BEIJING ~ Lawmakers in a northern Chinese province are considering a sexual harassment law that bans looking at women with “flirting eyes,” state press said.

The Shaanxi provincial congress is studying a proposal that would define sexual harassment, with “casting flirting eyes at women” listed alongside actions such as using inappropriate language, the China Daily reported.

In an editorial, the China Daily ridiculed the efforts to control how people look at each other, but nevertheless said the Shaanxi lawmakers’ work was a welcome attempt to establish much-needed sexual harassment laws in China.