There can be too much of a good thing, and even those who see the promotion of women in all realms and empowerment of their choices as good things might want to consider how the men are taking it. Not well, according to veteran BBC newsreader Michael Buerk:
In the interview, he said that typically male characteristics have been sidelined. "The traits that have traditionally been associated with men - reticence, stoicism, single-mindedness - have been marginalised," he said.
Buerk said that the result is that men are becoming more like women. "Look at the men who are being held up as sporting icons - David Beckham and, God forbid, Tim Henman," he said.
He admitted that some changes have been for the good, but asked: "What are the men left with?"
He said that, while men measure themselves in terms of their jobs, many traditionally male careers no longer exist. "Men gauge themselves in terms of their career, but many of those have disappeared," he said.
"All they are is sperm donors, and most women aren't going to want an unemployable sperm donor loafing around and making the house look untidy. They are choosing not to have a male in the household."
A must read. If it must come to a counter-revolution, it will be ugly. Better for women to reconsider their gains and methods before it's too late.
UPDATE: the expected belittling responses here and here:
"He's bonkers. He's a dear old-fashioned chauvinist of the first order," said Anna Ford, one of the corporation's first women newsreaders.
"Poor, miserable old bat. What he ought to be saying is how nice it is to have women around the office. He's never seen the point of women in positions of seniority. There's no hope for him."
Proving they have the sensitivity of, well, feminists, this man is doomed. Men, take note.
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