Whoa...    "being trailed on the street at night, dates who wouldn't desist until we got really angry... flashers who sometimes also masturbated, bosses who tried to kiss us when we were teenage waitresses ...someone's dad who made a pass when we were underage."

Margaret! The men who did these things might not have been so "harmless" to the next girl who crossed their path.  Just because you successfully navigated this minefield doesn't mean the next girl did. 

All the more reason that smart, powerful women need to step up (looking at you Margaret).  Don't shrug this off.