BBC sexism?

Here's one

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Krypton_Factor

In the 80s, do you mean individuals and not teams ?
What shows were they?

They've probably been slapped around the head and told "you idiots! Of course you need a woman in there. Bit of tension, amp up the pressure on the guys, ask 'em how they feel about the threat of being beaten by a woman. It's good tv. "

I wonder what their diversity and inclusion manager thinks? I know that's more to do with staff rather than programmes, but I can't believe they don't think that the programming output doesn't affect the view of the whole organisation. Because it does.

The BBC are such twats, honestly. There is no reason to exclude women from this, so why are they doing it? Because they're twats. And the comments...ergh...disgusting.

Strictly has male and female competitors doesn't it and there's no problem with that despite dancing being considered "feminine".

Maybe it's just a matter of time.

Or is it that while things like dancing weren't done on TV by men it wasn't because they weren't considered able to do it. So it's not quite the same.

lol yeah comments = aarrrrgh

They don't want women in it as it's a prog about tough men being tough and manly.

Thinking about it, in the 80s, there were a lot of shows with physical challenges, and men and women competed side by side. Does that sort of thing go on any more? Not talking about sas stuff but, I don't know, gameshow type things. I don't watch ITV on a sat night these days so not got my finger on the pulse really

Never, ever, ever read the comments. Ever.

They are words to live by.

I read the comments and now I have to go and clean my brain.

I just don't get why you would exclude women. I don't buy the crap about replicating the SF - as puffins says, it won't be an exact replica anyway. Why not give a woman a shot. She will either meet the standard, in which case great she can compete. Or not, in which case you don't include her. It's not like she is asking for special dispensation, just an equal chance to compete.

The show might be trying to replicate the selection process for SF within the British military, however, I doubt it's going to include a lot of the selection criteria, so why does it have to retain the sex bar to women?

Because it's not to do with a supply of goods or services, or a job, I imagine. The law doesn't apply to everything ever it's specific stuff.

I don't understand how the BBC are not breaking the law by stipulating "men only". Can anyone explain?

According to the Telegraph the show specifically explained it was, and I quote, "looking for the toughest men in the country".

The show is trying to replicate the selection process for the SAS.

Well if they didn't specify that it was men only then I'm not surprised she's pissed off. They asked for tough strong people who like physical challenges to apply, she spent time and effort doing so, thinking "well that sounds like me", only to be told that it never meant her.

They should have made it clear from the start that only men need apply and then she needn't have wasted her time.

I do agree with her though generally that if women are never represented in the mainstream as being able to do stuff - as being tough and strong and enjoying physical challenges - then there's no precedent in general women's heads that this stuff is an option for them IYSWIM.