Thanks for reasoned reply; however I have some issues with your reasoning.
"IF it wasn't dealt with at the time, then to bring it out twenty years down the track is not reasonable."
Johnson is electioneering and women have the vote John. That justifies speaking out - that 'solidarity' you mentioned in fact?
He is alleged to have sexually assaulted the TWO women on either side of him during a meal, and in public. Not fit for PM even if he had the credentials of Jeremy Corbyn.
" But in the general run of things, without making excuses for this behaviour, it is at a very low level compared with the serious assaults and misdeeds and threats made to women all the time. This starts becoming a witch hunt rather than a useful exercise in helping male / female relationships."
It is at the level it is at. and women are entitled to know about this kind of behaviour, which is readily excused by men.
Or, maybe she has been sexually assaulted before? Perhaps she already has PTSD. John someone I know who spent time in a womens' mental health ward told me all the other women there had been sexually assaulted or raped. Did this never occur to you in your professional life, when a woman presented with depression and didn't give much of a reason?
"We're talking about adults here. Women and men should mostly be able to sort this sort of thing out as the need arises. A slap on Boris's face at the time or something verbal directed at the man would have been more appropriate, I think."
That's an entirely subjective view of what a victim should do. It's lacking in empathy. When you know you are going to be attacked for speaking up the 'inappropriate' way, it's perfectly understandable that women recoil in the face of the backlash.