"The news that Conservative MP Neil Parish watched porn on his phone in the House of Commons this week came closely after the story that some other Tory MPs had accused Labour’s Angela Rayner of employing a “Basic Instinct” style sexual distraction technique on Boris Johnson during PMQs. The implication that Rayner used her body in a sexual way, rather than using her mind in an intellectual way, was a deeply misogynistic trope based on tired sexist stereotypes. A view of women which sees them primarily as physical/sexual rather than intellectual/capable is an old-fashioned throwback to the times before women could even vote, let alone be elected to Parliament. It is wearying to see it trotted out again."