to wonder why the female co-presenter on Countdown has to dress like a stripper

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Just that.

Is this 2013? Just utterly depressing.

Charlotte jackson is a sports journalist and been about for quite a few years.

She is also able to handle herself in what has been a traditional mans world of football. It was Charlotte who Andy Gray made the sexist remarks to that cost him his job.

She is alot more than just a pretty face for the lads on sky sports.

All my uni housemates loved her. They're all geeky physicists and engineers. She's insanely clever (think she did maths at oxford?) and beautiful. She's a role model to me personally.

yanbu
just had a look on 'rachel watch' and, yes, some of those outfits would be better worn in a nightclub of a small town on a saturday night, and yes, it is depressing that women have to wear these outfits if they are going to be allowed to be clever on tv

She might like dressing like that! I'm sre the producer didn't say "Get your babs out or you're fired"...

Honestly, are you that jealous? It's not like she's wearing a bikini for goodness sake, she is wearing a pretty dress! What do you want her to wear? Trackie bottoms an a baggy hoody?

Women bitching about what other women wear, what a shocker.

Yanbu. It is very depressing.

Daily Mail link about how she's been asked to cover up by her bosses.

I get it OP

she is young and pretty, but why dress quite so slutty?

I would prefer to see her in some nice Sandro/Zara/Cos/Chloe, whatever!

she looks she got her dress from the market in Eastenders

BUT, maybe thats her (bad taste)????

Years ago there was a documentary about the kids TV presenter Kirsten O'Brien discussing whether she should do a lads mag spread to further her career as it was seen as the route to "getting on".

But we're all just jealous of pretty ladies in sparkly outfits, there's no real issue is there?

Also, there has been some absolutely fantastic work unpicking the sexism in comic books.

Publishers were claiming that showing Wonder woman in her underwear wasn't sexualised so someone responded with this: www.mommyish.com/2011/08/10/if-male-superheroes-posed-like-wonder-woman-heres-what-theyd-look-like/

^"The female presenters are about 22 years old, very pretty, with generally long blonde hair, worn loose. They are in sleeveless low cut tops/dresses which are in bright colours and are skin tight.
They look like cocktail waitresses or the girls with the clipboard at the entrance of a nightclub."^

How bloody judgemental are you? You're stereotyping people who wear a certain type of clothing! Some women might feel empowered to wear such sexy clothing. When I lost a lot of weight I often wore tight fitting clothing to show off my best assets - not because my body is a "sexual object" as someone so pathetically put it, I am in a long term relationship, I wore the clothes for me, no one else, and I felt good wearing the clothes, and feel equally as good wearing my pj bottoms and a hoody. What is wrong with someone dressing to look nice?

Femenist bollocks pisses me right off. You're the ones drawing attention to her outfits, you're obviously insecure with your husbands looking at her wearing those clothes and so believe she shoudn't be allowed to wear them on TV. Pathetic.

"The media is looks oriented, thats just the way it is"

Ah yes, of course, all those stunners like Bruce Forsyth, Eamonn Holmes, Jeremy Beadle, Jimmy Saville, Noel Edmonds, Chris Evans, Adrian Chiles... do I need to go on? I mean are you now drooling over your keyboard?

I posted a really interesting link, raised a good point and someone says I must feel insecure with my husband

GothAnne Have you been watching Escher Girls and the Hawkeye Project? Those are simultaneously hilarious and terrifying ways of showing up sexism in comics!

Goth - doesn't that pose make the superheroes look stupid.

Sexism in comics... I've heard it all now!

Hope you lot are happy, my car insurance has gone up by 17% thanks to all this "equality"...

The point the op is making a women should not have to dress a certain way on tv, it should not be expected of her, it is not of the men she worls woth. She would not have that job if she was overweight and not as attractive that is a sad fact.

not insecure at all i want tv and the media to appreciate women not just for their looks. and feminist bollocks not sure what that is really feminism has made all our lives better and hopefully it shall continue if you disagree maybe you need to read up a little

There is a big difference between gender equality and feminism. Maybe you need to read up a bit...

hopeful Maybe you should try paying more attention, it wouldn't be such a surprise to you then.

without the feminist movement we would not have equality, something that we are still fighting for

is that not something you want in our society? If you have daughters do you only want them to be judged on what they look like

In my experience the only women, shouting slapper, slut whatever are the ones who could never, ever dress like that a case of , I can't so you can't either.

If women are deeming other women have loose morals because of what they where, what chance have we against men thinking the same.

If my daughter is praised for her looks good on her, she is more likely to get a better job husband whatever,

If she is educated on top of that its a double whammy.

Hhhhhhmmmm is that the smell of hairy women and burning bras.

"who could never, ever dress like that"

Curious, why couldn't they dress like that? In what situation is it physically impossible to wear a skin tight dress?

"If women are deeming other women have loose morals because of what they where, what chance have we against men thinking the same."

Obviously that is an awful way to treat other women, but you can hardly act as if you are superior while making comments about other women being "ugly", "jealous" etc.

(ps. before anyone point out my earlier post, I am in pain and in the mood to take it out on someone)

yawn yawn feminist = ugly fat hairy women who hate men