I'd let out a most considerable hoot if I heard that Channel 4 had given you a six part series on, say, Victorian sex and sexuality, or even on making bread rolls. But there's a definite double standard.
It struck me over the last couple of weeks in discussing female comedians in class that we were making comments on physical appearance (Jo Brand, Kathy Burke, Joan Rivers, Sarah Silverman) than we wouldn't if we were talking about male comedians. (I hope it's something that I've been aware of for rather longer, but it foreably struck me this week)
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Date: 2008-11-13 03:39 pm (UTC)It struck me over the last couple of weeks in discussing female comedians in class that we were making comments on physical appearance (Jo Brand, Kathy Burke, Joan Rivers, Sarah Silverman) than we wouldn't if we were talking about male comedians. (I hope it's something that I've been aware of for rather longer, but it foreably struck me this week)