Agree. The BBC should cut it's cloth and then ensure gender parity within like-for-like roles.
There are concerns raised that there would be a talent exodus, but new talent will replace them.
Everybody needs to start somewhere.
And nobody 'on the books' is irreplaceable (though the Top Gear debacle suggests that sometimes a show IS the presenters).
IMO the BBC should take that 'risk' and start to lower pay offers.