True, but, there’s no way to effectively clear your name after an accusation if it’s false. (Not saying the ones around Weinstein are false. That sounds true.)
Given that accusations of sexual assault of men by women are still not taken seriously, that gives one gender a superweapon. Some Feminists would argue that men already had a superweapon so it was already unfair, but of course men who don’t sexually assault people don’t actually get any advantage from other men being able to. Like, if some ass passes a law that Inuits can murder people, but most Inuits don’t even want to murder people, much less actually murder people, and all Inuits are then after viewed as potential killers, that isn’t actually good for Inuits - it’s good for only Inuits that are murderers.
Right now, there’s a movement afoot that none of the claims of sex crimes (by women) are false, or that they should all be treated as true a priori. In practical terms, this relies on two things - the idea that coming out with the information is damaging to oneself, and the idea that women are more moral than men / would never be abusive or lie to gain that kind of advantage.
The second part has never been true, women were never actually pure fonts of moral righteousness, it’s just a lot harder to get away with certain kinds of shit if you’re a woman. (A difference in tactics makes sense from either practical realities like bimodal upper body strength distribution or neurotype average differences - take your pick according to your beliefs.)
That leaves the first part, which is being eroded. People are mocking Mike Pence, but his policy of never being alone with a woman that is not his wife is like the only kind of strategy that will pre-empt that kind of accusation.
