French Female Minister Wolf-Whistled in Parliament
22nd July 2012
Hey, let’s do things the European way!
Cecile Duflot, the country’s 37-year-old housing minister, was subjected to the barrage of abuse while wearing a flowery summer dress in the National Assembly in Paris.
‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ said Ms Duflot, adding: ‘Obviously, more gentlemen than ladies’. Leering and shouting accompanied her every word, along with ‘phwoooaarr…’ noises.
Ms Duflot infamously wore jeans at a cabinet meeting earlier this year, but her dress was a conservative one.
She said after her ordeal: ‘I have worked in the building trade and I have never seen something like that. This tells you something about some MPs. I think of their wives.’
Uh … maybe not….
July 23rd, 2012 at 06:44
*shrug* They’re French. One shouldn’t expect decorum or good manners.