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I haven’t seen anyone coming close to equating a glance with groping, or touching someone’s knee with rape, personally, but I genuinely think it’s just that, finally, a whole swaythe of society finally has a voice and platform to say ‘yes, I’ve had horrible experiences too... this is what happened to me... everyone needs to know that this isn’t ok, and it needs to STOP.’ That it was never ok, never ‘accepted behaviour’ by the people subjected to it, but that until now they’ve felt powerless to do anything about it.

So, when someone stands up and says their sexual assault has affected them, then another person says that a person inappropriately touching them or making lewd comments/sending undiluted sexual messages has affected their lives, I think we need to be careful to not make them feel like they have a lesser right to speak up and say that it is wrong and needs to stop, otherwise we’re in danger of being complicit in sort of saying ‘shhh... it’s not that bad, others have it worse...’ and the problem goes on being buried and there will be those that in turn think it’s acceptable to carry on acting that way.

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I’ve been trying really hard to read through my typing of late. My cold has turned the corner into ‘flu this afternoon and my head is all fuzzy :D

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I was talking to Ruth about this the other day. I’m inherently uncomfortable with some people’s approach of putting everything on the same spectrum, from unwanted flirtation to rape, as if there is any remote moral equivalence there, or as if one is a gateway drug to the other. I can't provide links off the top of my head but the tenor of some of the commentary has been along those lines.

And the vague moral panic that’s going on at the moment is in some respects a little bit odd. Whilst Fallon is an objectionable twat, if all he’s really done is put his hand on Julia Hartley-Brewer’s knee umpteen years ago, and she doesn’t care about it, I’m not sure why this is a “fall on your sword” issue or why there is any line being drawn between that and Harvey Weinstein. I was also disappointed that the BBC, in the context of all of this, had that barrister on who made that bloke’s life a misery after he messaged her on LinkedIn saying he thought she had a stunning photo.

Yes, there’s undoubtedly an issue with men and sexual assault, and with men in positions of power using that power in an inappropriate way (#notallmen) but conflating all of this into one big ball of anger about everything that is verging on a score settling witch hunt in areas (god knows both main UK political parties seem to be doing this) seems counterproductive.

However, whilst I think at the bottom end of that spectrum, the unwanted flirtation in a bar, the looking at a pretty lady or whatever, you’re arguably, as an individual, not doing anything “wrong” per se, it’s worth bearing in mind you may be the third or fourth person to try to chat that woman up in the bar that evening when all she wants to do is the Times crossword, or she may have been stared at ALL DAY by rando weird men. It’s perfectly reasonable for her to then be fairly pissed off and let you know that. But then, as with much in life, a little bit of empathy for other people goes a long way.


To only address one point, the Fallon thing is very much not about one hand on JHB’s knee. More has already come out, and more will follow.

What irks me is how there are lots of nods and “Yeah, he was always a bit dodgy”. Had it with Saville, now every fucker is saying it about Spacey and Family Guy jokes about him in this way years ago.

The annoyance is not at any victims or even those who were arguably complicit but didn’t feel able to speak out, just in general.

I remember once a boss of mine was very ‘handsy’ with a colleague in our team. He was drunk and it was late and all that usual shit. Made it very uncomfortable for the colleague in question, and for the rest of us. We tried to engineer it so it stopped, but even in that situation none of us felt comfortable in saying anything (all people in this story are male, which might be a factor, I dunno). Nobody wanted a scene, but even raising it with the person in question seemed impossible as they controlled our destiny.

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I think a lot of people are equating a flirty glance with groping, but pretty much on the reactionary media side - the whole "politically correct nonsense, I can't even smile at someone without being labelled an abuser" crap.

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I haven’t seen anyone coming close to equating a glance with groping, or touching someone’s knee with rape, personally, but I genuinely think it’s just that, finally, a whole swaythe of society finally has a voice and platform to say ‘yes, I’ve had horrible experiences too... this is what happened to me... everyone needs to know that this isn’t ok, and it needs to STOP.’ That it was never ok, never ‘accepted behaviour’ by the people subjected to it, but that until now they’ve felt powerless to do anything about it.

So, when someone stands up and says their sexual assault has affected them, then another person says that a person inappropriately touching them or making lewd comments/sending undiluted sexual messages has affected their lives, I think we need to be careful to not make them feel like they have a lesser right to speak up and say that it is wrong and needs to stop, otherwise we’re in danger of being complicit in sort of saying ‘shhh... it’s not that bad, others have it worse...’ and the problem goes on being buried and there will be those that in turn think it’s acceptable to carry on acting that way.

I don't think I disagree with any of that as such - everyone is and should be of course free to talk about their experiences and how those experiences have affected them. I'm not suggesting for a minute that people shouldn't do so or that because someone has "had it worse" you shouldn't say anything.

What's perhaps slightly concerning is that there is some elision going on between the two things - and we have people being forced to resign because of minor things that happened a long time ago, seemingly as some sort of score settling, on the basis of "Well, look, it's all part of this culture that's exemplified by Weinstein".

And the "better 100 innocent men get falsely accused" attitude that's crept in here is somewhat terrifying.

I dunno - I don't have nay answers to anything. I don't like a lot of male behavior, but I don't like a lot of human behaviors either. I don't really have any solutions, but I do know that any solutions aren't going to be broad brush and that you have to take people with you.

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To only address one point, the Fallon thing is very much not about one hand on JHB’s knee. More has already come out, and more will follow.

Has it? What? The only other thing I'd heard was that he'd made "lewd comments to Andrea Leadsome" (which I assume was along the lines of "you're a batshit crazy c*nt") which is really into difficult territory in terms of who to root for. She might be a woman, but first and foremost she's a fucking evil tory.

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I think a lot of people are equating a flirty glance with groping, but pretty much on the reactionary media side - the whole "politically correct nonsense, I can't even smile at someone without being labelled an abuser" crap.

They are as well, yes, but it's certainly going on on the other "side" as well. For example, that LinkedIn barrister - read her articles in the Guardian even before this.

The difficulty comes in when it's people doing the talking for the victims.

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She might be a woman, but first and foremost she's a fucking evil tory.


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MrChris wrote:
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To only address one point, the Fallon thing is very much not about one hand on JHB’s knee. More has already come out, and more will follow.

Has it? What? The only other thing I'd heard was that he'd made "lewd comments to Andrea Leadsome" (which I assume was along the lines of "you're a batshit crazy c*nt") which is really into difficult territory in terms of who to root for. She might be a woman, but first and foremost she's a fucking evil tory.


Apparently she said she had cold hands and he said that he had somewhere warm she could put them.

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I agree with MrChris.

He's expressed my opinion over all this with his last few posts better than I'd have managed myself.


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To only address one point, the Fallon thing is very much not about one hand on JHB’s knee. More has already come out, and more will follow.

Has it? What? The only other thing I'd heard was that he'd made "lewd comments to Andrea Leadsome" (which I assume was along the lines of "you're a batshit crazy c*nt") which is really into difficult territory in terms of who to root for. She might be a woman, but first and foremost she's a fucking evil tory.


I read something about some other stuff potentially coming out, but he himself said this -

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Asked by the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether he feared that would be the case he appeared to avoid the question.

Instead he replied: “Well the culture has changed over the years. What might have been acceptable 15 or ten years ago is clearly not acceptable now.

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Sir Michael Fallon has refused to say whether more allegations of sexual misconduct are likely to emerge in the future.

Asked by the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether he feared that would be the case he appeared to avoid the question.

Instead he replied: “Well the culture has changed over the years. What might have been acceptable 15 or ten years ago is clearly not acceptable now.


I'd be interested to hear an example of what he thought was acceptable in 2007 that no longer is.


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I'd be interested to hear an example of what he thought was acceptable in 2007 that no longer is.


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Sir Michael Fallon has refused to say whether more allegations of sexual misconduct are likely to emerge in the future.

Asked by the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether he feared that would be the case he appeared to avoid the question.

Instead he replied: “Well the culture has changed over the years. What might have been acceptable 15 or ten years ago is clearly not acceptable now.


I'd be interested to hear an example of what he thought was acceptable in 2007 that no longer is.

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According to a baffling magazine article i just found online, Denim Miniskirts with Cropped Leggings.

That’s surely more 90s.

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She might be a woman, but first and foremost she's a fucking evil tory.


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Well, one name has already come out in the Feldman... Thingy. Jon Grissom.


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I thought you meant John Grisham for a moment. Phew.

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I was talking to Ruth about this the other day. I’m inherently uncomfortable with some people’s approach of putting everything on the same spectrum, from unwanted flirtation to rape, as if there is any remote moral equivalence there, or as if one is a gateway drug to the other. I can't provide links off the top of my head but the tenor of some of the commentary has been along those lines.

And the vague moral panic that’s going on at the moment is in some respects a little bit odd. Whilst Fallon is an objectionable twat, if all he’s really done is put his hand on Julia Hartley-Brewer’s knee umpteen years ago, and she doesn’t care about it, I’m not sure why this is a “fall on your sword” issue or why there is any line being drawn between that and Harvey Weinstein. I was also disappointed that the BBC, in the context of all of this, had that barrister on who made that bloke’s life a misery after he messaged her on LinkedIn saying he thought she had a stunning photo.

Yes, there’s undoubtedly an issue with men and sexual assault, and with men in positions of power using that power in an inappropriate way (#notallmen) but conflating all of this into one big ball of anger about everything that is verging on a score settling witch hunt in areas (god knows both main UK political parties seem to be doing this) seems counterproductive.

However, whilst I think at the bottom end of that spectrum, the unwanted flirtation in a bar, the looking at a pretty lady or whatever, you’re arguably, as an individual, not doing anything “wrong” per se, it’s worth bearing in mind you may be the third or fourth person to try to chat that woman up in the bar that evening when all she wants to do is the Times crossword, or she may have been stared at ALL DAY by rando weird men. It’s perfectly reasonable for her to then be fairly pissed off and let you know that. But then, as with much in life, a little bit of empathy for other people goes a long way.


To only address one point, the Fallon thing is very much not about one hand on JHB’s knee. More has already come out, and more will follow.

What irks me is how there are lots of nods and “Yeah, he was always a bit dodgy”. Had it with Saville, now every fucker is saying it about Spacey and Family Guy jokes about him in this way years ago.

The annoyance is not at any victims or even those who were arguably complicit but didn’t feel able to speak out, just in general.

I remember once a boss of mine was very ‘handsy’ with a colleague in our team. He was drunk and it was late and all that usual shit. Made it very uncomfortable for the colleague in question, and for the rest of us. We tried to engineer it so it stopped, but even in that situation none of us felt comfortable in saying anything (all people in this story are male, which might be a factor, I dunno). Nobody wanted a scene, but even raising it with the person in question seemed impossible as they controlled our destiny.

I was thinking about this on the way home.

There’s often a broader issue with people being scared to speak up - if this individual had been breaking laws or taking bribes would anybody’have said anything?

We need a culture, whether at work or generally, where people are comfortable to speak out - either to the person concerned or to someone else in power. But it’s like that thing where a load of people stand around watching a crime and they all assume someone else is calling the police. Only it’s worse because they all feel like they might get in trouble for doing it.

So for this sort of thing I think men need to more actively speak up when they think other men are doing something either flat out morally wrong or even that is just making a woman uncomfortable (“she’s been chatted up four times already and isn’t interested”).

I know I’ve taken to being more actively outspoken about behaviour I think is off - I think HR are getting sick of hearing from me... because whilst the big stuff is already illegal and if people don’t know it’s wrong there’s no fucking helping them, there’s plenty of other stuff that acts as background noise that makes women’s lives that little bit harder. Why should Ruth have to worry about jogging past a group of lads on a park bench....

I said earlier I don’t have any solutions. I don’t, but, whilst it’s a bit “wouldn’t it be nice if everyone were nice”, I do take the view that your starting point should be “be kind, respectful and considerate” and generally you can’t go far wrong.

To use that example from earlier, whilst approaching a woman in a bar isn’t wrong as such, it’s worth taking a moment to think how it might be received.

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I totally agree with you, but your example is a powerful tricky one. What if she's in the bar to meet new people?

You'd need to be a psychic to accurately figure that one out.

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I can't speak for all women everywhere, obviously, but I personally don't object to being approached in a bar. What I do object to is having to repeatedly tell someone no, or provide a million reasons why I don't want to drink with them, or repeatedly push their hands off my body because I am not their fucking property.

But that could just be me.

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Oh totally - so whilst I totally get why women may be pissed off by it, I think that’s an example where the guy really shouldn’t be castigated. This example was the one that had me and Ruth really scratching our heads.

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I can't speak for all women everywhere, obviously, but I personally don't object to being approached in a bar. What I do object to is having to repeatedly tell someone no, or provide a million reasons why I don't want to drink with them, or repeatedly push their hands off my body because I am not their fucking property.

But that could just be me.

I don’t think any reasonable person would say anything different!

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Chris, I agree with everything you've said there.

My other half and I were talking about what you called the lower end of the spectrum stuff today, too. Choosing to look at it from the extreme end, he asked how anyone would ever hope to get together with anyone else if you couldn't act on your attraction to someone for fear of causing offence.

As Jem says, most women would likely be okay with getting hit on in a bar, as long as it stopped after "I'm okay, thanks". And you'd be a little more forgiving because people can be irrational or more persistent after a drink.

Unsolicited advances in most other situations are not okay. If you're dressed super hot, are single and want attention, you notice people noticing you if that is what you set out to do that day. That doesn't give other people the right to then start whistling at you or passing comments, or trying on a cheesy pick-up line. It's actually not that complicated, people make it complicated because it's easier to carry on doing it, shrug and place the blame on the fact you ain't a mind reader.

If a woman is engrossed in her phone/book, wearing headphones, looking in any direction but yours, she's not interested. Seriously, most of the time that is a tactic to avoid contact - it's not that we're just oblivious to your presence and unaware of the great time we could have if only you'd introduce yourself or buy us a drink.

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Well done to Jo Brand on HIGNFY.

Fucking Quentin Letts. Dick. Just dick.

Finally, some of the stuff on this "scandal" list from Westminster list is just silly and really does give ammunition to the "this is all just killjoy lefty liberals" approach. Then again that might be why it's been published that way....

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Woah!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41866970

I used to work with this guy when I was a trainee - he was a tax lawyer, and a slimey motherfucker.

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With a fresh morning brain and some time to think more on this, as it’s been bothering me a bit, just a couple of thoughts.

With people talking about the ‘scale’ of offence from accidentally making contact and chatting people up in a bar, through inappropriate contact, lewd comments, groping, rape and the worry they are all being painted the same with a broad brush, the only people I’ve seen saying that the first of these might be equated with sexual assault offences are people on Twitter and in the media bemoaning that ‘they can’t do anything, anymore, with fear they’ll get accused’, as part of a ‘woe is me, people keep complaining that they’ve been inappropriately treated and now I am scared of my own creepiness’. Most men and women know what is an accidental brush of contact, what is an innapropriate placing of a hand on a thigh, what is groping. Many people will have experienced all of them. A colleague with a tray of cherry bakewells standing beside my chair saw one slipping, went to grab it and caught it by trapping it on my breast. It was a complete accident, instinctive reaction to try and catch the cake. It was embarrassing, but funny.
The optician that pressed his increasingly erect penis against me whilst he took my eye exam when I was 13 was not funny. It was intimidating and scary as anything.

Nobody thinks these two things are the same, and the only people who need worry are those that essentially do the second, masquerading as the first. Hilarious not so ‘accidental’ innapropriate contact, ‘cheeky’ sexual suggestion towards a person who clearly has no interest in them. I keep seeing people in news stories and re-tweeted things essentially suggesting that all the #metoo messages are out to spoil all their Benny Hill-like fun and now they’ll have to stand close to the wall at the discotheque, not making eye contact or speaking to people ever, and all these #metoo messages have just gone and ruined everything.

Also, a lot of this conversation is about men and how they treat women, and in the conversation that has followed a lot of posts have been about the levels of inappropriate behaviour that women encounter from men, but it’s also perhaps important to realise that a lot of the accusations from Hollywood (about which this thread started) is what men have done to other men. I just have a slight bother that a lot of the ‘she’s making a fuss over just a little naughty flirting’ seems to be mostly said about women, and (Ruysan aside) that seems not so much to be said of the male victims. Instead, the response from a lot of people on social media seems to have been ‘if he did that to me I’d have punched his lights out’. So, women should be quieter and and men more violent, which doesn’t seem very enlightened.

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I don't get it, I really don't. How hard is it really to know if someone wants to interact with you just by the first eye contact? We do it all the time, if I'm walking to the shops and there's someone coming the other way then we're probably twenty feet away from each other before we both know if we're going to say "morning" or just keep our heads down and pass in silence.


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I don't get it, I really don't. How hard is it really to know if someone wants to interact with you just by the first eye contact? We do it all the time, if I'm walking to the shops and there's someone coming the other way then we're probably twenty feet away from each other before we both know if we're going to say "morning" or just keep our heads down and pass in silence.


Whilst I don't think this applies to the harrassment and assault things as much, there are a lot of people who for various reasons don't really 'get' social cues, or struggle to understand what people mean via body language and facial expressions.

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I'm one of them (although much better than I was) - it's just that I err on the side of caution and assume people aren't going to want to talk to me, whereas some people (I guess the ones we're talking about!) assume the opposite.


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Hmmm, I wonder how this Guardian article on Myleene Klass from 2010 where she says she was offered to sign a sex contract from a Hollywood star would be written today?

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Hmmm, I wonder how this Guardian article on Myleene Klass from 2010 where she says she was offered to sign a sex contract from a Hollywood star would be written today?

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... -proposals

Christ, that's horrendous


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Written by a woman as well. Smh.


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So is, well... everything written by Katie Hopkins.

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Yeah, supporting womens' rights doesn't mean supporting all women. Katie Hopkins is possibly the most egregious example of that.

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‘Squawking about sex pests’ has to be one of the most vile sentences my eyes have ever seen.

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Obviously vile, but not sure what else to expect from Hitchens/The Mail.


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Even from an expected publication/columnist combo that’s a headline that’s sickening to the stomach. I guess it’s the gall of it.

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