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Friday, 12 March 2010

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Thomas Pellow

The BBC, in its subservience to Labour, and the Harman anti-men discrimination* incorporated in the Equality Bill, has no discernible commitment to the equal rights of both sexes.

* Of course, Harman is a hypocrite on this, when it comes to the case of her husband, Mr. Dromey:

"Harriet Harman's husband handed a safe seat by Labour"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254114/Harriet-Harmans-husband-handed-safe-seat-Labour.html#ixzz0hx6Ol2CO

K

Did anyone notice the audience member right at the end who, in response to the 'have the Beeb given into political correctness' question said something like: "If Harriet Harman gets her way we wouldn't be able to hold a programme like this because she's going to bring in discrimination against men."?

Oh, the irony:)

John Kimble

I didn't really understand what that woman at the end was on about TBH.

Porky Domesticus

" men could never organise their own International Men's Day as women have done."

The sexism of such a statement in a world where men have organized everything else is stunning.It's like looking at motown and claiming blacks cant sing!

K

"I didn't really understand what that woman at the end was on about TBH."

I wouldn't worry about that as I don't think she did either, John;)

Paul

International Men's Day is November 19: http://www.international-mens-day.com/

The day is gathering lots of momentum. All you need do is mark it on your calendar and *Do* something on that day.

;-)

Pete UK

"International Men's Day is November 19: Do* something on that day."

I'll tell you what I'll be doing on that day, the same as I did on IWD, getting on with my life, that's what I'll be doing.

I can't see how a tit for tat campaign is helpful, equality is about everyone being given due consideration, be they male/female, black/white, gay/straight, able bodied/disabled.

Harriet Harperson's pro-female laws are discriminatory, they seek to redress the balance through social engineering, and that has never worked. As an example I'll cite the divorce laws of 1972, which were introduced to give women equal footing in a marriage, unfortunately some women take advantage of the biased system and lie and cheat their way to a disproportionate share of the spoils of marriage.

While it is easy to accept that women in the workplace face discrimination, what isn't so readily accepted is that men face discrimination in domestic issues.

Jim

Unbelievable. To think the BNP were going to be banned for not allowing blacks into their party, but the state-owned BBC can have a no-men policy and hardly anyone bats an eyelid!

It just goes to show how much discrimination against men has become accepted both by men and women in this country.

What we need is a national men's strike day (week?) to help us on the way to equality both in the home and the workplace - yes I said workplace! I believe that it is men who are discriminated against at work.

That's certainly my personal experience in the education and health-care systems.

amfortas

Amfortas says:

Excellent reportage, John. It looks like another successful attempt by the BBC to shoot itself in the foot.

Remember the old speculation (exploited by Morecombe and Wise) about what the newsreader chaps wear that is out of sight below the desk? I can just imagine the chaps on the panel that you mentioned wearing ladies' unmentionables.

Jon

I know I am way late to the party, but I can't believe this, I really can't. I have complained to both the BBC and OFCOM, let's see what happens.

John Kimble

There's nothing wrong with it so long as they also have a men only audience sometime too. I wonder if that will occur next Thursday?

Jon

John...

BWAHAHHAHAahahaha!! Hahaha! Phew. Good one.

Just got a response from the Beeb re my Question Time complaint by the way:

Dear Mr ...

Reference 189866

Thank you for your e-mail regarding 'Question Time' broadcast on 11 March.


Firstly, please accept our apologies for the delay in our response. We appreciate that our correspondents expect a swift response and we regret any inconvenience you may have experienced.


With regards to y our complaint about the make up of the audience for the edition of 11 March, we forwarded concerns on this issue to ‘Question Time’ Executive Editor Gavin Allen who explained in response that:


“Question Time has been running successfully for more than 30 years. That equates to more than 1,000 editions. Very, very occasionally we have varied the production of the programme: either changing the panel selection - to include a People's Panellist for example - or the make-up of the audience - such as a 50:50 old: young mix. The all-female audience was one of those rare instances. Political parties want every vote available of course, but it is particularly striking this year how prominently the issue of women in politics is playing - from the universal courting of Mumsnet and the question of all-female shortlists to the centrality of the family/marriage as a topic and the distinct voting concerns of women from men (whether in relation to party leaders or political issues). For that reason we felt it worth seeing whether an all-female audience would offer a different type of debate from the norm, different questions raised and perhaps a different atmosphere. The decision had absolutely nothing to do with bias, political correctness, a lack of impartiality or sexism and everything to do with a determination to be open to new ideas and to experiment occasionally. We were happy with the resulting programme.”

Please be assured I’ve registered your complaint on our audience log. This is a daily report of audience feedback that’s circulated to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Executive Board, channel controllers and other senior managers.

Thank you once again for taking the trouble to share your views with us.

Kind Regards

Richard Carey


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