Sherry Kappel I think that you got to the root of the issue. Many years ago when I had hair, nearly waist length, I just got used to the cat calls from construction sites and the like, I never liked them and always felt violated by them. Today those cat calls are considered completely inappropriate.
As I understand the charges against Morgan Freeman and Dustin Hoffman, their actions fall more within the inappropriate to lewd category which is a tricky area for prosecution. Instead of trying to pass these charges off and minimize them, their better course of action would have been to acknowledge them as a product of the era in which they grew up and accept responsibility for their past actions and words. If they have changed their behaviour, emphasize that change and their need to continue to improve.
By fighting and trying to minimize their past, they are part of the #MeToo problem and should be continuously looked at and the details should be part of the continuing debate. Ezinne Ukoha keep up with the updates on these and others who are trying to hide and push things back under the covers.
Male #MeToo child sexual abuse at age 15–18 today I am becoming a thriver after 45 years of hiding.