Women and Equalities Minister Victoria Atkins speaks of her experiences of workplace sexual harassment
Comments crossed the line when they made others feel"intimidated, distressed or humiliated", she told LBC.Giving an example, she said:"Yesterday, I was wearing a very colourful skirt and everybody was saying how wonderful it looks. I did not take that as sexual harassment.
Speaking earlier to BBC Breakfast, Ms Atkins said:"This is not a debate about wolf-whistling or whatever. We have 15 categories of behaviour that are serious." Ms Atkins added that she did not want to go into the details of the harassment she has been subjected to, adding:"I'm not going to be defined by the grubby behaviour of the men that behaved like that towards me."The minister was asked about Crystal Palace's woman goalkeeper Lucy Gillett, who said she had received sexist abuse during Sunday's Championship game at Coventry United.
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