Tory female minister was 'pinned up against a wall' by male MP
dailyrecord.co.ukA top Tory female minister has revealed she was once "pinned up against a wall" by a male MP a number of years ago. Anne-Marie Trevelyan was quizzed about sexism and misogyny in politics in the UK after a number of incidents earlier this week.
The Secretary of State for International Trade has told men to "keep your hands in your pockets" after she said she suffered "wandering hands" around half a dozen times.
She told Sky News that the vast majority of her male colleagues are "delightful" and "committed parliamentarians". "But there are a few for whom too much drink, or indeed a sort of, a view that somehow being elected makes them you know, God's gift to women, that they can suddenly please themselves, that is never OK, that kind of behaviour, disrespect for women".
She added: "Fundamentally, if you're a bloke, keep your hands in your pockets and behave as you would if you had your daughter in the room".
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