Maybe there’s some young boy out there who has lost faith in Doctor Who, who is bereft of a positive male idol.
And it’s not just James Bond – in recent years we’ve seen Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, Luke Skywalker… all replaced by women.”
Doctor Who may feature a female lead, but there were 12 men in the role before her – and, what’s more, she’s on her way out.
The issue isn’t that fictional women are depriving the culture of space for prominent male role models; it’s that boys, and men like Nick Fletcher, are conditioned to think that they are only allowed to find aspiration in masculinity.