There is a difference between believing <i>some particular individual</i> is guilty of harassment and accepting that a harassment problem exists in an industry or company. If we want to convict someone, either in the court of public opinion or in a court of justice, we must hold ourselves to a high standard of proof. Better a murderer go free than an innocent be hanged, and so forth.<p>But if we&#x27;re interested in whether the industry itself has a problem, in whether a problem <i>exists</i>, then we should take women (or anyone else!) at their word when they say they experience harassment, absent strong evidence that they are lying or mistaken. Otherwise, we are violating the same rule: assuming they are <i>guilty</i> of lying until they <i>prove</i> themselves innocent!