Beauty and the Beast

Beautiful, talented women who want to move up the ladder. Powerful men who hold all the cards. It’s a blueprint for disaster and a scenario available to us 24 hours a day.

You know what frosts my cookies? Major news channels yammering on and on about the incredible gall and criminal behavior of Harvey Weinstein. Has it occurred to those in charge they may be part of the problem? Yes, Harvey is a creep. But hold on a sec. 

Check out the talent on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. By check out, I mean compare the attractiveness quotient of women to men. If you’re a woman and want to be on the air, you must be highly intelligent, articulate and drop dead gorgeous.

If you’re a man, you must be highly intelligent, articulate and, well, that’s about it. Why? I don’t have a good answer.

Maybe the majority of their viewers are men and they’ll change the channel if the women don’t look like super models. It’s the best I can come up with.

Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall when powers that be review the tape of a female applicant?

Stroking chin thoughtfully, the big boss says, “Hmm, her chin’s a little weak and she definitely needs a boob job. No problem, we can take care of that.”

Heaven forbid, the female anchor should look like a real woman, not one put together by a committee of men. Maybe in my next lifetime.