Each day, like credulous children, we rediscover misogyny anew as if putting our hands in the earth and pulling out something astonishing. What is this strange thing? What is its nature?
The unearthed object this week is the presenter and judge of MasterChef: the ludicrously named Gregg Wallace. (He is irate if you miss the second “g” because he is the thin skinned one). Wallace, who is off TV for now, is accused of making sexually explicit comments to at least thirteen women over seventeen years, including Kirsty Wark of Newsnight. He allegedly asked women for massages; told a woman he wasn’t wearing underwear; asked a lesbian colleague rude questions; walked around the studio with a sock on his penis.
