The 2 things that's pissing me off about this Lizzie is:-
Firstly, the portrayal that these woman are young and vulnerable. I used to work for a company that provided support services to Formula One and Moto GP and so got to know a few of the promo girls. This sort of work is a kind of 'circuit' and many of the girls go from job to next and are constantly networking for the next job. In many cases they get very well paid and looked after and as one said to me " I won't look like this forever " They trade on their looks and personality and believe me the majority can look after themselves! My younger randier self found that out a few times! 
I'm not saying it's OK for men to cop a feel of these girls just that the majority would have gone into that event with open eyes. 
Secondly, the media are trying to tell us that ALL of the men were behaving badly, which I'm sure is complete nonsense. The Guardian has even published a list of well known men that attended FFS, which has to be walking a fine legal line? One account in the BBC said that some of the women were seen going up in the lifts with the men, not some men, the men! For sure when you mix a bunch of guys, alcohol and beautiful young women, one or two will get a bit over excited and I'm equally sure that a few of the girls got a bit over excited in the company of wealthy powerful men! It happens, it's human nature....
People are very quick to jump on the outrage bus today, often without knowing the true facts of a story and I fear for the direction that society is going, as we seem to be heading for a new age of the puritans. 
I hear what you say Sir Tigger and I actually agree with you. But you emphasise the confusion now in society with both male and females as to what is acceptable behaviour or not.
The women you quote at motor racing circuits, along with boxing matches and general "glamour" work, is where women do seek employment and use their beauty as the sponsors want to "sex up" the occasion and give it something special, with photographs to match. BUT they are not gropped (or at least in public) as the men at those events recognise and accept the lines of decency laid down. They do not want the media to pick up images of women being molested, willingly or not; they want their "product" or event promoted in the right manner. The women are engaged knowing they will be seen by men as "a bit of totty", but they are doing it for the money, as a job / career, and are not naive in any way, but are still vulnerable women, as indeed most women are throughout their lives.
No, not all men behave badly, and that has not been said by those at the Presidents Club event. Rather men said they left early after feeling very uncomfortable about what started to go on well into the evening. It was also reported, the compare warned all attending the event that there would be young women serving them at their tables at this all male occasion, and they were to be treated with respect, reminding all that (as I stated earlier) these women could be their daughters or Grand daughters. The lines of decency were laid down. The girls were not "career escort ladies", but in many cases just girls looking for a bit of cash and fun (not sexual) as in the case of one who is reported to be a law student.
Yes, the media HAS made too much about it, but I think this reflects the confusion and hypocrisy that exists throughout our society of how women should be treated, not helped by the media itself! Girls, young women, often do not help themselves and go along with what men want because either they can see profit in that; not necessarily in the form of cash, but love, romance and future security or they want a career in the escort industry / want the thought of no ties sexual excitement. Yes, men are confused by all that, but a man must recognise the worth of women, that can be loved and become their future partners, compared to the woman who is a simple tart. It is difficult for men to read the signals women frequently give out, but I am afraid men must learn how to read them, and remember they may well have a wife / partner back home who loves them and expects them to keep their moral standards up, and not cheat on them.
This event went far too far for a charity function at a top class London hotel, and I can imagine that many men who attended are now being asked some very serious question by their loved ones of their personal participation. Clothes will be be scanned for lipstick stains, and other stains (!!), along with the smell of any scents!!
Once more though, it is down to certain sections of our society, male AND female to think about how they act and the signals being transmitted. At this event the leaders of commerce and politics, who should have been seen to be very upstanding and responsible, and an excellent example of modern managers of people who treat their work force with respect. They let themselves, and other men, down badly.
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