In state capitols, women see rampant sexual harassment

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Two weeks after Cristina Garcia won a seat in the California Assembly, a high-powered lobbyist in Sacramento grabbed her rear end.

An older male state senator witnessed the event, which took place in 2012. But he told Garcia, then 33 years old, to keep quiet.

“The senator told me not to say anything because the lobbyist was powerful,” Garcia told The Hill in an interview.

Garcia’s experience is far from unique.

More than a dozen female state legislators, staffers and lobbyists in states across the country interviewed by The Hill say they routinely face unwanted advances from their male colleagues, ranging from inappropriate comments about one’s appearance and invitations to private meetings to physical contact and, in extreme instances, assault and rape.

Many of the women used one word to describe the culture of harassment in their state capitols: pervasive.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/356427-in-state-capitols-women-see-rampant-sexual-harassment?rnd=1508751074

[Ilsa]

1. If we can't tell anyone, can we just break their hands

or accidentally kick them in the balls?

[Irish_Dem]

2. Rich, powerful men taking advantage of women, the norm for the past 3000 yrs.