Re: A Glipse at the Back bench.
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Sexual harassment is wrong.
I am not bothered by who does it.
It is not a Political issue.
It was rife in the former USSR, political officials in Poland for example.
It needs to be stopped.
There is nothing wrong with chatting up a lady you fancy, it can be done quite politely and if no is the answer, they do not want a meal out, no harm done and you move on.
You do not use your position to force them.
That is so, so, wrong.
You treat ladies in the same way you want your sister or daughter to be treated.
If they say yes, great, if it is a no, you leave it at that.
No harm done, because you have asked nicely.
I have been turned down many times by ladies who I fancy, I have never tried to abuse my position and the ladies who have turned me down have always done so quite nicely and have have never felt threatened.
If they had have felt threatened, I would have been horrified.