The Defence Secretary's Wandering Hands
Where oh! where have we got to? Snowflakes, PC, witch hunts ............ and a complete sensayuma failure.
I think this has turned into a national (dare I say global) rout.
The band wagon is well and trully being jumped on (unlike some women I suspect, who might be alleging has also happened to them)
These minor allegations make a mockery of the whole process and muddy the value and meaning behind serious sexual harassment claims.
Women who wait years before they come forward need to defend the action at the time it happens - failing to do that gives off the wrong message to the person committing the act and confuses society years down the line when it actually does resurface.
What happened to womens confidence in all this time? Why do they have to wait (a) years later and (b) until someone strong and brave enough coughs up first to then join in?
There is flirting and there is assault. One is an enjoyable part of life, the other is dark and sinister.
The lines have blurred and everyone will now suffer as a consequence.
What with the nanny state / being PC and now this....where is british society going to end up?
The band wagon is well and trully being jumped on (unlike some women I suspect, who might be alleging has also happened to them)
These minor allegations make a mockery of the whole process and muddy the value and meaning behind serious sexual harassment claims.
Women who wait years before they come forward need to defend the action at the time it happens - failing to do that gives off the wrong message to the person committing the act and confuses society years down the line when it actually does resurface.
What happened to womens confidence in all this time? Why do they have to wait (a) years later and (b) until someone strong and brave enough coughs up first to then join in?
There is flirting and there is assault. One is an enjoyable part of life, the other is dark and sinister.
The lines have blurred and everyone will now suffer as a consequence.
What with the nanny state / being PC and now this....where is british society going to end up?
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I think Fallon realised her body was not his property when she offered to punch him in the face.
Personally I think that's a saner reaction than much we are seeing today.
One was taught "The boy scouts and the girl guides..." (geddit)
And of course rejection (with or without violence or the threat thereof) is one facet of that guidance.......
And certainly there are predatory females too..........
I think Fallon realised her body was not his property when she offered to punch him in the face.
Personally I think that's a saner reaction than much we are seeing today.
One was taught "The boy scouts and the girl guides..." (geddit)
And of course rejection (with or without violence or the threat thereof) is one facet of that guidance.......
And certainly there are predatory females too..........
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The trouble is happens with everything, I watched the shock horror story on the news this morning about the woman who had fled abuse and had been rehomed 7? times as each place was not to her satisfaction etc.. I personally think they went overboard to please her, I would have given her two property choices and that would have been it until permanent accomodation became available, not allowing her to ask for move after move after move, surely they had met their obligations at property one.
This one
BBC Two - Victoria Derbyshire, The domestic violence victims 'left begging for a home'
And it struck me that while they are complaining and making a big issue about it on the news, what gets missed is the thousands of families evicted and on the street, the homeless men and women who have not got a roof over their heads, true she has children, but so do the families also in the same predicament, why should she expect priority over those families? End of the day there isn't sufficent housing stock to go around and its a sad fact of life.
One just hopes that press sensationalising one facet of the problem does not work to the detriment of those other equally deserving cases. It is often from what I have seen the single male that bears the brunt of the lack of accomodation availability and get shuffled down the list in times of need.
As for Fallon, storm in a teacup.
This one
BBC Two - Victoria Derbyshire, The domestic violence victims 'left begging for a home'
And it struck me that while they are complaining and making a big issue about it on the news, what gets missed is the thousands of families evicted and on the street, the homeless men and women who have not got a roof over their heads, true she has children, but so do the families also in the same predicament, why should she expect priority over those families? End of the day there isn't sufficent housing stock to go around and its a sad fact of life.
One just hopes that press sensationalising one facet of the problem does not work to the detriment of those other equally deserving cases. It is often from what I have seen the single male that bears the brunt of the lack of accomodation availability and get shuffled down the list in times of need.
As for Fallon, storm in a teacup.
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Round The Horne
One lady once asked me, "why don't you put your hand on my knee?" I blushed and muttered something to the effect that I would never be so bold, especially as I was under the impression that ladies generally objected.
She replied, "Oh no, I really enjoy having my knee felt, so please go ahead to your heart's content."
She replied, "Oh no, I really enjoy having my knee felt, so please go ahead to your heart's content."
Many years ago there was a radio programme “Round the Horne”
Betty Marsden, played a character Judy Coolibar, an aggressive Australian who managed to find some kind of sexist insult in everything the male characters said.
In this exchange (From memory) she said to Kenneth Horne “I know while you’re sitting there, you are making surreptitious glances at my legs”.
Kenneth Horne replied,”My dear Lady, I would never do such a thing”.
Her reply was, “Why, are you some kind of prude”.
Heading out to a business lunch one day with a female boss who decided to wear a little black number to impress the clients.
"Does my bum look big in this dress?" she asked wiggling her derriere at me.
"I'm not sure, something is blocking out the sun" I replied, earning me a healthy slap on the back of the head.
It's all about the relationship you have with someone, you learn where the boundaries are and its different for every person. A former colleague of mine was fired for sending a junior female colleague a spreadsheet entitled Tertiary Income Tax.xls except he abbreviated it T....I...T.xls. He had previously given her a poor annual performance review and this was her revenge.
Interesting addendum to the first story, that same female boss with the derriere just offered me a job and I'm moving up to Chicago to work for her again. Funny how things turn out.
"Does my bum look big in this dress?" she asked wiggling her derriere at me.
"I'm not sure, something is blocking out the sun" I replied, earning me a healthy slap on the back of the head.
It's all about the relationship you have with someone, you learn where the boundaries are and its different for every person. A former colleague of mine was fired for sending a junior female colleague a spreadsheet entitled Tertiary Income Tax.xls except he abbreviated it T....I...T.xls. He had previously given her a poor annual performance review and this was her revenge.
Interesting addendum to the first story, that same female boss with the derriere just offered me a job and I'm moving up to Chicago to work for her again. Funny how things turn out.
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Indeed! Thinking back, I could identify ... hmmm ... at least 4 instances*. All were very pleasant encounters. 
I was of course much younger, and incredibly good-looking, back then. And my back was in better nick
* Make that 5
I was of course much younger, and incredibly good-looking, back then. And my back was in better nick
* Make that 5
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And she didn't use the word "feel"......
The comment caused jaws to drop all round, including mine.
Obviously, at times like this one has to behave like a complete gentleman.
I beg to differ..... Once, in my more vulnerable youth, I was asked, by an extremely attractive lady, in front of the assembled throng at a formal event (Quote): "Well, are you going to f*** me or not?"
And she didn't use the word "feel"......
The comment caused jaws to drop all round, including mine.
Obviously, at times like this one has to behave like a complete gentleman.
And she didn't use the word "feel"......
The comment caused jaws to drop all round, including mine.
Obviously, at times like this one has to behave like a complete gentleman.
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There was once a single female dentist at Akrotiri who used to stalk into the bar late in the evening and scan the visiting crews for a likely consort for the evening. Normally garrulous young officers would stand like rabbits in the headlamps as she singled out her prey. I was too old, ugly, unfit to be in the selection team but her laser scan put the wind up me alright.
The weaker sex, not.
The weaker sex, not.
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All I can add is thank God for all the "Mrs Robinsons" and particularly the one that initiated me. Eternally grateful and never forgotten!
At 18 years old I read that the ideal high-octane coupling was male 18 female 28.
So where was she when she needed me?
So where was she when she needed me?
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I used to have an attractive civi dentist that used to rest her breasts on my forehead when working on my teeth, have I got a case?
JHQ Rheindahlen had one such c. 1992, a redhead.
I didn't really have a tooth twinge, nor did my colleagues.
And, yes, she knew, she knew .....................
I didn't really have a tooth twinge, nor did my colleagues.
And, yes, she knew, she knew .....................
