Sexual harassment in the work field is nothing new, but the issue is spreading attention and recognition across the world as celebrities, workers, and other known people are stepping up to accuse Hollywood stars of the crime.

In the past 7 months, many women have been coming forward about well-known people who are being sexually aggressive towards them. And the accused women are finally getting justice for the uncivilized actions against them.

A majority of Senate Democrats on Wednesday, December 6th, called for the resignation of Senator Al Franken after they realized they could no longer tolerate his position as a growing number of women accused him of sexual assault.

“Enough is enough,” Senate Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said at a news conference. “We need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay, none of it is acceptable. We as elected leaders should absolutely be held to a higher standard, not a lower standard, and we should fundamentally be valuing women. That is where this debate has to go.”

Franken’s office said he would make a decision about the debate on Thursday. Minnesota Public Radio reported Wednesday afternoon that Franken planned to resign, but Franken’s office quickly denied it on Twitter. “Not accurate,” the tweet read. “No final decision has been made and the Senator is still talking with his family.”

But Franken announced on the Senate floor on Thursday at 12 o’clock that he would be resigning following the allegations that he touched women inappropriately. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/us/politics/al-franken-senate-sexual-harassment.html : source.)

Longtime host of the NBC’s “Today” show, Matt Lauer, has also been under investigation of sexual assault the past two months by Variety.Variety has talked to three women who identified themselves as victims of sexual harassment by Lauer.

“He would sometimes quiz female producers about who they’d slept with, offering to trade names. And he loved to engage in a crass quiz game with men and women in the office: “f—, marry, or kill,” in which he would identify the female co-hosts that he’d most like to sleep with,” Variety explained as one of his improper behaviors he was conducting.

Last Wednesday, NBC announced that Lauer was fired from “Today” and his discharge was effective immediately. The cause of NBC’s decision to dismiss Lauer was because of a extended complaint from another current member of NBC. She explained the“disgusting” sexual control that she felt from Lauer that started on a trip at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and continued for several months afterwards.(https://pagesix.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-female-staffer-during-olympics/ : source.)

“It makes you wonder if things like this happen in our community. It’s real and it’s scary,” senior Jill O’Neil said.

Ed Westwick known as “Chuck Bass,” a playboy on teen drama T.V. show “Gossip Girl.” Has also been accused by three women of sexual assault. Aurelie Wynn, Kristina Cohen, and Rachel Eck. (http://people.com/tv/ed-westwick-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-third-woman/)

The night before the 2014 Academy Awards, 23-year-old Eck, received a message from her ex-boyfriend, asking to meet up. As she made her way to the hotel, her ex informed her that he was with Westwick. Eck claims she did not know who he was.

“Ed then pulled me onto the bed and aggressively groped me,” Eck said. “I shoved him off as quickly as I could and left.”

The students at Triton High School have strong opinions behind all of the sexual harassment news that has been becoming more and more frequent each week.

“I think a lot of the men who are guilty of the crime have trouble speaking to women. They see attractive women and are too socially awkward to talk to them so instead they go about it in a weird, wrong way, which leads to sexual assault,” senior, Joshua D’Arcy explained.

D’Arcy does not believe the men should be doing this. He says “ It is not ethical.”

Senior Marisa Soffron has strong opinions on the terrible actions that are becoming so expected and frequent

“I think it’s awful. People in powerful positions often think that it’s okay because they are powerful and rich enough to make it all go away,” Soffron said.