Philippine MP in hot water over sexist tirade

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MANILA, Wednesday 12 January 2011 (AFP) - A Philippine politician apologised Wednesday for a sexist tirade against a female airline worker who stopped him switching seats on a plane.

Philippine Airlines boarding gate employee Sarah Ocampo will ask parliament to punish Eulogio Magsaysay for disgraceful conduct when he and his family were about to board a flight to the United States last month, her union said.

The confrontation occurred after Ocampo declined Magsaysay's request to switch seats so he could sit beside his two children who, like him, were in business class.

"Right away he said to me, 'Shut up you bitch, you menopausal bitch.' He also threatened to have me fired," Ocampo told the local press. ...........(more)

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