An SNP MP has been accused of making “appalling” comments about sexual harassment during a probe into allegations she pestered a male staffer. A submission by Patricia Gibson claimed it is “discriminatory” to say the impact of sexual harassment of a man by a woman is the same as by a male against a female.
Extracts also stated it was “highly unlikely” the complainer would have felt “any kind of physical threat or vulnerability” as a man.
Labour MSP Rhoda Grant said: “Patricia Gibson’s bizarre comments are simply appalling and utterly out of order. There can be no hierarchy of harassment based on gender.”
