Why can't you see that this doesn't fix the problem?
Laws and social approbation can stop someone from grabbing your ass. However, they can't make someone respect you as a colleague.
I never said this is a fast process, ok? Stuff like that takes generations.
But whenever someone minimizes an individual effort, finds excuses why they shouldn't have fought back, questions whether they really deserved it or not, or nit-picks their stories they are setting things back and slowing things down. Often the most rational people are the worst. They love to ignore context, pose what-ifs, and explore every edge case. But really they are just biased.