Senator, Florence Ita-Giwa, has faulted Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexu@l harassment claim, saying once women become senators, they can’t be sexually harassed.
According to her, it is a sign of weakness to come out as a Senator to say you were sexually harrassed.
Recall that last Friday, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was on Arise TV where she accused Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of maligning her and blocking any motion she submits because she has refused to give in to his sexual advances.
Reacting to Natasha’s allegation, Senator Ita-Giwa while speaking on Arise TV this morning, said women can’t claim to be sexually harassed when they are elected into the Senate.
In her words
“By the time you contest elections and get to Senate, you have passed that stage of your life of being sexually harassed. You go there to serve, and you are all equal in that place. And again, it shows weakness; you don’t allow it. It (sexual harassment) can not happen in the Senate.
I am not saying the lady is lying, but when you get to the Senate, you’re there as a person. You’re not there as a woman.
At that stage in politics, if you come out and say someone is sexually harassing you, it is a weakness.”
When asked if female lawmakers should keep quiet when their colleague sexually harasses them, Ita-Giwa insisted that it is a sign of weakness for female senators to accuse their colleagues of making passes at them.
“On this matter, I am not with Senator Akpoti. It is the worst sign of weakness on a woman’s part to come out and accuse a man of making passes at you at that level,” she said
She maintained that female senators should see themselves as equal lawmakers to their male counterparts because winning senatorial elections is not easy.
