Congress mandates anti-harassment training after being shocked – shocked! – to discover that harassment exists

Unlike today’s television and film industries, where sexual harassers lose their jobs and lucrative contracts, the House of Representatives today responded to testimony that two of its current members are known sexual harassers by announcing that all members will have to undergo mandatory training on how not to sexually harass people.

House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the mandatory training today after two female members of the House came forward at a House Administration Committee hearing on harassment to report that women were being harassed.

California Rep. Jackie Speier said that at least two current members of Congress — a Democrat and a Republican, both male — engage in sexual harassment. She said harassment in the House of Representatives includes men exposing their genitals on the House floor, grabbing women by their private parts on the House floor and asking them, “Are you going to be a good girl?”

Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock testified about what she knew, saying it was “important that we name names.”

Except no names were named. Many people in Congress know who the harassers are, because there is something called a pervert list, CNN reported. But since neither The New York Times neither The New Yorker has created a turning point in politics, in the same way it has in the entertainment industry with explosive articles in which women denounce their attackers. In Washington, the identities of the harassers remain secret.

CNN today walked viewers through the process by which a staff member must report sexual harassment to Congress. As the outlet described it, the victim must report the incident to the Office of Compliance. Then, the victim must undergo mandatory therapy for 30 days. The victim must then sign a confidentiality agreement and agree to mandatory mediation. But before that can begin, there is a mandatory cooling-off period, at which point 90 days have passed since the victim first reported the incident.

If you think the process is set up to try to discourage victims from reporting what happened, and think it’s almost as if the process was set up by stalkers, Jake Tapper thinks so too, and said so on his CNN show.

“Moving forward, the House will adopt a mandatory anti-harassment and discrimination training policy for all members and staff,” Ryan said in a statement after today’s stunning hearing.

“Our goal is not only to raise awareness, but also to make it clear that harassment in any form has no place in this institution,” added the Speaker of the House, to clarify this point.

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