if it s possible to have some sort of clarity about where the lines are. i m just very mindful that, perhaps a generation ago, men would have routinely wolf whistled at women, maybe made some smart aleck comments about women s appearance thinking that was their right, that was ok. are you suggesting that there is a way to design a law which would tell men that is not ok, and if they do it, they could face the force of the law? we already have laws here in the united kingdom, both in scotland and in england. and of course, i m a lawyer who practises in the english courts and in international courts. butl. ..my experience of this is that threatening behaviour laws exist. threatening and abusive words or conduct, those.those, you know, offences are already on the statute books. the problem is that women don t know it s available for them, and police officers don t think about it when a woman says, i was at the bus stop and a man started abusing me
..my experience of this is that threatening behaviour laws exist. threatening and abusive words or conduct, those.those, you know, offences are already on the statute books. the problem is that women don t know it s available for them, and police officers don t think about it when a woman says, i was at the bus stop and a man started abusing me and talking about my body in an unacceptable way. i mean, i can t repeat on camera the things that we heard in taking evidence before my working group in scotland. horrible, horrible stuff that women are expected to listen to, which are of a sexual nature, usually, and which are humiliating and degrading, and which leave women feeling,
men would have routinely wolf whistled at women, maybe made some smart aleck comments about women s appearance, thinking that was their right, that was ok. are you suggesting that there is a way to design a law which would tell men that is not ok, and if they do it, they could face the force of the law? we already have laws here in the united kingdom, both in scotland and in england. and of course, i m a lawyer who practises in the english courts and in international courts, but i. ..my experience of this is that threatening behaviour laws exist. threatening and abusive words or conduct, those.those, you know, offences are already on the statute books. the problem is that women don t know it s available for them, and police officers don t think about it when a woman says, i was at the bus stop and a man started abusing me and talking about my body in an unacceptable way.
some sort of clarity about where the lines are. i m just very mindful that, perhaps a generation ago, men would have routinely wolf whistled at women, maybe made some smart aleck comments about women s appearance, thinking that was their right, that was ok. are you suggesting that there is a way to design a law which would tell men that is not ok, and if they do it, they could face the force of the law? we already have laws here in the united kingdom, both in scotland and in england. and of course, i m a lawyer who practises in the english courts and in international courts, but i. ..my experience of this is that threatening behaviour laws exist. threatening and abusive words or conduct, those.those, you know, offences are already on the statute books. the problem is that women don t know it s available for them, and police officers don t think about it when a woman says, i was at the bus stop
some sort of clarity about where the lines are. i m just very mindful that, perhaps a generation ago, men would have routinely wolf whistled at women, maybe made some smart aleck comments about women s appearance, thinking that was their right, that was ok. are you suggesting that there is a way to design a law which would tell men that is not ok, and if they do it, they could face the force of the law? we already have laws here in the united kingdom, both in scotland and in england. and of course, i m a lawyer who practises in the english courts and in international courts, but i. ..my experience of this is that threatening behaviour laws exist. threatening and abusive words or conduct, those.those, you know, offences are already on the statute books. the problem is that women don t know it s available for them, and police officers don t think about it when a woman says, i was at the bus stop and a man started abusing me