All of the following men are left-wing or thought of as liberal. Some of them are well-known advocates of feminism. Their words about their own actions I think are very revealing - how they describe and couch their own actions vs. the woman who described aggression, belittling, force, humiliation etc.
The exception is Kevin Spacey, who as far as I understand, has had young men accuse him, not women. But the ideas of sex, power and this patriarchal society are clear - whatever the politics.
This to me is particularly evident with Matt Lauer, who enjoyed critiscising right wing news anchor Bill O'Reilly:
Then his own real behaviour was revealed: (a minor example here)
Matt Lauer
Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly,
Harvey Weinstein
‘I came of age in the ’60s and ’70s, when all the rules about behaviour and workplaces were different. That was the culture then. I have since learned it’s not an excuse, in the office – or out of it. To anyone. I realised some time ago that I needed to be a better person, and my interactions with the people I work with have changed. ‘I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologise for it.
Russell Simmons
While I have never been violent, I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades, and I sincerely apologize.
Charlie Rose
"It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings, even though I now realize I was mistaken.
Mark Halperin
Instead, in almost every case, I have recognized conduct for which I feel profound guilt and responsibility, some involving junior ABC News personnel and women just starting out in the news business.
"Many of the accounts conveyed by journalists working on stories about me or that I have read after publication have not been particularly detailed (and many were anonymous) making it difficult for me to address certain specifics. But make no mistake: I fully acknowledge and apologize for conduct that was often aggressive and crude.
Kevin Spacey
"But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years."
Louis CK
"At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first, which is also true"
Talented, powerful, articulate, personable, intelligent men - with or without families, a business, money and their persona. And within the last few years there has also of course been Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris, Clement Freud (Liberal MP) Cyril Smith (Labour MP)
It shows how important it will be to keep fighting - and keep asking questions when new stories emerge.