Gisela Stuart, Labour MP, Sheila Gunn, former press secretary to John Major, Jo Phillips, former press secretary for Paddy Ashdown, when he was party leader, discussed how much of a problem sexual harassment is for women at all levels of party politics, and how often it is that women in parliament find themselves treated as a sex objects.

BBC: Parliament women 'treated as sex objects'

But the problem with sexual harassment is that it is about power, too.

CNN: Sex And Power And The Law

"This week, Americans have been dismayed and outraged at new instances of the persistent and unacceptable problem of sexual assault in the military, " McKeon said.

NPR: Lawmakers, White House Discuss Sexual Assault