A bit late but I fell asleep last night.

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@kiss*my*pixel wrote:

And how'd you know the men charged are telling the truth? Maybe in their tiny little minds it is the truth as they didn't then (and still don't) see anything wrong in what they did. They don't realise the havoc they caused to young girls' lives.

Was it "havoc"? Really? For some yes, it may have been, if they were particularly vulnerable, but for most women it was an unpleasant nuisance.  In your case, you say you "put it behind you".

I cannot think of any woman who would fabricate such a charge. These things did happen (they do now too) but more so years ago). I've been on the receiving end of it, and it is really unpleasant.

There are plenty of women (and adolescent girls) who would fabricate precisely such a charge - then, and now. Particularly now.  There are many male teachers whose careers have been ruined on the say-so of a spiteful pupil.  And yes, I do know that there are genuine cases.

No-one would do anything at the time, because the workplace at the time was very male-dominated and the "guys" all stuck together, thinking it was oh, so funny!

At the time, older women would have told you to "just ignore it, love, you know what men are like"

I totally understand why women are now speaking up, they simply weren't believed before.

They were believed, but it wasn't considered important.

Perceptions and behaviours have changed, thankfully. I would hate for my daughter to have to endure such appalling behaviour - opinions (official ones, anyway) nowadays are different, I'm pleased to say, and we no longer live in the dark ages.

You are right, these days your daughter is highly unlikely to experience "groping" in the workplace. 

However - she will be expected to sleep with every boy or man she goes out with.

There is still a long way to go, though.

Go where, though?

In the "dark ages", girls would be told to be careful, because "men are only after one thing".  In these enlightened days, men have pretty much got the "one thing" on a plate.  Given this fact, I can't help feeling that the modern condemnation of  "such appalling behaviour" is more than a little hypocritical.