BBC's Sarah Teale harassed during report about harassment

[Ripmax]

[QUOTE]A BBC TV reporter was harassed in the street while filming a report about street harassment.

Sarah Teale was filming outside a conference on the subject in Nottingham when a man directed a sexual comment towards her.

The East Midlands Today reporter said she was "genuinely shocked" by what the man said.

She said: "It's not banter, it's not funny and no-one should have to put up with it."

In the clip, Teale can be heard explaining: "An online study showed that a shocking 95% of people said they had been harassed, jeered at, or had obscenities shouted at them in the street and a large proportion said they'd also been groped or grabbed inappropriately in public."

Then, as a comment is made, she can be seen pointing ahead and saying: "Yeah, like that."[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34368883[/url]

[SquidsEye]

Welcome to Nottingham, I've lost count of the times I've had someone shout something incomprehensible at me from a moving van and I'm not even a woman.

[Ruski]

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[b]m8 ur just a wanker innit[/b]

[meppers]

The man said "fuck her right in the pussy"

[Headhumpy]

it's just banter, lads :downs:

[Pepsi-cola]

[QUOTE=meppers;48766555]The man said "fuck her right in the pussy"[/QUOTE]

Which wasn't the wisest thing to say towards a woman doing a piece on sexual harassment but it still doesn't make it sexual harassment given the context.

[TornadoAP]

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;48766569]Which wasn't the wisest thing to say towards a woman doing a piece on sexual harassment but it still doesn't make it sexual harassment given the context.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I think he meant that as more of a completely retarded joke.

[GeneralSpecific]

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;48766569]Which wasn't the wisest thing to say towards a woman doing a piece on sexual harassment but it still doesn't make it sexual harassment given the context.[/QUOTE]

"fuck her right in the pussy" "not sexual harassment"

I get that it's a meme, but that doesn't mean it's not sexual harassment. If the joke was "nice tits" and it had been done a million times before, it would still be sexual harassment.

[NiandraLades]

Even if it hadn't been that meme or something sexual, it's still kind of a dick move to distract reports from doing their job

[GeneralSpecific]

The thing that so many people just don't seem to comprehend is that even if you intend for something to be an innocent joke, the words you use can be sexual harassment regardless of perceived context.

It's the same concept as somebody saying something racist (eg "Of course he's black") even though they aren't trying to be racist.

The point is that you aren't trying not to be racist or sexist or offensive or harassing. Saying something like that and being genuinely surprised when people don't like it and call you out for harassment shows enormous insensitivity on your part.

[Pepsi-cola]

[QUOTE=GeneralSpecific;48766763]"fuck her right in the pussy" "not sexual harassment"

I get that it's a meme, but that doesn't mean it's not sexual harassment. If the joke was "nice tits" and it had been done a million times before, it would still be sexual harassment.[/QUOTE]

So the hundred or so times it was said in the presence of a male presenter was also sexual harassment?

[Rangergxi]

[QUOTE]Sandy Oestreich said: "I think it was planned or staged."[/QUOTE]

I really doubt it. Quite a few people are just idiots.

[Kwaq]

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[b]m8 ur just a wanker innit[/b][/QUOTE]

wrong side of the car

[Source]

BBC really don't know Nottingham very well do they, this sort of thing is the norm.

[Mingebox]

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[b]m8 ur just a wanker innit[/b][/QUOTE]

wrong side of the car[/QUOTE]

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[B]'appy now u cheeky cunt?[/B]

[BrickInTheHead]

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;48766944]So the hundred or so times it was said in the presence of a male presenter was also sexual harassment?[/QUOTE]

depends on the reaction it elicits from the victim

if the victim feels uncomfortable or violated by the comment in a way that is further than just simple annoyance, yeah. what if the reporter is a gay man, or trans, or just plain old standard straight but feels uncomfortable that a random passerby is telling him to fuck someone?

any of these scenarios can be considered sexual harassment, they're all contextual and relegated to those who are a part of it to determine whether or not they qualify

legally it gets even fuzzier if we ask the question as to whether or not an outsider of the organization (ie the public) can act in such a way that it creates a destructive work environment, and whether or not the general public is accountable / liable for that

[carcarcargo]

He clearly just said it because he heard her talking about street harassment