What Politics Taught Me About Sexual Harassment

Sayde Scarlett
6 min readNov 25, 2017
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The Harvey Weinstein scandal brought back unfortunate memories from my time working in politics. Sexual harassment is a significant problem in Westminster. I did, however, feel considerable unease about the media hysteria. Despite viewing the #MeToo furore as necessary bloodletting, maintaining procedural integrity and disallowing trial by media should also be a priority. In my time, I have…

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Sayde Scarlett

Author and poet by day; artist by night. Loves to tell stories and create art; loves to talk about stories and creating art.