“It’s an important first step in changing the culture in Annapolis to discipline someone for sexual harassment,” said Lisae C. Jordan, executive director of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Anderson’s case is the first major sexual harassment allegation to be addressed by the General Assembly since the #MeToo movement began and the legislature adopted new procedures to deal with what some female legislators and staff members have called a pervasive culture of sexual harassment. Before last fall, the General Assembly had no method of tracking sexual harassment complaints against legislators. The Washington Post generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual harassment or assault without their consent. She said there was little evidence that remedial sexual harassment training was effective in changing behavior.

Source: Washington Post August 24, 2018 19:21 UTC