Munching on my lunch and perusing the BBC website, I was horrified to see this story:

“BBC seeks older female newsreader”

Remorse over Arlene aside, it sends out totally the wrong message. It looks like the BBC is looking to up its old biddy and women quota, in order to appease grouchy viewers.

This positive discrimination approach is rife across the UK. I also saw it at a recent Girl Geek Dinner gathering, whereby some die-hard feminists were complaining that women were discriminated against in technology and there should be more jobs open to them…

Now I for one do NOT want businesses to feel pushed into employing women over men. In my opinion, it should always be the best person for the job. These whiny women are doing the rest of us a disservice, because quite frankly, when I get to the top I don’t want anyone tarnishing my achievement by claiming it was easier for me to get there… I want my success to be my own!