Strictly Come Dancing: You Lead, I'll Follow

The judges have been giving Richard [Arnold] confusing signals, one week telling him to camp it up more then telling him to tone it down the next.
But would the Daybreak showbiz reporter, who played the Dolly Parton role in his 9 to 5-inspired routine, rather be embracing his feminine side and dancing the follower’s steps?
In the run-up to the show’s launch the 42-year-old told Radio 5 Live he quite fancied dancing with Anton du Beke.
He told Richard Bacon: "The BBC said who would be your preferred partner and I did say Anton - someone with a good sense of humour and a firm hand - but apparently the programme hasn't moved that far forward yet."
And why shouldn't we break the dancing gender stereotypes?
At dance classes and socials around the country same-sex couples are hardly a rarity, whether by choice or necessity.
Many teachers will refer to leaders and followers rather than men and women...
So maybe the BBC should pair the couples and they choose who leads and who follows. Then Erin could just wear the trousers all the time.

Ann Gripper in the Daily Mirror.

It does seem rather antiquated if you think how no-one* these days really bats an eyelid at how regularly you'll see same-sex couples in everything from property programmes, to soap operas to game shows.
And how so many of the most popular contestants (and judges) on Strictly have been screaming queens.

* Apart from a few neo-Nazis and religious nutjobs, obvs.