,,,mostly Andy Gray- he seems most upset that he was caught not that he did it and hints at 'dark forces!' presumably his own stupidity. As a woman who has worked most of her life in a male dominated industry it is true that twenty five years ago this would have been seen as a 'joke' and the woman told to 'get over it love'.
One colleague of mine in an Ad agency was on the phone when one of the male directors- back from a liquid lunch, stuck his hand RIGHT up her skirt and INSIDE her knickers while muttering 'lets stroke little pussy'!
I was AGHAST - she and I were both 25. I felt she should have slapped him, reported him and gone to the police. She stood on his foot hard and said 'get off me' without even interrupting her phone call. I was even more horrified at that as she was a newly married Indian girl I had always thought of as quite shy.
She later told me she oculdn't possibly report it as it would have brought shame on her family. I made sure every time we gave him a cup of tea from then on- one of us spat in it. I know its childish but it made me feel better for her.
So I am GLAD companies seem to no longer tolerate this sort of blokey nehaviour which is actully bullying apart from anything else.
But some of my friends feel he was 'just joking' and should be let off. What do other people think? What kind of working world do you want for your kids?