Women should be treated as equal to men.
We are making progress in this fight, particularly in the emancipated West, but in order for our cause to have credibility we have to stop relying on our 'feminine wiles' to get ahead.
Karen Danczuk, Councillor for Rochdale in Lancashire and wife of the town's MP, Simon Danczuk, is a wife, mother, businesswoman and a town councillor. She clearly works very hard and it makes you wonder how she fits everything into her busy life - lovely family, husband away in Westminster a lot etc. And now she is a bit of a media darling.
You'd think that in the 21st century, appearing to 'have it all' would be enough to get the nation's attention. Career? tick. Family? tick. MP for a spouse? tick. Attractive? tick. Intelligent? tick. Tits out for the lads? tick..............
Oh, hang on a minute.
The one and only reason that Mrs Danczuk has come to the attention of the winder world is her penchant for posting selfies showing off her not-inconsiderable cleavage.
How to get ahead in politics. Harman's done the hypocritical bitch thing. Widdecombe did the Christian virgin thing. Currie shagged a Prime Minister. Mensch did the 'being controversial on Twitter' thing. Beckett did the 'looking like a horse' thing and good old Shirley Williams cornered the market in bag lady chic.
All there really was left for Mrs Danczuk was to get her tits out Linda Lusardi style and hope the good gentlemen of Rochdale muttered a quick "Phwoar!" Syd James style as they put an X (triple X, eh lads?) next to her name on the ballot paper.
Blair Babes aint got nothin' on this chick.
Well, Karen, you've got our attention now. If you want to be taken seriously from now on may I suggest that you keep your chest to yourself (and Mr Danczuk) and rely on the contents of your cranium rather than your bra to advance your political career. We need young, committed women in politics, particularly those who've got some experience of the 'real world' rather than career politicians with no concept of life on the outside. Please be one of them - but for the right reasons.
A quick edit to this post. As well as Janet Street-Porter and Jamelia on Loose Women (see link above), Karren Brady also agrees with me on this. "Women in business don't need to wear short skirts" says Baroness Brady. Too right.
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