February 16th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
The Maryland Women’s Caucus on Friday released a report that details anonymous accounts of sexual harassment in Annapolis, vignettes of misbehavior documented as state lawmakers grapple with how to prevent it in the future. The Baltimore Sun reports the caucus compiled anonymous encounters between male state lawmakers or lobbyists and women working in the General Assembly as current and former lawmakers, staffers and lobbyists.
A current, unnamed lawmaker described a colleague grabbing her breasts and sticking his tongue in her ear, according to the report. A current, unnamed staffer said a current male lawmaker closed an office door and slid his hands up her skirt. A lobbyist said a lawmaker repeatedly asked her to get him a box of condoms, size large, so that he wouldn’t impregnate anyone during the session — a request the lobbyist for a reproductive rights organization took as a joke until she turned him down and he refused to speak to her again, the report said.
The caucus released the report on the same day a new sexual harassment prevention commission created by the General Assembly’s presiding officers held its inaugural meeting.
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