"While women outnumbered men in terms of presenters under 50, men significantly outnumbered women among the over-50s with 237 women to 394 men. It found there are nearly four times as many male presenters over 60 as female in the BBC's content division, which makes programmes. There were nearly twice as many older men than women 31 compared with 16 in BBC News. Within the nations and the English regions division, there were between three and four times as many older men as female presenters."
"We were told that, as they get older, men in the media are portrayed as gaining gravitas and wisdom associated with authority. It works differently for women. It was argued that, if they stayed on television, older women had either to try to keep looking younger or to opt out altogether from being judged on their looks and develop idiosyncratic personas."
BBC presenter numbers show a marked gender and age imbalance. Women outnumber men among presenters under 50, but among over-50s there are 237 women and 394 men. The content division has nearly four times as many male presenters over 60 as female. BBC News lists 31 older men compared with 16 older women. Within the nations and English regions there are three to four times as many older male presenters. Across divisions there are 57 men over 70 and 11 women. Older women tend to move from television to audio, while older men are portrayed as gaining gravitas and authority; older women face pressure to appear younger or adopt idiosyncratic personas. Data covered almost 1,500 directly contracted staff and freelance presenters.
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