Last night on the way home from work in the car I was listening to the BBC radio 4 program Beyond Belief, a discussion about sharia law and could it have a beneficial impact if it were to be applied in the United Kingdom. I can only say the program left me beyond belief myself listening to the sexism this program so casually allowed.

One panel member said when bringing a prosecution for adultery four men or eight women would be needed, as you know women are more gossipy etc. Another said one mans word being worth two women only really applied to financial transactions, as if that made it all right.

All this without challenge from the presenter Ernie Rea, now if you substituted black for women there would rightly be an outcry over such racism – why is there not for sexism? When are we to going to stop being so nonchalantly sexist – religious belief is no excuse.