It is tempting to say: what a cheek! But then, that's what Michael Buerk seems to be saying when he complains that women are taking over the world, and if not the world, then the BBC.
Yes, I know, life is too short to be bothered by this, but Buerk's blether is illuminating.
It tells us nothing about the state of the world, but it tells us a lot about Establishment Man's reaction to the mere presence of women in corporate life when they are anything but subordinate. And it tells us a great deal about a severe shortage of empathy, not only towards women, but men, too.
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