Sexual harassment and sexual assault are two very different things. I'm not voting for him, but forcing headlines with "9 accusations" and leading with one case of sexual assault while the rest are largely civil manners has lead to a huge disconnect. Whether people are intentionally distorting, too lazy to read, or just plain idiots... I have seen too many "Moore has raped 9 kids" posts exactly because of this style of reporting.

I really don't want to come across as an apologist, I'm trying to look at this is the greater scheme of things. So even if all of these women were 25, can you tell me how he "used his position of power to coerce" not just "had a position of power" because I believe these to be very different where one is never acceptable, and the other in unavoidable for positions of power. Would a hypothetical bachelor president never be allowed a sexual relationship, simply because the power dynamic would always be so one-sided? It is after all the most powerful position in the world.

To be clear... abusing power is always wrong, I just didn't get that sense as none of the stories mention anything having to do with him using the power of the DA's office or any threats/promises to do so, and according to some of the stories, he was outright declined and never took it any further. Or is "the implication" so strong that no cop/DA/politician can ever have a relationship without this idea that they coerced their partners.

If you can point out an example of this abuse, I welcome it as I do believe the man to be creepy and believe he more than likely had inappropriate contact with young women and due to his own political/moral positions should be outed and taken to task for his actions which sadly in this case would only mean losing an election.