Why did the BBC hire Ashley Cain? Because it has a warped idea of what young men want | Rohan Sathyamoorthy

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Why did the BBC hire Ashley Cain? Because it has a warped idea of what young men want | Rohan Sathyamoorthy

The forefronting of macho personas like Cain’s is cynical, and misses the reality of my generation’s experiences BBC was aware of concerns over Ashley Cain’s ‘toxic masculinity’ online Recent weeks have not been good for Ashley Cain, the former footballer and now former presenter of BBC Three’s Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone. While he was once seen as a catch for a legacy broadcaster keen to win back the attenti…