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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Masterchef

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wem · 24/01/2012 12:54

I've only watched a couple of episodes of this series and I won't be watching any more after the one I saw last night.

They've started this series in a different way to normal, with a blind tasting test. In both of the two episodes I've watched so far this has resulted in loads more women getting through to the first round than normal. I noticed this and thought it was interesting and although it showed up previous discrimination, at least it was a positive step.

Then at the end of the episode I watched last night they sent home two women to whom they had both given positive comments and pointed out errors, and kept in a man whom they had totally slated. One of the judges even seemed to shout at him in frustration at how badly he'd done. After they kept him in I realised this shout was because he couldn't bear to send him home and have, god forbid, more than 50% women go through to the next round, even though the opposite happens every single other series.

I know this is fairly trivial, and probably all in the editing, but it's pissed me off and I won't be watching it again in protest at the blatant discrimination they showed.

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alpal11 · 15/02/2012 21:50

Am just watching Masterchef. Today, two men did badly and one woman, yet again, it is the woman who is sent home. It would be quite interesting to get the stats on how many women are sent home when its a male/female decision.

(EverSoLagom has missed one vital fact when commenting on men do better at uni than A level. For A'levels they are just a number on the paper. When I was at uni we gave our names, were known to our marker and hence were identifiable as male/female).

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