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| Wolf-whistling is a compliment, says Joanna Lumley | Wolf-whistling is a compliment, says Joanna Lumley |
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| Women should regard wolf-whistling as a compliment, Joanna Lumley has said. | Women should regard wolf-whistling as a compliment, Joanna Lumley has said. |
| In an interview with the Daily Mirror, she said wolf-whistlers were saying: "Cor, you look all right darlin'." Ms Lumley added: "What's wrong with that?" | In an interview with the Daily Mirror, she said wolf-whistlers were saying: "Cor, you look all right darlin'." Ms Lumley added: "What's wrong with that?" |
| The 70-year-old - an actor, presenter, campaigner, and former model - claimed people had become "sensitive flowers" who were "very offended by everything". | The 70-year-old - an actor, presenter, campaigner, and former model - claimed people had become "sensitive flowers" who were "very offended by everything". |
| In July, Nottinghamshire Police said wolf-whistling could be a hate crime. | In July, Nottinghamshire Police said wolf-whistling could be a hate crime. |
| In the interview, Ms Lumley said people had been "tougher" in the 1960s. | In the interview, Ms Lumley said people had been "tougher" in the 1960s. |
| "When I was modelling, photographers were much ruder," she said. | "When I was modelling, photographers were much ruder," she said. |
| "They'd say: 'You look frightful, what's the matter with you?', 'You look podgy, you look fat as a pig.' | "They'd say: 'You look frightful, what's the matter with you?', 'You look podgy, you look fat as a pig.' |
| "It was good-natured banter. You kind of got on with it, it didn't upset you." | "It was good-natured banter. You kind of got on with it, it didn't upset you." |
| 'A bit of banter' | |
| Last month, Nottinghamshire Police said they had recorded 11 misogynistic hate crimes since April, which covers offences including harassment, kidnapping, possession of weapons and causing public fear, alarm or distress. | |
| There were also 19 misogynistic "hate incidents", which cover behaviour less serious than a criminal act such as name calling and offensive jokes. | |
| In Worcester in April, a 23-year-old woman reported wolf-whistling builders to the police. | |
| The police said it was a matter for the men's employers. A builder involved called the wolf-whistling "a bit of banter". | |
| Ms Lumley was unavailable for comment when contacted by the BBC on Wednesday. |