Senate Clears Resolution Requiring Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training

As you know, sexual harassment is on everyone’s mind. Mostly because basically everyone in Hollywood and DC have been accused of sexual harassment. The problem? The definitions of “sexual harassment” vary. If you’re a dude who calls a lady sweetheart– BAM! You just sexually harassed her. At least, according to Ashley Judd.

See how that could be problematic?

That’s my main issue. Undoubtedly, there are total pervs in Hollywood and DC, but I’m sorry. A catcall should NOT be in the same category as a serious accusation like rape. (Yet some feminists place them in the same category. It’s sick.)

Hollywood and DC clearly have a problem. I actually lived in DC for a short summer a few years back, and while I was never “sexually harassed,” I could definitely see that there was an underlying gross culture there. People use people. Women use men. Men use women. People are out for themselves, and a lot of them will do whatever it takes to “make it.” I suppose that’s the parallel when it comes to Hollywood and DC. Everyone wants to make it, and they’ll do whatever it takes to get there.

Anyway. The Senate wants to nip these problems in the bud, so it’s taking action. It actually passed a resolution which will require senators and their staffers to undergo sexual harassment training.

The resolution was introduced earlier Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), along with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.).

“Making harassment training mandatory in the Senate sends a clear message: harassment of any kind is not and will not be tolerated in Congress. Period,” Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Rules Committee, said in a statement.

The fact that senators and their staffers need to undergo training to NOT SEXUALLY HARASS PEOPLE speaks volumes.

Senators and their staffers have 60 days to complete the training, and it must be “repeated at least once during every session of Congress, which lasts two years.”

Grassley added that Congress has “a particular duty to set high standards of conduct.”

“By passing this resolution, we take a step to ensure that all who work for the Senate are able to do their job without feeling unsafe or uncomfortable,” he added.

I get the message they’re trying to send, but it feels lame. We elected these supposedly competent, common sense people. Competent, common sense people shouldn’t have to be told not to sexually harass others.

h/t The Hill