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Rape, Lies, and Audiotap.

Is the Weinstein scandal about sex or power?

I'm Jamil Smith, in for Warren Alley, and this is To the Point.

Veteran Hollywood actor Kate Beckinsale has joined the growing list of women

accusing Harvey Weinstein of everything from workplace harassment to rape.

She posted on Instagram that the movie mogul propositioned her in a hotel room when she was just 17 years old.

The accounts of more than a dozen women in the New York Times and the New Yorker have sent Hollywood reeling

and inspired

women to demand that men be held accountable for their behavior.

But why now?

And are we redefining our long-standing acceptances as to what is and what is not consensual

sex, from college campuses to the boardroom?

On today's talking point, a new bipartisan call for the U.S. to stop backing the Saudi-led military strikes in the devastated nation of Yemen.

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I'm Jemiel Smith, in for Warren only, back with To the Point.

The list of women accusing Harvey Weinstein of everything from workplace harassment to rape keeps growing.

Why did Hollywood's open secrets spill into the public now?

Is it about sex or power?

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