So now it's Al Franken

Not an Al Franken supporter here. And certainly it was, by our latest standards, inappropriate.  By the standards of that day, in the 'if it feels good, it is good' era, when women were fighting to be just as sexed up and vulgar as men, when women were going after guys' rears just to show they could do it too, it's tough to sort out.  I'm wary of liberalism constantly saying, "Hey everyone, this is how all the really cool people are acting, and it's awesome!", only to turn around a decade later and decide that's the most heinous and evil behavior in history.  Something about someone telling me to paint a room red, and then firing me because I painted the room red, goes down hard.

I will say, from my wife's point of view, I don't take lightly cases where women are attacked, assaulted, held to different standards, or told they better put out or get out.  I think there is, in our sexed up age, no doubt endless cases where such things have happened.  The same goes, of course, for women doing similar things.  It's wrong, and we need to find better ways to ensure that victims can have their day in court, while at the same time the innocent aren't ruined by false accusations.

On the other hand, if we're entering into an era where even the slightest touch or request for a smile can be labeled sexual assault or harassment, then we better make a comprehensive list of exactly what does and doesn't constitution acceptable behavior between the sexes, especially if we expect immediate sentencing and executions to follow.  Sort of like the old puritans, we better have a list of social taboos that we make sure everyone is on board with.  In the meantime, cut a little slack to the last couple generations that were told where libidos are concerned, there is never really such thing as morality or truth.