The Houses Of Parliament, The Bbc, Hollywood Had Certainly Opened A Hornets Nest, Will We Now See Actual Living Sex Pests Named And Shamed?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5025797/Ministers-caught-Parliament-sex-pest-scandal.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5024477/BBC-radio-presenter-groped-eight-female-colleagues.html

[youngmafbog]

It would be nice if we returned to trial by jury rather than by TwitFace first.

[mushroom25]

the super-injunctions are probably already in place.

[youngmafbog]

I am sure they are being prepared Mushroom if not in place, with an army of top lawyers behind them.

I wonder if that can go on exes ?

[sp1814]

We already see sex pests named, shamed and convicted.

All the time.

[youngmafbog]

Is there a crime or law about "sex pests" ?

What exactly constitutes a sex pest?

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

That would be someone who sexually harasses someone. Like for instance Roy Price (Amazon Studios), Robert Scoble (Tech chief), Chris Savino (Nickelodeon), Terry Richardson (photographer) etc.

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

But I didn't answer your question. We do have legislation in the UK which means it is a crime to expose yourself to another person in public and makes doing anything which you know, or should know, is harassing to another person, there is nothing that specifically relates to street harassment, particularly verbal harassment, in public places.

[jno]

"sex pest" is just tabloidese. The laws are here

https://www.fpa.org.uk/factsheets/law-on-sex#assault

[jackthehat]

Or any person in the pub/street/workplace who feels that they have an entitlement to put their hands, inappropriately, on someone else or make someone's life difficult with a campaign of sexual innuendo verbal or otherwise......and there are thousands of them.

[whiskeryron]

I have to ask the question ' is this constant sexual problem inbuilt into the human male psyche?' If so why do only some of us suffer from it ?

[douglas9401]

I suppose it's a bit like the gay thing Ron. You've either got it or you ain't. :)