Related to question 2 is “why on earth would we listen to the media’s advice on persecuting people like Brett Kavanaugh when 41% of women in media, the highest of any white collar industry, report being sexually harassed at work?”
All of the attention on people like Judge Kavanaugh looks like a diversionary tactic to me. I have zero expectation that the industry that has made so much money over-sexualizing society has our best interests at heart.
Correction, question 3
The "casting couch" is not only in Hollywood. You have lots of attractive women competing to get the slot in front of the camera. It would not be surprising if a number of them decide that sleeping with the guy who makes the pick is the way to get there.