Spectator critic's article admitting to lusting after a lecturer and sleeping ... trends now
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By Ulla Kloster
When I read Lloyd Evans' piece, the first thing that struck me was how gentle it was.
He had nothing but praise, not only for the looks of the academic giving the lecture, but the way she delivered it.
Yes, his mind wandered to her physical rather than mental attributes but he didn't proposition her after she had completed her lecture – in the clumsy and unwelcome way that many men do.
Realising she was out of his league, he went to find his pleasures elsewhere. And his encounter with the prostitute is recounted with sensitivity and respect.
Lloyd Evans has faced criticism for an article he wrote in the Spectator about visiting a prostitute after attending a lecture has faced
Lea Ypi, an academic who lectures on political theory at the London School of Economics. In the article he described Ypi as having 'blonde hair spilling over her shoulders', saying her appearance 'absorbed far more' of his 'attention' than her reflections on politics
Ulla Kloster: 'Evans did nothing wrong or illegal – and he was brave enough to be open about his experiences'
I experienced my fair share of sexual harassment before I started out on Fleet Street more than 30 years ago.
Drunken groping and indecent proposals – including one from an employer who could not have been more lecherous – were an occupational hazard.
The balance has now shifted too far the other way. Some of the self-righteous indignation from the younger generation of feminists is wildly over the top.
