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Equality? It would be interesting to learn what exception in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 this company is relying on in order to restrict recruitment to females. To use the Act's own terms, in what way could they argue that being female is a 'genuine occupational qualification' for the job of presenting a TV programme? Surely 'the essential nature' of the job of TV science-programme presenter, even where the audience is young, does not call exclusively for a female 'for reasons of authenticity, so that the essential nature of the job would be materially different if carried out by a [man]'. Chris -- Chris Stokes -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on the public understanding of science [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Blackford, Sarah Sent: 13 January 2004 10:32 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Female TV presenter In these days of 'equality' I see a 'girl' is a woman aged between 20 and 30 and needs to be 'sassy' as well as 'intelligent' to get onto TV. I wonder if X-Perimental were advertising for a 'boy' of the same age, he would be expected to be an intelligent 'hunk' ??? How will applicants go about proving their 'sassiness' at interview stage?? They will certainly need that sense of humour! Sarah Blackford ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************