DAILY MAIL DOUBLE STANDARDS



The Daily Mail took a (very short) break from its extensive Covid-19 coverage this week to bring the nation some truly shocking news - the actress Kate Beckinsdale had dared to be seen in public holding hands with a younger man. The Mail was outraged to have seen her with 'ANOTHER toyboy' who - it was quick to inform its readers - was 'only a year older than her daughter'. 

The tone on the article was somewhat different to the way the very same news organisation had reported the news that Boris Johnson was to marry and have a baby with Carrie Symonds, who is no more than five years older than his youngest child. 

You may therefore be forgiven for asking if a slight inconsistency in the Mail's reportage could potentially have been found - whilst Boris Johnson getting someone 23 years younger pregnant (and having begun dating them whilst still married to his ex-wife, we might add) is a cause for national celebration, Beckinsdale's decision to go on a romantic walk with someone 24 years younger than her is obviously an international outrage.

So with Boris having a 23 year age gap (and a baby on the way) and Beckinsdale having a 24 year age gap (and going for a romantic walk together), what could be the reason for such polar opposite coverage? 

Of course, it is perfectly within the rights of a newspaper to hold an opinion on age-gap relationships and their morality. But it seems nothing sort of sexism for this position to so easily change depending on whether the older individual is male or female? 

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