Here’s why women don’t come forward. We don’t want to be labeled troublemakers. We don’t want to put our careers at risk. And in the end, one of our greatest fears is that we won’t be believed. “He said, she said” is still a convenient phrase that equates victims with harassers. It trivializes workplace harassment and has become synonymous with “Don’t take that risk; they won’t believe you anyway.”

So how do we fix this? It’s not going to happen because we’re talking about it more. I’m hopeful that more women will now feel able to come forward to say, “this is not O.K.,” but they need our support.