Moldy Peaches

Veteran BBC newsreader Michael Buerk may soon be looking for another line of work. Buerk, clearly agitated by something, has complained that "almost all the big jobs in broadcasting [are] held by women," and that men have been reduced to "sperm donors".

The former primetime news presenter, who now reads the news on BBC World, also said that the "shift in the balance of power between the sexes" has gone too far, saying that "life is now lived in accordance with women's rules".

He doesn't let up. Buerk goes onto question the new British male role model - David Beckham and Tim Henman. He claims that this is a direct result of men becoming more like women.

"Men gauge themselves in terms of their career, but many of those have disappeared," he said. "All they are is sperm donors, and most women aren't going to want an unemployable sperm donor loafing around and making the house look untidy. They are choosing not to have a male in the household."

I am not sure if Buerk is just vacationing here from another planet, but I thought there were still more than a few gender inequalities left.

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