as to the original point of this thread....i do feel a lot of the time that women are using the current sweeping trend of accusing people who have molested them in the past to get even with men they don't like.
it's not alright to molest anyone, anywhere, ever. if they tell you no, then that means no, move along.
but coming out after 5, 10, even 20 years?....most of the time with little to no proof of the allegations they are making, is asking a little much. If someone harasses you, say something about it then.....if it takes you ten years to work up the nerve to say anything, you have other issues to deal with, first.
i do not support anyone, men or women, using their position to force other people to do anything they don't want to do (outside of the work they were hired to do). but waiting years to report it makes it a lot harder to a., investigate the alleged situation, b., take the whole situation seriously c., make sure the harasser gets the punishment they deserve.
i understand fearing retribution, but you either have to stand up for yourself in the face of that fear, or forget bringing it up in 20 years....