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That's coercion.

You might as well say "Well those actresses didn't have to interact with winestien, they could have just not be actresses."

Only if force were strictly physical violence and not the threat of it could what you say be true. It's not.

Even if they aren't being "forced" (and I would argue they are) it's unpleasant enough that you should be able to understand why there's a protest.