This is not a bad thing. Let me repeat that: this is not a bad thing.
Exposing abuse to sunlight is the best way to stop it. Moreover, if we didn’t have a prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, I’d be okay with rapists being impaled on a sharp stick. Using a position of power to pressure a woman into sex or more creepily, into watching you do vile things to a potted plant is gross and criminal.
That being said, a lot of men are leery of the glut of accusations going on right now. This is something a lot of men think, but don’t want to say because they’re afraid they’ll catch flak over it. However, if you are a man, there are things that catch your attention about this wave of sexual harassment complaints that the opposite gender may not initially think about...
1. We keep defining sexual harassment down:
2. Sexual harassment is often dependent on the feelings the woman involved has about the man doing it:
3. Men have to be the pursuers:
4. Many women do lie about rape and sexual harassment:
5. The latest round of complaints about sexual harassment are shot through with man-hating: