Even allowing for the fact that relationship between the sexes has never been easy, we surely live in strangely anxious times when it comes to such matters, with accusations of misogyny and toxic masculinity rife. Are men a problem? How do men and women differ? And what, if anything, do we want or need from each other?

In this episode, Nick Spencer speaks to Nina Power about her book What do men want?: masculinity and its discontents.