I have long thought that the “job” of being a “weather presenter” is the ultimate non-job. Basically, you have to read text off a teleprompter and point at a chart. That’s it. It’s money for old rope. You could pull in someone off the street and train them up in 10 minutes. The sole qualifications for the job are an ability to read, and at least one arm. Needless to say, many women are attracted to this cushy overpaid non-job (“working” less than one hour per day) which brings them to public attention and thereby feeds their narcissism. Predictably, some are now whining about being “objectified”. I’d give the whiners the option of wearing a burqa, or resigning. “Problem” solved with the powerful weapon of man logic. Our thanks to Gerry for this piece, he writes:

Male celebrities are objectified by hordes of chattering groupies, any one of whom might decide to destroy their lives on a whim. And yet, men hardly ever complain. On the other hand, women who are approached, flattered, and even seduced by famous and rich men do not complain about their experience in the same way as they do about men who do not answer that description. So the point is about class. Men do not hold a woman’s class or status against her. But women do in relation to men, and a woman will therefore complain about harassment when spoken to by a man whom she thinks is beneath her. Weather reporters are no exception.

---

If you’d like email notifications of our new blog pieces, please enter your email address in the box near the top of the right-hand column and click ‘Subscribe’. Our YouTube channel is here, our Facebook channel here, our Twitter channel here. If everyone who reads this gives us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. You can support our work by making a donation here.