Studio 10's Denise Drysdale claims #MeToo movement has gone 'too far'

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Denise Drysdale has claimed she 'feels sorry for men' in the wake of the #MeToo movement, a viral social campaign against sexual assault and harassment.

Speaking on Studio 10 on Friday, the 70-year-old Logie-winner joked about missing the days when 'grabbing women's a***s' and said that #MeToo had gone 'too far'.

She claimed that new workplace attitudes in the wake of the movement will mean that both men and women suffer in the long term.  

'It's gone too far,' Denise said. 'What are men going to do in the end? Just have all males in one business and all the females in another business?

'It's just gone far too far. I feel sorry for men, I really do - whether they open the car door [for women] or not.' 

When Denise's co-host Joe Hildebrand joked that men 'can't even grab [women] on the a**e anymore', she joking replied: 'I miss that!' 

The Studio 10 panel had been discussing an article published by the Herald Sun that claimed the #MeToo movement has 'betrayed working women'. 

The report alleged that 60 per cent of male managers now feel 'uncomfortable' mentoring women in a working environment.

It also claimed that senior male staff avoid taking part in one-on-one activities with junior female employees due to fear overs 'how it might look'.