Question

With God’s help,
Hello Rabbi,
I wanted to ask what your opinion is on the issue of sexual harassment. It seems that nowadays, because of all the shaming that goes on, there is a feeling of a kind of “ticking bomb,” and that creates a double injustice, both to the person harassed and sometimes even to the harasser.
Could it be that דווקא normalizing the issue of sexual harassment would, in the end, lead to a decrease, both quantitative and qualitative, in the harm in this area?
After all, assuming someone was sexually harmed, and she would not feel so much shame about telling her parents that very same evening because it would not be seen as “a bomb,” then the attacker too would naturally want to avoid attacking, because there would be no silent bond of secrecy; or he might even report his actions before the fact, before it became known to the whole community the next morning. Presumably the impact of harassment would decrease, and in general people would hear about that attacker already the next day, and that would force him to undergo treatment or take certain medications. The community would accept him more, and would also express empathy and less drama toward the victim. In the end, even the attackers themselves—who I assume for the most part are not “bad” people—could turn for help.
Of course I am not minimizing how serious this is, but would treating it more like theft than murder (even if psychologically there are cases in which it is closer to the other side) not ultimately help this “business” be handled better? Certainly instead of hearing sensational news almost twice a week… first about a gentile, then a secular person, then a religious person, and then a Haredi person.