In regards to the women coming forward:

[gopiscrap]

Why in God's name would you put yourself through the media scrutiny and the possibility of being sued along with the ridicule if it wasn't true? Also statistics bear out that less than 2% of sexual harassment accusations are untrue.

[matt819]

1. Point taken

Kind of like "choosing" the transgender or homosexual lifestyle. So many perks and e everybody accepts you. Who wouldn't choose it?

[fierywoman]

2. in many of these cases, friends, colleagues, mentors, etc were told about the incident at the time,

which puts in in a different category than he says-she says.