berlin female german politician trigger fierce debate accuse former ambassador sexism fail recognize conference say expect young beautiful woman speaker sawsan chebli 39-year-old state secretary berlin city government say sit front row wait speak meet indo-german society recognize head group hans-joachim kiderlen realize mistake retire former german ambassador india reportedly say expect young woman also beautiful chebli member centre-left social democrats go ahead speech post facebook page afterwards shock course always experience sexism never experience anything like happen today say comment prompt outpouring german newspapers social media already abuzz million women across world share experience sexual harassment abuse online campaign use hashtag metoo chebli former spokeswoman german foreign ministry bear palestinian refugee parent swamp insult facebook page include suggestions wear muslim headscarf want receive compliment also receive message support include women similar experience include teresa buecker editor-in-chief feminist magazine edition f. also call stage beautiful speaker degrade disrespectful buecker write twitter kiderlen write chebli apologize inappropriate address greet tagesspiegel daily report thursday sexism compliment german politician stoke debate