"Walk-on girls will no longer be used by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) after talks with broadcasters.
The long-established practice of women escorting male players to the stage will be abandoned, starting with this weekend's Masters in Milton Keynes.
World number one Michael van Gerwen has said the tradition should end.
But walk-on girl Charlotte Wood, who says darts accounts for 60 per cent of her income, says her rights "are being taken away".
"We regularly review all aspects of our events and this move has been made following feedback from our host broadcasters," said a PDC spokesperson.
Wood, speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, said: "Everybody chooses to do a job, and I feel like if I'm being told I can't do this job, then my rights are being taken away.
"I have chosen to do this job. I go to work, I put on a nice dress and I escort darts players on to the stage. I smile and that is it. I don't honestly see what the problem is.
"Where do we stop with this? I would be immensely proud if I had a daughter [doing the job of a walk-on girl]."
Former world champion Raymond van Barneveld is supporting an online petition to reinstate the walk-on girls. As of Saturday evening, nearly 15,000 people had signed the appeal.
"I will really miss the girls!! For me they are a part of the darts," Dutchman Van Barneveld wrote on Twitter.
The Women's Sport Trust tweeted: "We applaud the Professional Darts Corporation moving with the times and deciding to no longer use walk-on-girls. Motor racing, boxing and cycling... your move."
Formula 1's new owners said in December that they are looking into whether the sport should continue to use 'grid girls'."
Should get their opinion on having Grid-Guys who stand there wearing nothing but speedos instead!!
BBC bringing the blokes wages down to the women's rates, rather than the other way round
Why does that annoy you?
Those at the BBC earns too much regardless!!
Because, unless they're going to pay women back pay, or ask the blokes for the difference back, it's still unfair imo
Yet its no different to giving the Women Pay rises surely then?
If they were to do that would they again give the women back pay for all the months and years when they've been on less of a wage compared to their male counterpart?
BBC bringing the blokes wages down to the women's rates, rather than the other way round
Why does that annoy you?
Those at the BBC earns too much regardless!!
Because, unless they're going to pay women back pay, or ask the blokes for the difference back, it's still unfair imo
Yet its no different to giving the Women Pay rises surely then?
If they were to do that would they again give the women back pay for all the months and years when they've been on less of a wage compared to their male counterpart?
BBC bringing the blokes wages down to the women's rates, rather than the other way round
Why does that annoy you?
Those at the BBC earns too much regardless!!
Because, unless they're going to pay women back pay, or ask the blokes for the difference back, it's still unfair imo
Yet its no different to giving the Women Pay rises surely then?
If they were to do that would they again give the women back pay for all the months and years when they've been on less of a wage compared to their male counterpart?
Yeah, that was my point
They should start by making sure it's equal pay now. Sort out rates for each job and stick to them. And pay freelancers the same. Historical differences should be settled by independent arbitration.
Personally I'm more concerned for the low paid non 'talent' staff. I hope their unions are up to it.
BBC bringing the blokes wages down to the women's rates, rather than the other way round
Why does that annoy you?
Those at the BBC earns too much regardless!!
Because, unless they're going to pay women back pay, or ask the blokes for the difference back, it's still unfair imo
Yet its no different to giving the Women Pay rises surely then?
If they were to do that would they again give the women back pay for all the months and years when they've been on less of a wage compared to their male counterpart?
Yeah, that was my point
They should start by making sure it's equal pay now. Sort out rates for each job and stick to them. And pay freelancers the same. Historical differences should be settled by independent arbitration.
Personally I'm more concerned for the low paid non 'talent' staff. I hope their unions are up to it.
Aunty beeb sounds quite ironic now.
but don't invite the ungrateful bastards to your Christmas dinners
The box upstairs lets me browse channels, look at recordings, download programs etc but doesn't actually let me watch anything, screen just goes blue!.
The box upstairs lets me browse channels, look at recordings, download programs etc but doesn't actually let me watch anything, screen just goes blue!.
Don't know about others but when watching football on tv and a goal is scored I always look at the reaction of goalscorer's teammates. It irritates me when there is no reaction, and some even look pissed off that the ball wasn't passed to them.
June, the woman from the Sun Life Funeral Plan ad, every bloody afternoon her neighbour gives her the same info about the plan, I just wish she'd make a bleeding' decision about it and get orf my screen!
June, the woman from the Sun Life Funeral Plan ad, every bloody afternoon her neighbour gives her the same info about the plan, I just wish she'd make a bleeding' decision about it and get orf my screen!
June, the woman from the Sun Life Funeral Plan ad, every bloody afternoon her neighbour gives her the same info about the plan, I just wish she'd make a bleeding' decision about it and get orf my screen!
Tradesmen that don't clear up after themselves. They don't just annoy me, I'm pretty certain I hate them.
In my job we pick up fines and rightly so in my book for leaving a site in a mess and I reckon I spend an hour a day so that's 5 hours a week pointing out to grown adults they don't have a Joey following them around and to clean up after themselves.
In Morrison's this morning, bread is stacked up similar to that above.
As I'm walking along the aisle, this woman proceeds to squeeze every bloody loaf she can to determine how soft each loaf might be before placing one in her trolley.
I could physically see all the other loaves breathing out, trying to recover their shape after Mrs Fingers had groped them to within an inch of their lives.
In Morrison's this morning, bread is stacked up similar to that above.
As I'm walking along the aisle, this woman proceeds to squeeze every bloody loaf she can to determine how soft each loaf might be before placing one in her trolley.
I could physically see all the other loaves breathing out, trying to recover their shape after Mrs Fingers had groped them to within an inch of their lives.
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Those at the BBC earns too much regardless!!
If they were to do that would they again give the women back pay for all the months and years when they've been on less of a wage compared to their male counterpart?
Historical differences should be settled by independent arbitration.
Personally I'm more concerned for the low paid non 'talent' staff. I hope their unions are up to it.
Aunty beeb sounds quite ironic now.
The box upstairs lets me browse channels, look at recordings, download programs etc but doesn't actually let me watch anything, screen just goes blue!.
In my job we pick up fines and rightly so in my book for leaving a site in a mess and I reckon I spend an hour a day so that's 5 hours a week pointing out to grown adults they don't have a Joey following them around and to clean up after themselves.
In Morrison's this morning, bread is stacked up similar to that above.
As I'm walking along the aisle, this woman proceeds to squeeze every bloody loaf she can to determine how soft each loaf might be before placing one in her trolley.
I could physically see all the other loaves breathing out, trying to recover their shape after Mrs Fingers had groped them to within an inch of their lives.
#protectourbread