Italian Deputy PM’s comments on long skirts prompts backlash

28 September - 7 mins
Podcast Series Moncrieff

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani, has prompted furious backlash after saying that women will make better mothers if they wear longer skirts. He said that while it might be “nice to marry a glamorous girl”, such a woman may have “gone through a string of boyfriends, dumped them, walked out, and has a tendency to cheat”...

Nick Squires, Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph in Rome joins Seán to discuss what has been happening.

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