Great moments in sexual harassment

[mme_hardy]

Cabinet Office to investigate after minister admits asking assistant to buy sex toys

Gulp. An assistant's job is not an 'appy one. But wait, there's more!

“I’m not going to be dishonest,” Garnier said. He insisted that referring to [his assistant] Edmondson as “sugar tits”, as she says he did, was a reference to the popular BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey, saying: “It absolutely does not constitute harassment.”

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[dsrtao]

It was only barely not harassment on Gavin and Stacey. Context and consent.

[lizbee]

“I’m not going to be dishonest,” Garnier said. He insisted that referring to [his assistant] Edmondson as “sugar tits”, as she says he did, was a reference to the popular BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey, saying: “It absolutely does not constitute harassment.”

You know, a few weeks back, I got into a bit of a thing on Twitter with a local comedian/writer/actor, expressing disappointment that he referred to his boyfriend as "a bit of a pussy". I thought I was being quite measured, emphasising that I like his work, and think he's a decent guy, but reading that was like a slap in the face.

The man himself seemed to take it well, but I was inundated with blokes coming in to tell me that he was just using "pussy" to mean "weak or pathetic", so it wasn't misogynist at all.

My point is this: are men too emotional and irrational to be trusted to use language?

[edenfalling]

*headdesks forever*