So not one of them decided at the time that maybe being an actor or actress wasn’t worth it?
I'm sure many did.
But picture, if you can, being a small girl from a good family who has a talent, and is mentored and encouraged throughout elementary, middle and high school productions to pursue her acting talent. She puts in years, studies drama at university, studies Shakespeare, she goes to master classes in New York, seeks out parts in summer stock and dinner theaters. People applaud and are moved by her performances and urge her to go on, until at last, she gets to Hollywood.
There, she waits tables and goes to audition after audition, fending off the small time sex pests every step of the way, until she finally gets a big break with a bigtime producer who can make or break her career—only to find out that he cannot be fended off. It's put out or nothing. And even if she says no nicely, he takes revenge. He ruins her name among his fellow directors and producers and has nasty articles placed in the trade press—that is what Weinstein did. She is characterized as a no-talent whore who asked for it, or who teased and doesn't deserve any respect. Everything she worked for since childhood is down the drain.