Rachel in the wake of the Weinstein
scandal and the me2 campaign I believe
you wanted to pick up on the confusion
surrounding what actually constitutes
sexual harassment yeah that's right nish
or should I say stop sexually harassing
me nish because even talking to a woman
is now completely off-limits isn't that
right nish no it's not an itch but it's
fun to pretend to be confused about that
isn't it in the light of recent
revelations many men are feeling very
worried about their own behavior and
feeling a little bit threatened as well
which makes me so sad well done feminism
says Martin Dorey in The Telegraph now
men are afraid to help women at work
well nish as ever the Daily Mail
provides a very good barometer of the
British public with this headline which
actually happened is hugging still okay
in the wake of the Weinstein sexual
assault accusations men ask what is
acceptable to women in society now
sociologist carolyn peterson says in the
article men do need to recognize that a
sudden arm around the shoulder or a pat
on the butt isn't the innocuous gesture
some might afford is an absolute
minefield what could possibly be wrong
with spanking a colleague or the
prospect of a sudden arm grabbing you
from the shadows
at these real headlines they're real
niche they're genuine headlines welcome
to the world which if you would please
come and join me and let's see if we can
together sort this mess out it's
absolutely impossible to see where the
line is so I've come up with a series of
visual aids to help you at home through
this difficult time so the first one the
biggest question is what is sexual
harassment
okay well let me first say very nice use
of the comic sans font there right if
you're laughing you're learning let's
start at the start say first things
first
can I compliment a woman yes you can say
something like hello you look well
that's fine but you can't holler nice
what's at her from a car not anymore
sorry nish what do you mean sorry yes
alright be the good old days
okay is it okay to give a woman flowers
yes yes you're right now yes as long as
you don't put your penis in this
tricky isn't it okay is it okay to give
a cheery hello to a lady yes of course
it is but not if you're hiding under her
bed
not according to the PC Brigade
screen and I'd like you to tell me do
you think in your view that this is
sexual harassment
Oh Jan can I borrow your stapler no he
who's got an erection nish right
I'm having reviewed this picture and the
angle here standing at ya I now see that
I was naive to think he was not fully
erect very goodness in truth it's
impossible to tell his armies directly
in the way let's assume that this one is
fine but but what about this one nish
Jen please come to the server room and
wank me off
[Laughter]
I'm gonna say yeah I'm gonna say that's
a definite not okay finish I'm gonna do
now some harassment roleplay with you
okay I immediately uncomfortable news
day where you're a non-threatening PETA
male who's absolutely tailor-made for
the friend zone
so what we're gonna do is imagine we're
in a normal pub situation and we're
friends like we are in a way and so how
would you greet me normally and okay
well we were friends so I would just
give you a hug exactly give me a hug
though but now just hold that for a
little bit too long you know what that
feels like does that feel right or wrong
that it's feeling more and more wrong by
the second yes that's right now if it
feels wrong it is wrong sometimes a
simple greeting like a hug can be
harassment if one of the participants is
obviously using it for their own weird
gratification hugging is absolutely fine
ish but is blood
suddenly moving to the groin area if it
is then it's a bad hug and is it nish is
it yeah no there's no blood flowing
anywhere
[Applause]
now look at the script nish it'll be
fine there you'll be able to wing it on
the night of course we wouldn't do
anything to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm afraid that life is going to get
harder now that we're not allowed to
sexually harass anyone of course it is
but if you do stick to my handy guide we
will manage to walk that terribly fine
line between being a decent person and a
complete wanker good luck to you
ladies do tell the Rachel place
[Applause]