Imbalance of power often lies at the heart of sexual harassment or assault cases, from those of Roger Ailes<br />and Bill O’Reilly at Fox News to the trial of Bill Cosby, underway the same day as the hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee.<br />“I was so stunned by the conversation that I just took it in.”<br />These are the emotions that many women have struggled to explain in the face of sexual harassment, and the ones<br />that have often given defense attorneys grist for what appear to be inconsistencies.<br />The parallels provoked a lively online conversation:<br />Victims of sexual assault & harassment know EXACTLY what #Comey means when he says he was too shocked to tell Trump he was wrong.<br />On Wednesday, Andrea Constand, Mr. Cosby’s accuser, concluded two days on the witness stand, with defense attorneys suggesting<br />that her continued contacts with Mr. Cosby undermined her credibility.<br />B.I., explained to senators during today’s hearing<br />that he felt acutely uneasy and hesitant to directly confront his boss, the president of the United States.
