If you could quote the message to which you were responding, your response would be clearer. I know you were responding to me, but others may not know that.
If you are correct, Al Franken was just a demonstration of the effect of zero tolerance. As Gillibrand herself indicated, there is no proportionality in her thinking. And, that being said, no man with testosterone is safe. Just yesterday, I put my hands on a subordinate as she was backing up and almost stepping on me. Zero tolerance would consider my contact with her scapula to be possibly sexualized, but in reality i was just ensuring that her heels did not gouge my feet. But zero tolerance means that if she wants to bring me up on charges to HR, I’m toast. Luckily for me, I’m retiring at the end of the summer, so I don’t give a shit. But others might not be so lucky.
And as to your thought that these criticisms “may be misogynistic”, that’s an appalling comment. I am of the opinion that men AND women need to be responsible for their actions. You seem to be of the opinion that men are responsible, but women can say whatever they want without criticism. That’s extremely infantilizing. You appear to believe that women can be allowed to say or do whatever they want, and no one can hold them to account. Amazing.