Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode I'm joined once again by relationship expert and trauma specialist, the brilliant Sally Baker as we discuss the attitudes around wrongdoing in the media spotlight. In light of the recent allegations of misconduct by TV personality Gregg Wallace, we examine the possible reasons why in 2024, post 'Me Too' that women are still being gaslight and ignored when they come forward to expose bad behaviour and how this crisis at the BBC reflects larger societal concerns regarding the treatment of women speaking out against misogyny. So please join me as we look a life through a different lens.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Sally observes that despite being in 2024, the same banal sexualised behaviour continues in media, with "talent" being protected while women's complaints are systematically ignored or dismissed.
• The entertainment industry's shift to independent production houses has created a vacuum in accountability, with neither broadcasters nor production companies taking full responsibility for misconduct.
• There is a dangerous pattern where women are kept isolated and separated, preventing collective action that could drive meaningful change in workplace culture.
• The normalisation of inappropriate behaviour through terms like "banter" has created a culture where misconduct is often dismissed or excused.
• Complex workplace dynamics in TV production make accountability difficult, with freelancers feeling particularly vulnerable and established talent being protected despite misconduct.
• The average age of children's first exposure to explicit online content has dropped to 8-9 years old, this is fundamentally altering young people's understanding of relationships and consent. Open communication between parents and teenagers about relationships is essential now more than ever, providing safe spaces at home is better than denial or avoidance.
• There is a concerning increase in sexual violence and coercive behaviour among teenagers, linking it to unregulated online content and influencers like Andrew Tate.
• Based on her own experiences in the industry since 1977, Sally can see how certain inappropriate behaviours have remained unchanged despite societal progress.

BEST MOMENTS

"It's hugely disappointing. Here we are 2024, we're still dealing with the same banal kind of making women feel really uncomfortable, same banal sexualized behavior."

"Keeping our children ignorant doesn't keep our children safe."

"You can't passively consume anymore... we have a responsibility to actually see what's going on and think critically and also act when we need to."

"It's part of the same tapestry of where men can get away with stuff. And if women complain, then they are derided."

"It's endemic in every aspect, the weft and wove of our society, and it's not getting dealt with, it's not getting resolved."

ABOUT THE GUEST

Sally Baker APAQAM

Sally is a highly experienced licensed and accredited award winning therapist, writer and speaker. She sees adults and young people face to face in London and worldwide via Zoom. She is trained to an advanced or master practitioner level in many of the latest therapeutic approaches all of which work rapidly and powerfully to resolve a wide range of presenting issues, and she leads workshops on resilience, achieving peak performance and how to recover from trauma and PTSD. Through her therapy work she is often in demand for her expert opinion on human behaviour and is frequently quoted in the international press, magazines, BBC Radio and influential on-line media platforms. 

Sally has written several books on key aspects of therapy: ‘7 Simple Steps to Stop Emotional Eating', ‘How to Feel Differently About Food', ‘The Getting of Resilience From The Inside Out' : https://amzn.eu/d/2ArYDFU 

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sally@workingonthebody.com 

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