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They care about the "plight" of "unempowered" women and are concerned about sexual harassment (a real thing, so I won't put it into scare-quotes - but the right thing to do in every case would have been to scream "Harassment!" and walk away, which very few seem to have done, probably because they didn't want to jeopardize their business / career interests, which is an abominable attitude) only insofar as they can weaponize it against conservatives and insofar as they can use it to advance their "Social Justice" agenda - both of which are rather difficult because a) most of the miscreants seem to be liberals, and b) it does not comport well with their established narrative that:

1) Women are "strong" and perfectly capable of fending for themselves without any help from any of you intrusive "White Knights" ("Chivalry is dead, and Feminism drove the stake into its heart.")

2) Women are just as "sexed-up" as men, i.e., just as "horny," and ought to be as promiscuous as possible in order to tear down the Patriarchy, which is based on the repression of female sexuality (this is a corollary to "It's only sex" and "Being a housewife and mother is demeaning.")

3) There are probably more, but I can't think of them right now. Anyone?

What really gets my dander up is this meme that "Men have to start calling each other to accountability for this." Here's what one fellow (viz. Rus Funk) wrote:

[We need an environment that] Supports and encourage (shall I say, require) men’s empathy for women’s feelings and experiences. As human beings, we have a limitless ability to feel empathy for others. The environment of sexism, racism and homophobia systematically disinhibits men from expressing their empathy for women – especially women who are “others” in additional ways (by race or ethnicity, by sexual orientation, etc.). As, men, we need to create social environments in which men’s default response to women or men’s allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of gender based violence is to believe – and “believe out loud”!

To which I would retort: If my wife or daughter were to report harassment to me, I would deal with it - but I am not required to take sides in or get involved in any way in anyone else's fights. Nor can anyone demand of me the default response that I "believe." I shall continue to maintain my own standards (forensic-grade evidence) for use in determining what I "believe."

Regards,