Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett and Rempel

MP: In the article, Rempel recounts several occasions where she was forced to explain to one of her female staffers about confronting sexism, according to CTV. The staffer had witnessed a male MP tell Rempel they should discuss an issue when they were "less emotional." After confronting him about the phrasing, Rempel said the MP ended the conversation by saying she should be nicer in the future." Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said women face "dramatically different" forms of heckling than their male counterparts. "The personal attacks -- 'You're only the one who is confused,' or, 'Lay off the coffee,' or, ‘Take a valium' -- are things that I have received that I don't recognize that my male colleagues have the same," she said. "I think the heckling that takes place is often on the topic, or that 'that not important,' or it a more partisan, general kind of heckling, as opposed to the kinds of personal attacks that women parliamentarians are still ." Bennett said female MPs have to "engage directly" with the perpetrators and say "that unacceptable." "There are people in the gallery. An op-ed written by the representative for Calgary Nose Hill in the National Post is sparking conversations about the day-to-day sexism faced by women on Parliament Hill. There are women watching all over this country. Minister of the Status of Women Patty Hajdu was also supportive of Rempel comments, and commended her "courage" in speaking out. "What I really liked about that article was the call to men to step up and to acknowledge their responsibility in addressing this issue," Hajdu told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday. We want this to be a safe place for women to want to come to Parliament, and we have to deal with one another -- whether it is men or women -- treating women in this place in what I can only interpret as sexism," she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.