No, it's been the long-time weapon of the left.
Personal story: sometime in the mid 1990s, I was teaching college, and it was between classes. A student from the ending class came up to me and wanted to talk about her homework assignment, and how it had been affected by her boyfriend's suicide a few days before (which was true). She then broke down in tears, and I instinctively put my arm around her. Another student from the incoming class, who knew nothing of the weeping student nor the situation, walked in the door along with all the incoming others, saw my arm around her, turned around, marched to the administrative offices, and filed a sexual harassment complaint against me, which is her right under EEOC regulations. The college had to instigate an investigation of the alleged incident, which they concluded was not sexual harassment--though I am sure that today, if the same incident were to occur, I would be summarily dismissed. Needless to say, I have never gotten more than two feet close to a student in the last 20+ years of teaching.
I’ve simply quit showing any sign of compassion. Which is sad. What was accepted as a gracious gesture today is tomorrow’s accusation of inappropriateness.
Dude, if I were a teacher, I would never be alone with a female student now days. I would have another student or teacher there. Sadly, that’s just the way it is. To protect both sides, that’s what I would tell my students.
I am so glad I grew up in another, simpler era when things like this weren’t discussed or considered. I feel blessed to be older.