Back then

How often have women listened to men say, "That is what we did then. It was considered okay." Or, "It's a witch hunt today."

But did people really think it was okay? Is it truly a witch hunt?

If they did why did no one talk about it that way? Instead they downplayed everything, claiming the woman exaggerated things, misunderstood, even made them up to feel more important than she was.

This kind of reaction not only negated the experience, it made the woman feel she had no right to feel the way she did, that somehow her view was flawed and her feelings the most inappropriate part of the whole event.