When the BBC sacked Arlene Phillips the media missed what the real outrage was. It was never about ageism. The real outrage was not in getting rid of Arlene, but who replaced her - What the BBC have essentially achieved by bringing in Alesha Dixon is sexism on a grand scale.
Here we have a young, sexy, glamourous woman judging a dance competition when she knows absolutely nothing about judging a dance competition whats-so-ever. So instead of having a woman who knows what they are talking about, we've got a woman who is reduced to boring banality and dire platitudes. A woman that has absolutely nothing interesting to say for herself about the subject at hand. A woman that might as well not be there and is pretty much ignored by her co-judges. Even the audiance appeared wary to applaud or respond to her in any way after she'd finished her brief, and I do mean brief, interventions.
Essentially Alesha Dixon is there to be seen, but not heard, because she hasn't got anything interesting or original to say. Except for the female dancers, the role of women on this show is now reduced to that of eye candy, while its the men that are left with the interesting things to say.
Of course theres nothing wrong with being sexy and gorgeous, but if the person hasn't got the knowlage to back it up, the whole thing just ends up vacuous and shallow.
How has the BBC, usually one of the most PC organisations in the world, managed to get itself into a situation where in its flag ship show it has set the cause of women back decades? And to think, this blatantly sexist decision was introduced by.... A woman! Incredible!
Here we have a young, sexy, glamourous woman judging a dance competition when she knows absolutely nothing about judging a dance competition whats-so-ever. So instead of having a woman who knows what they are talking about, we've got a woman who is reduced to boring banality and dire platitudes. A woman that has absolutely nothing interesting to say for herself about the subject at hand. A woman that might as well not be there and is pretty much ignored by her co-judges. Even the audiance appeared wary to applaud or respond to her in any way after she'd finished her brief, and I do mean brief, interventions.
Essentially Alesha Dixon is there to be seen, but not heard, because she hasn't got anything interesting or original to say. Except for the female dancers, the role of women on this show is now reduced to that of eye candy, while its the men that are left with the interesting things to say.
Of course theres nothing wrong with being sexy and gorgeous, but if the person hasn't got the knowlage to back it up, the whole thing just ends up vacuous and shallow.
How has the BBC, usually one of the most PC organisations in the world, managed to get itself into a situation where in its flag ship show it has set the cause of women back decades? And to think, this blatantly sexist decision was introduced by.... A woman! Incredible!
