I came across the excellent contribution from the Observer newspaper last week which was to mark 80 years since women were given the vote. It began with an assessment of that journey by Rachel Cooke which provides an excellent introduction to the whole debate and struggle.
Cooke hopes that the impending ‘Equality Bill’ will succeed to bring about “real rather than notional equality”.
The series of articles includes an interview with Anna Ford who reminds us how hideously sexist and ageist the BBC (and other media) is. Why else would we find ourselves in a situation where people like Kate Adie, Angela Rippon, Anna Ford and Moira Stuart are found to be too old but David Dimbleby and John Humphrys are not?
Best of luck to Selina Scott in her case against Channel Five where she is claiming that, at 55, she is not too old.
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Submitted by karamat on Sun, 2008-12-14 08:26.