I'm not very happy about where my licence fee is going at the moment. On Saturday night, David watched the World Cup Draw. The names of the teams are contained inside balls which are swished about and drawn with great ceremony and at even greater length. Heidi Klum was there. I don't know why. Gary Lineker introduced her with the words, "I'm sure every Englishman watching will be happy to know that Heidi's going to be fondling our balls." It's almost 2006, people! I mean, seriously, WTF?
Then, on Sunday night, David watched the Sports Personality of the Year (yes, it was non-stop fun in our house last weekend) and Sue Barker prefaced a question about Gavin Henson by saying, "If you can keep him out of church ...". Gavin, for those who avoid the tabloids, is going out with Charlotte Church. Not only was it a crap and tasteless joke, it also implied that Gavin Henson having sex with his girlfriend affects his play. If I was Charlotte Church I'd be bloody fuming.
I went for a bath and came back just in time to hear Lineker hand over from an (embarrassingly bad) interview with Zara Phillips by saying, "And now for some more posh totty ... Sue!"
Is this kind of casual sexism what we've come to expect from the BBC? Oh, it is? Oh. Okay then.
Simon Hattenstone wrote about it hilariously in the Guardian today:
There were, needless to say, few women in the guest audience. On those rare occasions Lineker did introduce a woman, one feared the worst: "And here's that nice lass who looks like a fella", "And a round of applause for the skinny bird who keeps shitting herself!" Well, not quite, but almost.

