Female Journalism - Its all a load of pap

What is it about female journalists, that they have to write about handbags and gladrags?

Can you not be a woman, who wants to write about something other than fashion or
who in the celebrity world has had a boob job? After all why should such limitations be imposed on a writer, because of their sex.

Modern Ireland is supposed to be known for its equal opportunities, but look around at any of the newspaper and invariably you will find that the female journalists are confined to topics such as travel, fashion, lifestyle and celebrity gossip. I think that while these serve a purpose, we have been written into a corner.

N offence to my fellow female counterparts, but it begs the question whether it is the females who have chosen to write this pap in the first place? Ladies, please aim higher. I hear so many females associates speak of wanting to be an empowered and top notch journalist and then they show me their latest piece, 'Fashion to be Remembered; Trends in Clothing Found in Tri Pod on Thursday Night'. I mean is this mind blowing journalism? I think not!

A quick search online led me to a blog entitled; ‘Life of a Young Female Journalist’. It confirmed the above. I scanned through the content with nothing but abhorrent disgust at her meticulous details pertaining to her high heels and her endless remarks about her hair and a few quotes for our pleasure about her sex life and its deterioration now that she has to spent 9 to 5 in the office writing about serious issues such as make up and body image for teenage girls.

If this is the state of female journalism in Ireland, then its a sad affair indeed.