The obvious fact you're omitting in your post is that, until very recently, men have had ALL the power in politics, in the marketplace, and for the most part in all of culture.
If it is power that has corrupted (and I don't dispute that it has), then men are far, far more corrupt than women, and have abused their power far more as well. Until recently, men also made all the laws, which conveniently dismissed sexual assault and blamed the woman, not the assaulter.
And the very nature of males relative to the majority of females, is that of the aggressor (again, talking about real harassment, not "you look pretty today" faux harassment, or even dirty jokes). Extremely aggressive women, though increasing, are still a minority.
No matter how much the faux feminist left has tried to equalize immorality and overall bad behavior, the problem is still weighted far more to one side than the other.
And we, as Conservatives, had better not ignore those problems, nor minimize them.
Well, that is obvious. I'm not ignoring it, not condoning it in any way, shape, or form, and note that many offenders have a wife at home. As for those who can't behave, If they can't view their fundamental vows of fidelity to their spouses (few are single) with some fealty, the lies they tell the constituents are nothing.
With the change in the gender makeup of these power groups, women will have their chance, and I doubt that they will remain blameless--in fact there is a contingent which has just been dreaming of 'paybacks'.
Perhaps the single worst song, ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLO1wyyBQUI'm not saying this sort of behaviour doesn't go on, it does. Not everyone does it, despite efforts to paint that picture going back to using allegations of herd guilt to exonerate Bill Clinton by demanding no one throw the first stone on Capitol Hill (and Hillary knowing who's doing what with who)--after all, it was only a scandal if it hit the press. Yep, the vast majority of offenders have been male, because they have been in power positions. That has changed some over the years, and that rate seems to be picking up.
Women governors, for instance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_governors_in_the_United_StatesAs one, who even when single, scrupulously avoided conflict of interest situations when in a supervisory role, and was taught from an early age to keep my hands to myself, I can say that these people aren't put in power positions to play grabass, but to get a job done. If they have their priorities inverted, they should be tossed out on their heads.
But I'm a fossil, in sense, my morals were shaped before women wanted access (as professional reporters) to NFL locker rooms, served on warships, or anyone asserted alphabet rights, so the playing field is changing.
