[redwitch]

I’m all for getting the guys who either physically forced (raped in my book) or used their power to force a female to have sex but I’m getting tired of the groping claims. As has been said, too much of a witch hunt. I don’t like Al Franken’s groping but it certainly shouldn’t fall into the same category as Weinstein’s power rapes. You go after a minor, you deserve whatever you get, preferably in a court of law. Same with rape. At the very least, you deserve to be shown the door if you’ve forced someone to have “consensual” sex because of your power base. Lesser acts, to me, deserve public condemnation, embarrassment but not necessarily more than that, unless it is an act constantly repeated and is recent. I really don’t want to hear that you were groped thirty years ago when you were 25.

I know I’ve been the victim of sexual harassment, once by an attorney who gave me a choice — sleep with him or find a new job. Fortunately, I was skilled enough and mature enough that the intimidation went no further. I found a new job the next day. Had it happened today, I would have reported him so that he could not subject someone else to that kind of pressure. Even so, I’ve never forgotten the incident nor my feelings when it was said.