Legislation Banning Wolf-Whistling Amended to Remove ‘It Was Just a Joke’ Defence

Legislation Banning Wolf-Whistling Amended to Remove ‘It Was Just a Joke’ Defence
Greg Clark arrives for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on July 12, 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has backed a private members’ bill that would outlaw wolf-whistling even if the person responsible thinks it is “just a joke.”

Wolf-whistles and cat calls are just one type of “sex-based harassment” included in the bill which has been proposed by Conservative backbench MP Greg Clark.