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EPISODE · May 18, 2026 · 13 MIN

Is Social Media Making Young Women Hate Men? (Your Radical Questions with Dr Jilly Kay)

from Radical with Amol Rajan · host BBC Radio 4

With Amol away, Eliza Filby, who an author and historian specialising in generational change, steps in for this week’s Q&A on young women and the “femosphere”. Jilly Kay, Professor of media and communications studies at Loughborough University, coined the term “femosphere”), and is here to answer your questions on the divide between young men and women, what role social media algorithms might have, and what men could do to help women avoid the “femosphere”. Plus, why might some people say that “femosphere” as a reasonable response to the patriarchy?GET IN TOUCH * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 * Email: [email protected] Episodes of Radical are released every Monday. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Rufus Gray with Oscar Pearson and Bella Saltiel. Digital production was by Jonathan Greer. The Senior News Editor is Sam Bonham.

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