Women from across British politics call for action to tackle misogyny after newspaper runs story accusing deputy opposition leader of trying to “distract” prime minister during debates by crossing and uncrossing her legs.
The Mail on Sunday quoted an anonymous Conservative lawmaker as saying Labour Party Deputy Leader Angela Rayner tried to throw Prime Minister Boris Johnson “off his stride” as she sat across from him in the House of Commons. The article likened it to a scene in the 1992 thriller “Basic Instinct” in which Sharon Stone is interrogated by police.“I stand accused of a ‘ploy’ to “distract” the helpless PM - by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes,” she wrote on Twitter.
Johnson said Monday he had got in touch with Rayner about the article, which he called “the most appalling load of sexist, misogynist tripe.” Some say change has not gone far enough. Many female politicians said the article was an extreme example of the sexism they encounter daily.
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