Students banned from wolf whistling

[Grumpmeister]

No, not male student whistling at passing women. Female students have been banned from whistling at builders as it constitutes harrassment. How the hell do you sexually harrass a builder for crying out loud, they are hardly shringking violets. Its not as if you can ask them to show their arse as its normally hanging out anyway. 

A further education college is having to protect builders from wolf-whistling girls, in a reversal of traditional gender stereotypes.
Officials at West Kent College in Tonbridge, Kent, sent an email to all pupils warning that the behaviour was "totally unacceptable", and saying any students caught harassing contractors would face disciplinary action.

The email was sent after a demolition team started work on a £94 million, three-year building project at the campus.

The email read: "It has come to the attention of the college that some female students have been making comments to, or whistling at, the builders both whilst on site and as they walk around the campus.

"Although we are sure no offence is meant, this constitutes harassment and is wholly unacceptable.

"We have asked the contractors' representative to pass on all instances of harassment to the college and we will take appropriate action which may include disciplinary action."

A spokeswoman for the contractors, Galliford Try, said: "We have no registered complaints on this issue. However we do not condone inappropriate behaviour from any parties on our sites."

Meanwhile new laws could see wolf-whistling builders placed on the sex offenders register. The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill will create a new offence of "communicating indecently", punishable by up to 10 years in jail.

The legislation is intended to punish sexual harassment by text, emails and letters, but ministers also aim to include sexually explicit comments to strangers. It is expected that the law would only apply to persistent offenders.

At the moment, workmen who repeatedly make obscene comments to passers-by can be convicted of a breach of the peace.

[Snoopy]

The country is going to hell in a hand-cart. I am almost glad that I have entered into the last third of my life and I am so sorry that my children will have to live with the consequences of this sort of shite 

[Nick]

Ahem. I was actually the source of this story 

It came to me from a  colleague and I passed it on with some other stuff too to a guy in the Press. It seems to be getting around.

It came to me about 3 weeks ago 

[Grumpmeister]

You are 'Disgusted from Tonbridge' and I claim my £5 

[Nick]

There was a bit more about another place. Do you want to see that? It's quite funny!

Here

I

am reminded of an incident in the Midlands, I forget where. Local newspaper in to cover enrolment intercepted a known local "glamour model" en route to enrol on a hairdressing course and persuaded her to pose topless in front of the college main entrance. Pic appeared in the local press under the headline "36D Debbie starts on Tuesday." The Principal went berserk. Enrolment perked up considerably

[Snoopy]

Sadly my original thoughts still apply.

Between the press, the politically ambitious and the teachers we are being well and truly f*cked.

[Nick]

Well, obviously!

[Barman]

There was a bit more about another place. Do you want to see that? It's quite funny!

Here

I

am reminded of an incident in the Midlands, I forget where. Local newspaper in to cover enrolment intercepted a known local "glamour model" en route to enrol on a hairdressing course and persuaded her to pose topless in front of the college main entrance. Pic appeared in the local press under the headline "36D Debbie starts on Tuesday." The Principal went berserk. Enrolment perked up considerably

Sort of Debbie does... um... some form of hairdressing technique that begins with 'd'... 

[chuntering again]

A colleague of mine has a favourite annecdote of when he taught at a Muslim girls school in Bradford, and the contractors complained about the bad language. To be honest, it's probably less to do with the over-sensitivity of contractors, and more to do with the demise of the British lady.