. The swearing and obsession with sex in jokes and comedies is just so boring.
I find it hard to believe that adults are still amused by something that should have stopped being funny after adolescence.
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I listened to about 5 minutes this morning to see if it interested me. Nope. I didn't like it as a young woman in the 70's and I don't like it even more now.

I switched off, not because it was rude but because I'm furious at all the 15 minute dramas on Radio 4.
Most TV programmes are now an hour long but radio has been dumbed down to a succession of bits and pieces. Do they think we all have the concentration span of toddlers?

Like many others on GN I started to read the book when it came out and soon gave it up. I think she had written something about women's rights beforehand and was out to make money with Fear of Flying.
Its typical of women's hour nowadays. I don't listen anymore except if I'm sewing on the sewing machine and want to relieve the monotony.
I shan't be turning it on this week.

Ooh I thought it was just me that thought the timing was just so wrong. Turned it off and went out in a huff! Still the sun was shining......

water meadow there has long been a 15 minute slot at 9.45 on Woman's Hour, for something serialised over the week or sometimes 2 weeks. The Radio 4 afternoon drama is an hour long.

What I feel is bad language by that I mean f word c word etc is used as normal language I am not a prude but don't like to hear people using it in front of children or in mixed company .