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-Women are more in the limelight now -than ever before. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
-Fighting for their rights, -standing up for equality. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:14 | |
-There is a wave of brilliant -young women at the moment... | 0:00:16 | 0:00:21 | |
-..who take ownership. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
-That's one of the big words -I like... | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
-..when you talk about -what it's like to be a strong woman. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
-To take ownership -and do what you want to do. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
-I was just enjoying life, -enjoying travelling. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
-I was working. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
-Then the man -never fitted into all that... | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
-..and then I decided -to do something about it. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
-There is so much pressure -on women today. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
-We just have to be happy with -who we are. Don't you think so? | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
-It sounds really righteous, says -she with a full face of make-up! | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
-I felt like a woman. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
-I thought I can do what I want now, -I look like everyone else. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
-You can't explain the feeling, -it's just amazing! | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
-It's the old argument, the word -feminist has become a dirty word. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
-People say we don't need this -discussion, we don't need the word. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:28 | |
-As we can see with coming of Donald -Trump, the battle is far from over. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:34 | |
-Yes, we got the vote, -yes, there have been many battles. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
-But we haven't reached a place where -we don't have to ask questions. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:47 | |
-That's the place when things -will be in their place... | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
-..when we won't need to discuss it. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
-A century ago, the tide closed in -on decades of fiery battles... | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
-..by women for the right to vote. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
-The reaction to their protest -was violent and cruel. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
-Many were imprisoned. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
-They demanded to be counted -as equal citizens. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
-That would take another ten years, -but the first steps had been taken. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:30 | |
-That thirst to demand our place -and our voices to be heard... | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
-..has gone -from strength to strength. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
-I've reached an age -where I find myself... | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
-..questioning things more and more. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
-I want to hear -what other women think. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
-Where actually are we -in society now? | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
-Have we lost that focus -these women had back in 1918? | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
-I worry that society -is, unfortunately... | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
-..moving towards a place where -outward appearance is important. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
-Everyone is going to end up looking -the same, that's a big fear for me. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:10 | |
-You almost want to say to society... | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
-..and to people who make money -out of that kind of thing... | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
-.."I want you to stop for once -so that we can all realise... | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
-"..what it is to get older... | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
-"..or look like how we are -meant to look like women." | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
-I think there's great pressure -on what men think of us today. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
-That hasn't changed, -it's been here for centuries. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
-During the second half -of the 20th century... | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
-..there were more opportunities -for girls to wear lovely clothes. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
-Even working class girls -could spend on this type of thing. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
-It was important and they -also liked to show themselves... | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
-..in the best light when they worked -in quite a grey place very often. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
-And to flesh out this idea -of Miss World and so on. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
-It was part of their life. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
-I used to watch Miss World! | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
-I used to watch Miss World! - -I did, I sat with Nain. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
-Nain, my sister and I -would sit down... | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
-..and Mam and Dad -would be out on Saturday night... | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
-..and we'd sit down scoring -these girls, judging these girls! | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
-We didn't do that! | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
-I don't know -why I admitted that on camera. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
-Beauty shows -mean nothing to me now. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
-I've been very critical of shows -like Miss Wales, Miss World. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
-I see them as being anti-feminist. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
-But the situation isn't quite -as black and white as that. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
-They've been a big part of -women's lives in Wales for decades. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
-They were part of -the factory girls experience too. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
-They liked to be Miss Dunlop, -Miss Hoover, Miss Hotpoint. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
-To them, working class girls, -they had different experiences... | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
-..to what they'd have in their -daily work and I understand that. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
-In 1970, there was a big protest -by the women's lib... | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
-..against the Miss World -beauty pageant. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
-It's amazing to see the images -of them throwing the papers down... | 0:05:20 | 0:05:25 | |
-..and disrupting the pageant. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
-This was a big thing at the time -and people were against it. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
-They thought it was shameful -that women dared to do that... | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
-..and disrupt a pageant on TV. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
-I think you can be -whatever you want to be. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
-We are born with our own body -and our own mind. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
-There is nobody to tell us -any different. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
-You can be a part of that journey... | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
-..by protesting -on the streets of London. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
-You can be a part of that journey -by walking a catwalk in Wales. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
-Different choices -for different girls. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
-I wonder why we're all -so fearful of beauty. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
-It's alright to be judged on how -you sing, how fast you can run... | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
-..how far you can kick a ball. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
-When it comes to beauty, there is a -fear that we're being judged for it. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
-To this day, -I don't really understand why. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
-I don't think any of us -on the side-lines... | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
-..should tell these women -what they can and can't do. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
-To me, being a feminist -is not judging any other girl... | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
-..for what she wants to do -and to be whatever you want to be. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
-Nobody has the right to tell anyone -what they are meant to be. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
-That's what being a feminist -is to me. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
-It's so much more than the pageant -that people think it is. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
-The year I competed, we raised -13,000 for children's charities. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
-It's something huge that does -great work across Welsh communities. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
-I wanted to be a part of -something that was bigger than me. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
-There are a 101 pageants -in the world. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
-I work with Miss Wales and -Miss World at the top of that tree. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
-I'd like to think I'm -one of the feminine feminists. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
-I think we are far better -winning as women... | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
-..than as men and why should we -apologise for everything female. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:31 | |
-This is our opportunity -to shout from the rooftops... | 0:07:31 | 0:07:36 | |
-..that we are proud of the feminine -values that we hold as a gender. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
-You can't deny -after seeing a show like that... | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
-..that we don't judge these girls -or look at them... | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
-..because of the way they look. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
-I found myself, -because I'd spoken to them... | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
-..looking at their shape, -their skin... | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
-..and the way -they carried themselves. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
-I've been on stage and TV, I've done -posters which pushed boundaries. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:07 | |
-I've put myself in situations -where people have looked at me... | 0:08:07 | 0:08:12 | |
-..but I felt it was different, -I was in character. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
-I feel these girls are making -these decisions for themselves. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
-Yes, we are looking at them -and they are doing something... | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
-..which completely depends -on how they look... | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
-..but there is more to them -than that. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
-I think that is healthy enough -and who am I to judge it? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
-My parents never got much trouble -with me growing up. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
-There is a wild streak in me and -I am always drawn to wild people... | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
-..who push boundaries, -but actually, deep down... | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
-..I'm quite conservative and -I'm very aware of my own boundaries. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
-I feel lucky that I grew up -in the age before mobile phones... | 0:08:59 | 0:09:04 | |
-..and social media. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
-I had the freedom to experiment... | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
-..to make mistakes without -everything being scrutinized. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
-I can't imagine what it's like -for young girls today... | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
-..living their lives online. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
-Social media -and the generation of the selfie... | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
-..where everything -has to be perfect. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
-My daughter and her friends spend -hours getting the perfect image. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
-It does worry me, but then again, -the only way to get over it... | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
-..is to get them to realise -that this is something superficial. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:48 | |
-Who you are and what you want -to achieve is more important. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
-I tell Leisa and her friends that -who they are is more important. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
-Because we lived -before all this was so important... | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
-..we know how to live -without social media. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
-There is something in us older women -who can appreciate what we have... | 0:10:08 | 0:10:16 | |
-..and you fear now -that those younger women... | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
-..won't know how to communicate... | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
-..without creating -that world for themselves. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
-Living life as a woman -is a constant narrative... | 0:10:31 | 0:10:37 | |
-..on questioning yourself, -looking at the world around you... | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
-..and thinking, -"Hm, what's really going on here?" | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
-It's the old argument. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
-The word feminist -has become a dirty word... | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
-..with people saying we don't -need this kind of discussion... | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
-..but as we can see -with the coming of Donald Trump... | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
-..you sense the battle -is far from over. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
-I have felt a shift -and change since Trump. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
-People think they can say as they -like to women and people in general. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
-I've seen that on the school yard -and it's shocking. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:22 | |
-You wouldn't think it can have -such an effect on you. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
-As women, we need to stick together -in times like this. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:34 | |
-The fact that I've been raised -by a single mum... | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
-..strong and independent... | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
-..it's taught me to question -everything in life... | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
-..and to stand up strongly -for girls like Mam did. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:50 | |
-I want to follow mam's footsteps. -Hopefully! | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
-I'm sure I'm seen as old fashioned -now in what I believe a woman is... | 0:11:56 | 0:12:02 | |
-..but I do feel strongly that there -are young women out there now... | 0:12:03 | 0:12:12 | |
-..who are willing -to raise their voices. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
-The battles haven't been won -by a long way. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
-Yes, there is fear, -but from that fear... | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
-..I hope what comes from that -is a new confidence. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
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-It's a lovely thing looking back -at photos of the women... | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
-..that have defined me. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
-Mam, Nain... | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
-..sister, friends and stepmother. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:58 | |
-Each one has given something -of their own personalities to me. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:05 | |
-It's interesting -looking at these old photos... | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
-..thinking how society -has changed... | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
-..and the role of women -within that society... | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
-..since the time -when Mam was growing up... | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
-..and since -when Nain was growing up. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
-Throughout the decades, more and -more women raised their voices... | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
-..and Welsh women -were amongst them... | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
-..fighting for the causes -that were important to them. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:34 | |
-We were fighting -as a group of strong women... | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
-..because we wanted a better world, -to be cliche about it. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
-It was a combination of things. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
-I'd campaigned, a lot -of people campaigned with me... | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
-..over language rights, they also -campaigned for the peace movement. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
-We're talking about -the beginning of the '80s... | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
-..when there was -a big nuclear threat... | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
-..and lot of opposition -between governments. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:12 | |
-What's new there? | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
-It was a period -when I'd just become a mum. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
-I had little children and I felt -very protective of them as a mother. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:24 | |
-I also felt unable to protect them -in the face of this huge threat. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:30 | |
-The women's protest opposing -American nuclear missiles... | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
-..on the Greenham Common site -was one of the longest... | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
-..and most famous campaigns -of the feminist movement in history. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
-Women can give something positive, -I would say. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
-Someone said during that time -at Greenham Common... | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
-.."Men have always -gone away to war... | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
-"..and now women -are going away to peace." | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
-We can be just as strong, -just as determined... | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
-..and suffer, too, as men have... | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
-..but for something -strong and positive... | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
-..instead of something -destructive that kills. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
-For something creative. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
-That's the strength of women -in the peace movement. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
-I have so much admiration for -Meg Elis and her contemporaries... | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
-..and their protest campaigns. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:34 | |
-She had strong principles -about what was right. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
-My mother taught me -those very same principles. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
-What hits me personally -at times like this is... | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
-..when my mother died, I was 26 -years old, I was a different person. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
-I was a girl, -I feel now that I'm a woman. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
-I almost feel like I'm getting to -know my mother after she's died... | 0:16:01 | 0:16:08 | |
-..because I realise -the things I do... | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
-..her strengths -and her weaknesses... | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
-..are the exact same strengths -and weaknesses that were in Mam. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
-I think that's why -there's a lot of guilt in me... | 0:16:18 | 0:16:23 | |
-..when I think about the things -I didn't ask her before she died. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:29 | |
-I know what I feel now, -the loneliness that comes... | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
-..from not getting those answers -from her, as a woman. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
-It's important to remember her -as she was. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
-It's easy to romanticize a person -after they die... | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
-..and that's one -of my greatest fears. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
-I don't want Mam to be this perfect, -unblemished image in my head. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:58 | |
-I insist -that I remember her failures. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
-In those failures, -I am coming to recognise myself. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
-The over-sensitiveness, -the untidiness, the overreacting. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
-She lives on in me. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
-As I look in the mirror -and see myself aging... | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
-..I see her face staring back at me. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
-Is she happy with who I am today? | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
-Or can she see the inner turmoil -behind these lying eyes? | 0:17:24 | 0:17:28 | |
-She was sensitive like me, -she was untidy like me... | 0:17:36 | 0:17:41 | |
-..she understood people, -she really did understand people. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
-There was something -that was very, very shy in her... | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
-..though she liked nothing more -than to have fun! | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
-Someone looks at these images -from the '60s and they're iconic. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
-There's a new spirit here. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
-The '50s had been so austere -after the war, so it was great. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
-There were many young people about, -the baby boom... | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
-..they were now teenagers - -a new word from this era. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
-They were going out to have fun! | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
-Sex became much more open too. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
-Yes, but that was partly because -in 1961, the pill was introduced. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:25 | |
-To women that was key, and I think -it's still a turning point... | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
-..in women's history because now you -can control your sexuality yourself. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
-The mini skirt came in. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
-I remember when I started wearing a -mini skirt, I'd been in uni a year. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:40 | |
-I felt a frump -coming from Aberystwyth to Bangor... | 0:18:40 | 0:18:45 | |
-..which was full of fashion! | 0:18:45 | 0:18:47 | |
-I didn't care what people -thought of me and that's important. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
-This is my mother around -the same time, a few years earlier. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
-I love this picture. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
-I'm on her lap and the skirt is so -high up, I can nearly see her bum! | 0:18:59 | 0:19:04 | |
-But it was obvious that she felt, -even being a young mother... | 0:19:04 | 0:19:09 | |
-..I'm only a few months old... | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
-..but she had plenty of confidence -to wear something so short. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
-Women who haven't had children -are still a big taboo in society... | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
-..a society which places so much -pressure on women to be mothers. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
-As we reach a certain age... | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
-..it is expected that a mother -will have given birth... | 0:19:30 | 0:19:34 | |
-..and having to justify my childless -situation often makes me sad. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:40 | |
-I think I had a very short period -in my early 40s... | 0:19:41 | 0:19:46 | |
-..that I felt the privilege -was being taken from me. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:52 | |
-I hadn't thought -about having kids before then. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
-I didn't feel a huge urge -to have children... | 0:19:56 | 0:20:01 | |
-..but once that privilege -is taken from you... | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
-..the mind goes to panic because -you hear that old horrible phrase... | 0:20:04 | 0:20:10 | |
-..the clock is ticking. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
-I hate that sentence. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
-I went into a panic where -I looked at men and thought... | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
-.."Are my ovaries -winking at that man? | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
-"Could he be a father -to my children? | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
-I didn't want to think like that. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
-I want to fall in love, -because I'm falling in love... | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
-..not because I feel -the necessity to do something... | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
-..society thinks I should be doing. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:34 | |
-I suppose you and I have veered -from the conventional path. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:41 | |
-Me, as a single, unmarried mother. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
-You, as someone -who hasn't had children. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
-I've never felt -there is a judgement... | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
-..but people do say things and -you think, "Why do you say that?" | 0:20:51 | 0:20:57 | |
-People think that you're not happy -and I'm quite happy actually. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:03 | |
-This wasn't the original plan, -but as it turned out, I'm OK. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:08 | |
-I think it would be nice -to be in a situation... | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
-..where women could own -all kinds of situations in life. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
-We need to normalise not being -in a traditional nuclear family... | 0:21:16 | 0:21:24 | |
-..and that's actually OK. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
-What a conventional family... | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
-..what a conventional woman is, -has changed completely. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
-There are many options open to -single women keen to have children. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:41 | |
-I think I always saw myself -having kids. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
-It was never a case -of do I want or not. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
-It was just naturally something -I thought would always happen to me. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
-I was just enjoying life, -travelling, sport, cycling, working. | 0:21:55 | 0:22:02 | |
-And then, the man -never quite fitted into that. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:06 | |
-But I just thought it would. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
-One day, the man will come. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
-But when I reached 38 -and the man still hadn't come... | 0:22:17 | 0:22:24 | |
-..I thought, -"How would the child come?" | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
-I decided to do something about it. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
-I decided on a sperm donor -from a sperm bank. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
-It's a little bit like -internet dating to be honest. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
-You go on the website where there's -a lot of information on each donor. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:49 | |
-You can look at the characteristics. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
-Eye colour, hair colour, -height, family history. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
-The donor can't be anonymous. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
-Idris has a right to find his -biological father when he's 18. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:09 | |
-He didn't look anything like me -at the start, at all. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
-Who knows how much of me and how -much of the donor, or the father... | 0:23:15 | 0:23:20 | |
-..will be in him. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:22 | |
-I think we get conditioned too much -towards what society expects us... | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
-..to do as women. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
-Sometimes, it does feel -like society is making you think... | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
-..that you are a failure if -you haven't done the usual things. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:46 | |
-Did you encounter any criticism? | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
-Not to my face! -Maybe behind my back. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
-No-one said anything to me directly. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
-To be honest, I'm not one -who cares what others think. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:04 | |
-I care very much -what the people I love think of me. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:10 | |
-I've been one of those -who's let life guide me... | 0:24:11 | 0:24:17 | |
-..and, like you, I like -to enjoy life to the limit... | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
-..but that's where I've been lucky -these past two years. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:26 | |
-I've realised the urge -was not strong enough... | 0:24:26 | 0:24:31 | |
-..or I would have taken -the initiative and taken that step. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:37 | |
-You considered it, and that's what -I'd say to anyone thinking about it. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:44 | |
-There are options available. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
-No woman should -just take it for granted... | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
-..that they can't have kids -just because they're on their own. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
-My sister and I -are so close in terms of age... | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
-..and closeness in terms -of being two women... | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
-..but the divide between us is huge. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
-When we were children... | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
-..I was the one making scripts and -doing little dramas and performing. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:21 | |
-What was Eleri doing? | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
-She was going for a walk -around the street with the dollies! | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
-She always said she wanted a row -of little shoes outside the house. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
-That was her dream. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
-She's had four boys -who are like monkeys. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:39 | |
-Being in their company, I get -my fix of being with children. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:45 | |
-But you know what, -I love turning that key and going... | 0:25:46 | 0:25:52 | |
-.."Ta-ra, Ler, -it's over to you now!" | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
-I have to accept who I am... | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
-..and I have to accept -the world around me... | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
-..and make the most of what's -in the world and appreciate it. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
-There we go. That's perhaps -a chapter that won't be. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:17 | |
-. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:23 | |
-Subtitles | 0:26:26 | 0:26:26 | |
-Subtitles - -Subtitles | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
-A year and a half -after the big loss... | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
-..that big sentence came -that we had been worrying about. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
-Dad has a lover. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
-And we were thrown, my sister and I, -to an unknown territory... | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
-..without knowing where to turn -or how to feel. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
-There was nothing -that could have prepared us... | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
-..for the mess of emotions -that was about to grasp us. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
-Hiya, Lis. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
-OK? | 0:26:57 | 0:26:58 | |
-I remember vividly -that I was scared to call the house. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
-Your father always rang me, -I didn't ring him. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
-I used to think, "Well, if I -call them, what am I going to say?" | 0:27:07 | 0:27:12 | |
-"Who am I? What do I say? | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
-"Who am I?" | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
-Anyway, I didn't have to think -too much because the phone rang. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:23 | |
-"It's Ffion here, -I'm Will's daughter." | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
-"Oh, Ffion! How are you?" | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
-And since then... | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
-..things have developed -over the years... | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
-..our relationship has developed -and here we are! | 0:27:35 | 0:27:39 | |
-Little did we know... | 0:27:41 | 0:27:42 | |
-..that day when we met in a pub -on the outskirts of Cardiff... | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
-..that things would have -developed as they have. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
-I remember being so nervous. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
-It was so different for me -to think of Dad having a girlfriend. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:59 | |
-Dad saying -that he had a girlfriend... | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
-..was something -I never thought I would say. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
-I remember saying to Will -from the off... | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
-..I'm not here -to take anyone's place. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
-And I did know, -we talked about your mother. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
-Marian was your father's first love. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
-So I wasn't coming to take anyone's -place and we discussed that a lot. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:27 | |
-I think it took me quite a few years -to call you a stepmother. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:34 | |
-I think maybe because -the word mother was in it. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
-I was scared of that. -Do you feel like a mother? | 0:28:39 | 0:28:43 | |
-Well, I don't think I would -be able to love you any more... | 0:28:44 | 0:28:49 | |
-..even if I'd given birth to you. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
-That's the feeling I have, I'm very -very close to you both as girls. | 0:28:54 | 0:29:00 | |
-I don't keep anything from you, -I tell you absolutely everything... | 0:29:01 | 0:29:06 | |
-..often too much, as you know! | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
-But that's what's nice, -is that I feel I've got a friend. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
-That friend that I can turn to -when I have a problem or I'm scared. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:18 | |
-I had been on my own -for many years... | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
-..the same as you, and we can -relate to each other's experiences. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:29 | |
-I also feel when you're young -and you look forward to life... | 0:29:32 | 0:29:39 | |
-..marriage, children, -it didn't happen in my case. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:45 | |
-But I have inherited the ones -I would have desired to have myself. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:50 | |
-I have taken ownership of them. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
-I said I wasn't going to cry -but I've started already! | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
-We are more free than ever before to -decide what path we want to follow. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:09 | |
-As I approach -a new chapter in my life... | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
-..there are some things -I cannot control. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
-Aging, something that happens -to us all. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
-We see our bodies changing, -internally and externally. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:34 | |
-It can be very scary. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
-I have to be honest, it depends -on my mood on any given day... | 0:30:38 | 0:30:43 | |
-..how exactly I feel about it. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
-Even though I believe -that every wrinkle is important... | 0:30:46 | 0:30:51 | |
-..and that every part of my body -has a story to tell... | 0:30:51 | 0:30:58 | |
-..those little fears can kick in. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
-I feel a lot happier being -in this industry the age I am now... | 0:31:05 | 0:31:10 | |
-..which I know -is a strange thing to say... | 0:31:10 | 0:31:13 | |
-..but in the acting world... | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
-..I do think there are many -interesting roles for women my age. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
-Getting to play -the First Minister of Wales... | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
-..you don't get -much more powerful than that. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
-Bloody hell. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
-Rhiannon Robert, a difficult day -for the First Minister. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
-That's just playing a role on TV. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:39 | |
-Some prominent women on TV are still -criticised for the way they look... | 0:31:39 | 0:31:44 | |
-..and not for what they say. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
-Hello! | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
-One woman said the other day... | 0:31:53 | 0:31:55 | |
-.."It's really sad that one of the -main female broadcasters in rugby... | 0:31:55 | 0:32:00 | |
-"..has fake eyelashes, -big hair and tight clothes." | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
-It made me cross. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:05 | |
-You should be celebrating the fact -that any woman can present sport. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
-We were talking here earlier. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
-The cameraman has given us -a lovely light in the kitchen. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
-Thank you very much. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:18 | |
-Small things like that, -because we are on screen... | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
-..I pretend -that it doesn't affect me... | 0:32:22 | 0:32:27 | |
-..but it does, it really does. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
-When we do live games and we're not -in studio, we do links pitch-side. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:36 | |
-Sometimes we are. At pitch-side, -it's raining, snowing, windy. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:41 | |
-There is no chance -to make you look nice. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
-As I get older I ask, -"May I have another light, please?" | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
-Young cameramen ask, -"Are you mental?" | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
-I say, "When you get older -you'll need a light too!" | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
-"Don't put the camera down there. -We really don't like that!" | 0:32:54 | 0:32:59 | |
-It's horrendous. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
-It happens to us all, -all of us, women and men. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
-But when men get older, -they're distinguished. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:09 | |
-When women get older... hmm! | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
-We are meant to appreciate. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
-I try and make the most -of every wrinkle, every hair. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
-But it's hard, isn't it? | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
-I remember years ago -when Botox became popular. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:27 | |
-I said, "I am never having Botox! -Awful thing to do to your face!" | 0:33:27 | 0:33:31 | |
-I was 25 and I didn't need it then! | 0:33:31 | 0:33:33 | |
-I still haven't had it, but, -oh, my gosh, never say never now! | 0:33:34 | 0:33:39 | |
-I'm trying to hang on in there. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:41 | |
-But hang on in there -for who and what reason? | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
-For me, to prove -that I don't need to conform... | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
-..to how I should be looking. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
-Are you a feminist -if you don't have Botox? No. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
-However you want to look at it. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
-I think, this world, there is -so much pressure on women today... | 0:34:00 | 0:34:05 | |
-..and we just have to be happy -with who we are, don't you think so? | 0:34:06 | 0:34:10 | |
-It sounds really righteous, says -she with a full face of make-up! | 0:34:10 | 0:34:14 | |
-I think, in terms of changing the -body, it's a totally personal thing. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
-It's completely up to that person. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
-Whatever makes you feel better -in this world... | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
-..whether it's making your breasts -larger or smaller... | 0:34:27 | 0:34:31 | |
-..changing what you think -will make you happy... | 0:34:31 | 0:34:36 | |
-..and I think if you have the choice -and it makes you feel better... | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
-..then why not? | 0:34:42 | 0:34:43 | |
-But for one young mother, -Carrie Harper, there was no choice. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
-She went under the surgeon's knife, -not for cosmetic reasons... | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
-..but to have a double mastectomy -due to cancer. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
-It had a profound effect -not only on her confidence... | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
-..but it made her feel -incomplete as a woman. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
-I was devastated, -absolutely devastated. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
-I had quite big breasts -and to go from that to nothing. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:13 | |
-Everything was all sunk in my chest. -I couldn't even wear a bra. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:18 | |
-This is it. I'm going to look -like this forever. I hated myself. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:23 | |
-Carrie's new breasts were created -out of skin from her stomach... | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
-..but the operation left her -with no nipples. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
-She turned to a tattooist -to put the icing on the cake. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:35 | |
-People really lose -their confidence... | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
-..and a lot of people -I've noticed go quite introverted. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
-The way things are today with social -media, it's all about how you look. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:47 | |
-People retract -and go into themselves. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
-I show nipple protrusion... | 0:35:51 | 0:35:53 | |
-..and that creates a 3D effect -like a natural breast. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:56 | |
-You create the illusion -of a protrusion. | 0:35:57 | 0:35:59 | |
-When it hits the light, -it looks like a natural breast. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
-You see a huge difference from -the person who laid on the bed... | 0:36:02 | 0:36:06 | |
-..to the person who sits up. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:08 | |
-I was a double-D before I had -the mastectomy and I am an E now. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:13 | |
-Bigger. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:14 | |
-My husband's chuffed! | 0:36:15 | 0:36:17 | |
-That is amazing, I'm gobsmacked! | 0:36:20 | 0:36:23 | |
-I felt like a woman. -I thought I can do what I want now. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
-I look like spaghetti junction with -scars but you can see passed that. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:33 | |
-I felt like a woman again. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:34 | |
-You can't explain that feeling, -it's amazing. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
-It's really humbling. It makes you -put things into perspective. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
-The time I get with this person to -have a small part of their life... | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
-..it's just the best, it's lovely. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
-How much do they pay for this? | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
-How much do they pay for this? - -Nothing, I do it for free. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
-Every woman's here because they've -gone through some life experience. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:59 | |
-You don't pick cancer, -cancer picks you. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
-Being able to do something like -that, you're giving them closure. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:06 | |
-As you walk away, it's really -empowering and its lovely. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
-That's amazing. -You'd never tell. Honestly. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:14 | |
-It's mad. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:16 | |
-Rachel, high five. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:18 | |
-Seeing that today and realising -how much women support each other... | 0:37:21 | 0:37:26 | |
-..is something that shakes you. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
-Also, Mam died 20 years ago -to breast cancer... | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
-..and I think so much -has changed in 20 years. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
-We are so open these days, so much -more open than we have ever been. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
-And that also makes me -feel good and warm inside. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:45 | |
-You must be an amazing drawer? | 0:37:46 | 0:37:47 | |
-No! Give me a pen and paper -and I'm atrocious. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
-My children, when we play games -at home, they say, "That's so bad!" | 0:37:51 | 0:37:54 | |
-The minute I have a pigment pen -in my hand, it all flows. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
-I can't draw for toffee! | 0:37:58 | 0:37:59 | |
-To us, it might have looked like -one small thing, having a nipple... | 0:38:00 | 0:38:04 | |
-..but to Carrie, -it means everything. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
-It was interesting what her -and Rachel were both saying. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
-This is the last stamp almost -to feel like a complete woman. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:17 | |
-Going home tonight... | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
-..knowing that she felt -like that one small extra thing... | 0:38:22 | 0:38:27 | |
-..has given her -the icing on the cake... | 0:38:27 | 0:38:29 | |
-..or the crown in its place, -it's priceless, isn't it? | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
-. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:37 | |
-Subtitles | 0:38:40 | 0:38:40 | |
-Subtitles - -Subtitles | 0:38:40 | 0:38:42 | |
-There's something -in the air this year. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
-Yes, it's the centenary. -There is a thirst for history. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:51 | |
-But there is also a thirst -for protest too. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:54 | |
-We are raising our voices -on all kinds of different causes. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:58 | |
-There are new ways of being heard. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
-So many things have changed -as a result of online protest. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:07 | |
-It can influence protests and it -also enables us to grow communities. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:13 | |
-There are so many opportunities now. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
-There are negative elements -to working online as a feminist... | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
-..and writing about women's history. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:25 | |
-If someone wants to be abusive -online, well, it's the internet. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
-They are going to do that! | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
-But we are tied to something -that is a positive reaction. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:39 | |
-It keeps us going. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:41 | |
-It is a protest and that passion -helps us keep the focus. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:46 | |
-Social media allows us -to show our colours instantly. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:54 | |
-We can inspire millions of people -to march worldwide... | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
-..by a click of the finger. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
-In 1908, the first big rally to call -for the vote was held in Hyde Park. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
-A group of activists travelled -from Cardiff to join in the protest. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:12 | |
-This is the banner -they took with them. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:15 | |
-I feel quite emotional. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
-Someone really made this, -it's a labour of love. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
-There's a community behind this. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
-It brings it back to groups of women -campaigning in their communities. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
-When they took it to London, the -crowds said, "The devil has come. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:39 | |
-"The Welsh suffragists -have the devil among them!" | 0:40:39 | 0:40:45 | |
-They had dared to put the dragon -on their banner. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
-What better symbol than a dragon! | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
-There's a dragon in every -Welsh woman. That's a good thing. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:55 | |
-And fire in our bellies! | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
-Every stitch in this banner -represents a woman in history... | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
-..who battled to realise a dream - -a dream of being equal. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:11 | |
-A century on, -this dream still drives us. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:16 | |
-Maybe we do dream enough... | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
-..but there's something on the last -hurdle that says, "I can't do that." | 0:41:20 | 0:41:25 | |
-Maybe it's a job for a man, -maybe it's a race for men... | 0:41:25 | 0:41:30 | |
-..maybe I'll get swallowed up -in this masculine world. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:34 | |
-But no, I think not only -do we need to dream... | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
-..but we need to follow our dreams -to take our step to the path... | 0:41:39 | 0:41:45 | |
-..which will take us towards -the top of our journey. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:49 | |
-You've focused -a lot on ultra races... | 0:41:49 | 0:41:54 | |
-..which can be -a masculine, testosterone world. | 0:41:55 | 0:42:00 | |
-Again, you don't see yourself -as a woman competing in these. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:04 | |
-You see yourself as a single -competitor not defined by gender. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:10 | |
-Yes, it's interesting -because when people ask me... | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
-.."Do you describe yourself as -a female runner? No, I'm a runner." | 0:42:14 | 0:42:18 | |
-At the end of the day -I've competed against the men. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
-I'm glad I'm on the starting line, -side-by-side with men. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:27 | |
-I remember one story, I told someone -I'd come fourth in one of the races. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:34 | |
-And they said, "Oh, what happened? | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
-"When I saw you race you were first, -you were winning the women's race." | 0:42:38 | 0:42:43 | |
-"No, I won the women's race. -I came fourth overall." | 0:42:43 | 0:42:47 | |
-To me, -that was the most important one. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
-Whoever was in front of me. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
-Doesn't matter their age, -their sex, their religion. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
-In my world, that's not important. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
-You're competing against yourself... | 0:42:59 | 0:43:01 | |
-..and maybe the person -that's in front of you. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:04 | |
-By now, I don't see myself -working in a man's world. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:12 | |
-I obviously do, but the rugby world -is a lovely world to work in. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:18 | |
-I'm not just saying that. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 | |
-We've come on in leaps and bounds -in the last ten years. | 0:43:21 | 0:43:26 | |
-I have to work hard, -not because I'm a woman... | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
-..but because I work with men -who played the game professionally. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:37 | |
-To be as good as them, -and give them my judgement... | 0:43:37 | 0:43:42 | |
-..that's why I work hard. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:44 | |
-Not because I have to -because I am a woman. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:48 | |
-It takes years -to define ourselves... | 0:43:52 | 0:43:55 | |
-..as women -who are happy in our own skins. | 0:43:55 | 0:43:58 | |
-My close relationship -with women of all ages... | 0:43:59 | 0:44:01 | |
-..is one of those things -I treasure most about life. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:05 | |
-The happiest times have been defined -by the women around me. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:11 | |
-My trust and appreciation -of other women... | 0:44:11 | 0:44:14 | |
-..is paramount to my existence -as I get older. | 0:44:14 | 0:44:17 | |
-Over the last year -I've opened my heart... | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
-..and spilled -some of my greatest fears... | 0:44:25 | 0:44:28 | |
-..about being a woman today -on paper. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
-It was a bittersweet experience. | 0:44:32 | 0:44:35 | |
-I think I wouldn't do any favours -to myself or anyone else... | 0:44:36 | 0:44:40 | |
-..if I said, -"No, I'm fine, life is great." | 0:44:41 | 0:44:43 | |
-I don't have any problems -with anything. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:47 | |
-That isn't what life is, -life is full of challenges... | 0:44:47 | 0:44:51 | |
-..that we have to overcome. | 0:44:51 | 0:44:53 | |
-I've been floored -by the response to the book. | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
-It felt as if I was baring my soul, -I had been so honest. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:03 | |
-It got republished -even before the third launch. | 0:45:03 | 0:45:08 | |
-Within a fortnight, -it had been republished. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:13 | |
-I couldn't believe it -because I got so scared... | 0:45:15 | 0:45:19 | |
-..thinking what people's -reaction might be. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:23 | |
-I can say honestly that it's where -I have had the biggest reaction... | 0:45:26 | 0:45:31 | |
-..that I have ever had in my life. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:33 | |
-We only have one life -and we have to live it... | 0:45:35 | 0:45:38 | |
-..with optimism, with dreams... | 0:45:39 | 0:45:42 | |
-..and just thinking -about what we can do. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:46 | |
-Sometimes taking that step -out of our comfort zone. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:51 | |
-One group of women are doing -just that and coming together... | 0:45:55 | 0:45:59 | |
-..not to protest but to have fun - -a leather sisterhood. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:03 | |
-I haven't been on a motorbike -for a few years... | 0:46:05 | 0:46:08 | |
-..and I've realised it's where -I'm at my happiest, I think. | 0:46:08 | 0:46:12 | |
-Being on the back of a motorbike -offers an incredible freedom. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:17 | |
-Yes, I love being -on the back of a motorbike. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:20 | |
-The thrill of the hair and wind, -and everything going through you. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:26 | |
-Why aren't there more girls -on motorbikes? | 0:46:26 | 0:46:29 | |
-I don't have a clue, -I don't understand. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:32 | |
-Why don't girls? | 0:46:32 | 0:46:34 | |
-I'm not confident, -I'm not someone who's a biker... | 0:46:34 | 0:46:38 | |
-..but I just love riding a bike. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
-I don't have a biker image. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:44 | |
-Excuse me, if anyone -looks like a biker, Ruth, it's you. | 0:46:44 | 0:46:50 | |
-You look fantastic! | 0:46:50 | 0:46:53 | |
-Until when do you see yourself -on a motorbike? | 0:46:56 | 0:47:01 | |
-Well, until I can't get my leg over! | 0:47:02 | 0:47:04 | |
-I can't get on it! | 0:47:05 | 0:47:07 | |
-I'll drink to that! | 0:47:08 | 0:47:09 | |
-I think every woman is a feminist. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
-To me, that goes with the territory. | 0:47:18 | 0:47:22 | |
-By now, because of the choice... | 0:47:22 | 0:47:24 | |
-..and because of what women have -been through and fought for... | 0:47:25 | 0:47:30 | |
-..the world is so open to women. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:32 | |
-I am in a very happy relationship -with a fantastic man... | 0:47:32 | 0:47:36 | |
-..and I am happy -with who I am as a woman. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:40 | |
-I'm ready for the next chapter. | 0:47:41 | 0:47:43 | |
-Away we go! | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
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