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Yes, I think for the first time, people are saying victims being believed, and so it is created a climate where it finally feels like if you come forward something will happen from it. When the Cosby allegations came out, despite having huge numbers of women just like now, the public dug its feet in and doubted the stories for a very long time. That encourages people to keep silent. Seeing Weinstein go down and then others right after I think makes people feel like for once they will be at least believed, and perhaps something will happen, even if they're still forced to go public with some very upsetting things, and most likely receive some terrible pushback. But that pushback feels like a minority right now.
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