How To Get A Life - How Prejudiced Are We?

11th July 2012

In tonight’s programme, Cherry is on a quest to find out how prejudiced British society is today.

On her mission to get a snap-shot of modern Britain, Cherry meets a female fire-fighter, a black ballet dancer, a wheelchair user and a victim of discrimination in the work place. She also spends time with those challenging stereotypes to find out how preconceptions have changed.

Don't miss Cherry Healey: How To Get A Life - Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC Three.

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Comments

  • I'm always really looking forward to these on a Wednesday I really like Cherrys style of journalism, I wanna see her on a lot more things :)

  • Im glad thats cherrys making this program, make some people realise ... Dont judge a book by its cover :)

  • Lovin Bums of steel comment!!!

  • i play county cricket for Hertfordshire and seeing that Cherry did and for the same reasons made me realize truly that who cares if your a man or woman you can do what you like !!! :)

  • I was given a train set, my two boy cousins who are the same age, asked for a kitchen and a pram 20 years ago! Cannot agree more with the fire fighter Rebecca's opinions and decisions on how we shouldn't stereotype gender - just flick open an Argos catalogue! - Why aren't there more mothers out there like us? My daughter wears boys clothes and although she does have a few pink items, the majority of her clothes and toys are a unisex colour!

  • I would have liked the program to explore deeper. what about class snobbery? invisible disabilities? the ignorance many gay men & lesbians show to other minority sexualities?

    also, on that last point, if you interveiw a woman who is now married to a man about the prejudice she faced in her previous "lesbian" relationship, you really need to use the word bisexual. if not, you perpetuate biphobic steriotypes by allowing the assumption that she "became straight" or that her female partner was just an experiment.

  • As a child even teachers stereotyped me for liking ‘boys things’. Now I work as a successful software developer in a male dominated environment and I worry about the stereotypes for when I have a child of my own. I feel women are the worse for reinforcing the stereotypes on other women/girls and have found men to be more open.

    I would like to congratulate the fire fighter and Cherry for hopefully enlightening a few more women and mothers.

  • Watch your documentaries regularly, Cherry, and really enjoy them. Couldn't help feeling a little disappointed this week though by the slot on gay prejudice. Despite Beth's bravery, I wonder if her story was the best example of homosexuality overcoming prejudice. Covering heru decision to settle and start a family with a man, whilst of course completely acceptable, might have actually entrenched some of the classic prejudices... Being gay is just a phase; only a man can satisfy a woman for life; children should only be raised by heterosexual parents. And although I'm sure that this isn't the case, some viewers may suspect that the difficulties Beth faced as a gay woman in the workplace have led her to choose a more conventional partner. The story of her tribunal was valid and interesting, but might the inclusion of her husband have done more harm than good?

  • Amazing documentary ("How prejudiced are we?"). Rebecca the Firefighter was A M A Z I N G!! Love your interview style, really disarming, you are quirky like Louie Theroux, only you really empathise with and bring the best out of your interviewees. Love it.

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