Kate Garraway admitted she has been discussing women's safety with her 15-year-old daughter Darcey due to the Sarah Everard case.
The 53-year-old TV presenter was hosting Good Morning Britain on Friday when the conversation turned to the upsetting case of the missing 33-year-old.
Sarah's case has led to an outpouring from women everywhere sharing their own stories of harassment and not feeling safe on the streets, and Kate was keen to talk to her only daughter about it.
Speaking to guests including Jacqui Smith on GMB, Kate said: "I found myself, as a parent, having sort of confused conversations with myself and with my teenage daughter about what Jacqui was saying about dressing appropriately and things like that.
"And she, being a very 2021 teenager, is like, 'why should I not dress like this? It’s nothing to do with me'.
"And then I find myself saying, ‘yes but I’m trying to keep you safe'," Kate added.
"And it’s almost like my generation has an assumption that we have a responsibility to dress in a certain way, and it’s wonderful maybe that the next generation will be able to throw that off."
Speaking about the fact that females are always on alert, Kate said: "I think you always do as a woman, if you’re alone on a platform or underground and there’s a man there, it goes through your mind."
Asked if she also takes precautions when out alone, Jacqui said: "Every woman that I know does that, that is just the reality of the life of a woman.
"Even now, in a very safe place where I live, if I walk home at night I wouldn’t walk in a dark area. I would make sure I told people where I was going and when I was coming home.
"And to your point Kate, I’m the mother of sons and this week I’ve been talking to my boys about some of the things they can do to help the women around them feel safe.
"And they understand that because they’re good men, and the majority of men out there are good. Some people have argued, 'it’s not all men'.
"Of course it isn’t all men, but the trouble is, as women we don’t know which men it is and we need men in terms of policy and individually in the way in which they behave to support us and help us feel safer," Jacqui added.
Ms Everard, 33, was walking from a friend's house in Clapham to her home in Brixton when she vanished at about 9.30pm on Wednesday 3 March.
Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens is being held and quizzed on suspicion of kidnapping and murdering Ms Everard after the discovery of human remains near Ashford, Kent.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.
