W. S. Gilbert on Sexual Harassment

From The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan:

Our great Mikado, virtuous man,
When he to rule our land began,
Resolved to try
A plan whereby
Young men might best be steadied.

So he decreed, in words succinct,
That all who flirted, leered or winked
(Unless connubially linked),
Should forthwith be beheaded …

The recent scandals of Herman Cain and Anthony Weiner reminded me of this somehow.