The phrase "casting couch" has been around for decades.

In all that time, and today, has there ever been articles with the headline...."End of the Casting Couch"...."Hollywood Cleans Up it's Act"...."Female Actresses of Today Fare Better than their Predecessors"...

No?

Because everyone knew it never went away.  Everyone, including industry reporters and journalists knew of the elephant sitting on the keyboard.

The bigger story is, why so few were willing to speak out. 

Why so few were willing - for whatever reason - to keep quiet and allow the status quo to continue. And by keeping quiet, enabling the abuse to continue.

The men and women who did keep quiet - could have acted together, and by sheer force of numbers (and their individual celebrity) could have stopped this.

When you ask how was this allowed to happen...well it wasn't just one man's fault.