A controversial caller to Liveline stirred up a furious reaction after commenting on how female presenters on RTE present themselves in a “sexually provocative” and “vulgar” way.
Sarah, from Tipperary, with a background in teaching, said she had an issue with how current affairs and news presenters present themselves, “particularly the way presenters tend to stand,” suggesting their posture seems “exaggerated and contrived and unnatural.” The caller described them as unladylike and lacking decorum.
“Less distance between your two feet, with one foot maybe slightly in front of the other,” she replied when asked by stand-in presenter Katie Hannon what way presenters should stand on television. When theorising if these presenters have been thought to stand this way, Liveline presenter, Katie Hannon replied: “To the best of my personal knowledge Sarah, there is nobody going around telling people how to stand.”
