MICHAEL Buerk, the BBC newsreader, has complained that the "shift in the balance of power between the sexes" has gone too far, and that "life is now lived in accordance with women's rules".
Citing the number of females in the top jobs in BBC broadcasting as an example, he has claimed that "these are the people who decide what we see and hear".
Buerk, who complains that men have been reduced to "sperm donors", told the Radio Times ma
gazine that society needs to admit there is a problem.
"Life is now being lived in according to women's rules," he said.
"The traits that have traditionally been associated with men - reticence, stoicism, single-mindedness - have been marginalised.
"The result is that men are becoming more like women. Look at the men who are being held up as sporting icons - David Beckham and, God forbid, Tim Henman."
Buerk added: "Look at the changes in the workplace. There is no manufacturing industry any more; there are no mines; few vital jobs require physical strength.
"What we have now are lots of jobs that require people skills and multi-tasking - which women are a lot better at."
The former Nine O'Clock News newsreader, who now fronts BBC World, said some changes have been for the good, but asked: "What are the men left with?
"Men gauge themselves in terms of their career, but many of those have disappeared.
"All they are is sperm donors, and most women aren't going to want an unemployable sperm donor loafing around and making the house look untidy. They are choosing not to have a male in the household."
Buerk, whose views will also be screened this week in Don't Get Me Started! a channel Five series on personal hobbyhorses, said that when he started making the programme he "came across what I considered a very personal example of the changes that have taken place.
"Almost all the big jobs in broadcasting were held by women - the controllers of BBC1 television and Radio 4 for example. These are the people who decide what we see and hear".
BBC1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has since left the BBC and been replaced by a man, Peter Fincham, while Radio 4 is still run by Janice Hadlow.
Recently, one influential former director-general, Alasdair Milne, accused the corporation of producing "terrible" programmes and blaming the domination of women executives.
Buerk added that, "the majority of middle-management positions were held by women and that has changed the nature of almost every aspect of the marketplace."
