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<p>Women are 27 times more likely to be harassed online than men. Social media seems to have made abuse of women worse. And yet very little is done about it.</p>

It’s No Use!

Women are 27 times more likely to be harassed online than men. Social media seems to have made abuse of women worse. And yet very little is done about it.

It's hard to understand: one day the G-spot exists, the next day it doesn't. Decried in the 1980s, rehabilitated in the 2000s and finally thrown out in the early 2020s, no female body part has ever been so controversial.

The G-Spot Shuffle

It's hard to understand: one day the G-spot exists, the next day it doesn't.

From Anita Ekberg to Jayne Mansfield to the reality TV stars of the 2000s, large breasts have long been considered an aesthetic ideal to aspire to. But since the beginning of the 2010s and the arrival voluptuous stars like Kim Kardashian the beauty standard has changed: buttocks have dethroned breasts.

Bust your Bum

Since the beginning of the 2010s and the arrival of voluptuous stars like Kim Kardashian, beauty standards have changed: buttocks have dethroned breasts.

The burden for contraception in heterosexual couples falls almost exclusively on women. When will they develop a male contraceptive pill? And why don’t more men have a vasectomy?

Taken Your Pill?

STOP! Leave us the hell alone! In our sex-saturated society some people are turning off and don’t want to have sex anymore.

No Sex

Whatever women wear in public, it always seems to be an issue of debate and never seems to be quite right. From cat calls on the street to clothing bans in schools, dress-code politics are alive and well.

Go Get Dressed!

Whatever women wear in public, it always seems to be an issue of debate and never seems to be quite right. 

Women just want to be left alone in public spaces without creeps harassing them all the time. Does that mean the end of flirting?

No More Flirting!

#Metoo put the spotlight on consent in sexual relations, even within couples. The old-fashioned idea of conjugal duty still lingers and women can feel obliged to have sex with their partners even when they’re not in the mood.

Not Tonight, Love

#Metoo put the spotlight on consent in sexual relations, even within couples. 

It is commonly accepted that classic heterosexual intercourse begins with an erection and ends with an ejaculation. Coitus remains the central act in sex. However, 70% of heterosexual women attest that they do not have an orgasm during penetration, whereas 90% of men do. This is known as the orgasm gap.

Feeling Happy?

70% of heterosexual women attest that they do not have an orgasm during penetration, whereas 90% of men do. This is known as the orgasm gap.

We've been told so much that our fantasies are a secret garden, that we forget that some of them are not so secret after all. The keywords or tags typed into search engines generally say a lot about us.

Tell Me Your Tags

Show me your porn searches and I’ll tell you who you are.

Down with sexual diktats!  In this episode: Have the 50 Shades of Grey novels and the mummy porn phenomenon changed our sexual practices?

50 Shades of Conservativism

Down with sexual diktats!  In a feminist reading of gender relations, why do men send so many pictures of their penises to women they do not know?

The Dick Pic Invasion

Down with sexual diktats!  In this episode: Growing old seems to be the worst thing that could happen for a woman in modern Western society. Can cosmetic surgery help?

Forever Young

Down with sexual diktats!  Liberated deconstructs received ideas and myths about sex. In this episode is sperm really good for the skin?

Man Juice

Down with sexual diktats! In this episode: Anal sex is becoming more normal in heterosexual couples, But not without taboo.

From behind

Down with sexual diktats! In this episode: On top of having to be thin and young, the female body must be smooth and hairless!

No More Hair

Down with sexual diktats!  In this episode: Why don’t tampon adverts use red liquid, the real colour of blood?

Hide the Blood!

Down with sexual diktats!  There are many studies looking at our sexual activity. But are they really accurate? Can our sexuality be measured in numbers?

Sex in Figures

Down with sexual diktats!  In this episode: How can women be happy with their bodies when they are constantly pushed unrealistic messages about their body image?

The Fat Issue

Down with sexual diktats! In this episode: How female bisexuality became acceptable because it fed straight men’s fantasies.

I kissed a Girl

Working to live or living to work. In a capitalist society characterised by ever-increasing mechanisation, what meaning can we give to our daily grind? Ronja von Rönne finds out by meeting lawyers, circus performers and old-time taxi drivers.

Living for Work

Streetphilosophy

If the truth is the first victim of war, many voices are trying to defend it in Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere. Alternative culture programme Tracks goes east to meet journalists and artists from Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia who have a different perspective on the war in Ukraine. On the programme: propaganda and counter-propaganda in times of conflict.

Propaganda and Truth

lternative culture programme "Tracks" goes east to meet journalists and artists from Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia who have a different perspective on the war in Ukraine

Tracks East

All his life, Lou Reed spat in the face of the establishment. Politicians, bigots, the self-righteous… All have drawn the ire of the Velvet Underground founder. But he reserved the worst of his contempt for journalists.

Lou Reed

TAPE

Streetphilosophy roams the streets of Berlin to find answers to philosophical questions. In this episode Ronja von Rönne asks: What is happiness? How do I please myself while also pleasing others? And how can I realise my desires?

Live your Desires! But How?

Actress, model and now children’s author, Diane Kruger tells the story of her life and how books have accompanied her most important moments.  

With Diane Kruger

The Book That Changed My Life

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Be a Man! - But How?

In this episode, Ronja explores what can give us hope for the future even when things seem bleak. At Leopoldplatz, she meets one of the most hopeful people in Berlin: DJ Bombay sells curries from his food truck and is always in a good mood. "I've been through so many crises in my life that nothing can knock me out," he says. Then there's  boxer Mazen, who loses every fight and still goes on. Nun Sister Mechthildis meanwhile is full of hope and happiness, living away from the hustle and bustle of life in her convent.

Don't Lose Hope!

In this episode, Ronja explores what can give us hope for the future even when things seem bleak.

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners, starting with four voguing performers who've created a safe space for themselves, and an asexual model who posts sexy pictures online. Next we visit a hypersexual couple and discover puppy play with Marion and Leo.

Embrace Your Sexuality!

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

Frankenstream is a fable for our times about the rise of streaming technology. What was just fun at first has now taken over our lives and become an all-consuming monster with a massive carbon footprint. The story begins in 1995 when the internet was young and free.

Babystream: Born Premature

Frankenstream is a fable for our times about the rise of streaming technology.

Frankenstream: The Devouring Monster (1/4)

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At once seductive and dangerous, historical myth and male fantasy, the femme fatale represents both erotic promise and a death trap to the male observer. Conceived at the end of the 19th century in the works of Gustave Moreau, Franz von Stuck and Lovis Corinth, the femme fatale was completely reinvented in the 20th century by many female artists.

Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

The Femme Fatale in Art

France’s President Emmanuel Macron forced through an unpopular reform of the country’s pension system – and the French aren’t having it. We travel to Romania to find out about a possible law to ban gambling adverts, and look at how to protect Europeans from addictions.

France’s pension reform / Gambling / Photography

Protests erupt across France in response to the government’s pension reform bill, and we explore gambling across Europe.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Many governments and organisations are wary of their employers using the social media TikTok. Does the Chinese company really serve Xi Jinping’s regime?

TikTok: A Chinese Threat?

Mapping the World Essentials

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

Highly influential indie rockers from Boston, famous for such tracks as Debaser and Where is my mind perform in Paris as part of a European tour for their latest album Doggerel.

Legendary and highly influential indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

At first glance, it's an image of innocence. A motherly milkmaid pouring out the milk in a kitchen, preparing snacks from our childhoods. But there's actually far more to her than meets the eye.

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

A famous image that at first glance looks totally innocent, but is in actual fact full of innuendo

Look but Don't Touch

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants and changed the course of European history.

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants. 

The Defenestration of Prague

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating over the breakaway region of Transnistria, an investigation on how prepared Europe is for another summer of wildfires, and a report from the Dissident Club in Paris.

Tensions in Moldova / WildFires in Europe

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating with street protests and controversy over Russian secret documents.

Lyubov, which means love in Russian, is 80 years old and lives alone on the shores of Lake Baikal. She bears witness to this wonder of nature and possesses and unbreakable bond with the world’s deepest lake in Siberia. Her life here is hard, especially in winter, but she would not live anywhere else.

On the shores of Lake Baikal, an old woman lives alone in a beautiful place that is dear to her heart.

The Old Woman and the Lake

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

Data Sources

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

The Prigozhin Papers

A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Water

 A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Good News From Our Planet

Working her way out of poverty as a sex worker all while supporting her family in Romania. That’s Andrada’s goal. She speaks confidently and openly about her work in a red-light district in Germany’s Ruhr region.  
This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Portrait of a sex worker in the Ruhr region, Germany.  

Hard Life – I sell sex for money

Music director of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru takes his musicians on a tour of his homeland, Romania. A tour stopping in Timişoara, his hometown. On the programme: The Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms with soloist Simon Trpčeski.

Concert from the European Capital of Culture 2023

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne perform Brahms and Klaus Lang in Romania.

Cristian Mācelaru in Timişoara

In El Salvador, gangs have terrorised the country for decades. But when Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, becoming the youngest head of state in Latin America, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

El Salvador: The coolest dictator in the world?

When Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

ARTE Reportage

The new Windsor agreement between the EU and the UK is hoped to improve relations and solve the Northern Ireland issue.

Northern Ireland: Windsor Agreement

Eclectic American singer-songwriter Ben Harper performs from his latest album, 2022’s Bloodline Maintenance. Filmed at Ground Control in Paris.

Ground Control

Eclectic American singer-songwriter Ben Harper performs from his latest album, 2022’s Bloodline Maintenance.

Ben Harper

“You can let yourself go and give up, or you can keep fighting.” That is Daniel’s motto. After many years spent incarcerated and homeless, he is now a magazine salesman and is managing to get by.

This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Better than prison. Portrait of a street magazine seller.

Hard Life – I spent half my life in prison

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot show another side of Israel. One with high-levels of social deprivation and strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s controversial judicial reforms.

Sderot - The Other Israel

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot is a different Israel with strong support for Netanjahu and high levels of social deprivation.

Mustafa is 28 years old and grew up in the Ratingen-West district in Düsseldorf, his “hood”. It’s an area with high unemployment rates and is home to people from many different nationalities, both a melting pot and socially deprived. Mustafa now runs a kiosk in the middle of the district, on Berliner Platz. Between high-rises, friendships and poverty, we discover his life.
This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Portrait of a kiosk owner in a socially deprived area of Düsseldorf, Germany.

Hard Life – I work in the middle of the ghetto

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

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