Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JENNIFER MEDINAOCT. 17, 2017
LOS ANGELES — The groundswell over sexual harassment that has rocked Hollywood moved into California’s capital on Tuesday as more than 140 women — including legislators, senior legislative aides and lobbyists — came forward to denounce what they describe as pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men in the nation’s most influential legislature.
Women complained of groping, lewd comments and suggestions of trading sexual favors for legislation while doing business in Sacramento. Their grievances, contained in a public letter and detailed in a series of interviews, mark the latest fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/us/california-women-sexual-harassment-sacramento.html
