Anton Savage has had his say on Vogue William’s sex revelation on ITV’s Loose Women, following much discussion on his radio show.
Earlier this week, the Irish model admitted to sleeping with ex-husband Brian McFadden on the first date, causing much discussion and shock from the Loose Women panellists – which Anton thinks is wrong.
“They believed Williams was revealing a bad thing she did. Even Williams knew it was a significant revelation – the remark she added about not wanting to do it “every time” would not have been necessary if she thought the reaction was uncritical,” he wrote in the Herald.
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“Even her protestation that they had a three-year marriage points to a feeling of guilt, not delight.
“If there’s nothing wrong with sleeping with someone the first time you meet, then why did she have to ‘excuse’ it by pointing to the relationship which followed?”
The radio host also revealed that people online, and on his radio show, were left “furious” at the suggestion that Vogue should be scorned.
“What we have learned from this is that a large chunk of society isn’t OK with a woman sleeping with a man she has just met. Judging by the reaction online and on my radio show, another chunk of society is, in turn, furious about that.
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“The suggestion that Williams should be scorned has caused fury. She is a grown woman, having fun, hurting no-one. She is liberated, independent and mature, in possession of her own body and should be free to make any decision she chooses, free from the scrutiny or judgement of the close-minded,” he explained.
Rounding up his argument, the broadcaster said if men don’t get criticised for their sex life, then neither should women.
“The most common reaction was ‘why is no-one criticising Brian’? Why do women get attacked about behaviours for which men get praised? The ex-couple’s first-contact copulation is being perceived as a feminist issue – if men do not get criticised, then neither should women.
“It’s an excellent and incontrovertible analysis of the problem, but the wrong solution is being applied. We shouldn’t seek greater permissiveness in women, we should seek less in men,” he added.
