NPR's top editor placed on leave after accusations of sexual harassment

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4. Yes: we're just seeing the public-eye companies ... and perhaps for a reason

The women who are stepping forward have been visible and (mostly) respected actresses or journalists. They are believable because they have attained a certain degree of status and success in their fields, and people trust their allegations.

This has not been an option as readily available to anonymous women working for garden-variety companies or women students at colleges and universities.

But there's an upside to catching these upscale perpetrators: their visibility, and the ruined careers they are being forced to leave behind (too late, but better late than never) provide an object lesson that will hopefully trickle down and be heard by other would-be harrassers and assaulters: you can lose EVERYTHING, because we're not going to take it anymore. Exposure is imminent and dangerous, so stop it.