The news this week has been dominated with the inappropriate behaviour of Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys, who have been caught making sexist comments about women in the industry on several occasions.
But are women making the same mistake? And is it somehow more acceptable for women to make sexist jibes?
Watch Loose Women and you'll see a panel of women ripping into their ex-husbands, current boyfriends and men in general. Or what about that advert for an oven cleaner, featuring a clueless man and the tagline "So simple, even a man can do it." Surely that's as sexist as saying a woman shouldn't be a ref?
Giles Coren recently wrote an interesting piece for the Daily Mailwhere he suggested that the sacking of the two Sky Sports presenters might lead to further consequences in the sporting field.
Giles claims that men are constantly having to apologise for their sex. And I can see where he's coming from. There are certain jokes women are allowed to make about men, which would be shocking if men made them about women. I suspect this might be because women are seen as the more vulnerable sex.
But when was the last time you heard about a Loose Woman getting a tell off for mocking men?
So, is there a double standard when it comes to sexism? Is it more acceptable for women to make sexist remarks? Let us know in the comments.
