JAMES TARANTO: Sexual Harassment Stories: A report from the field illustrates both the need and danger of regulations. “The fallen nature of man is gender-neutral. Some men are pigs, and some women are liars. Current sexual harassment law deals justly and effectively with the former at the cost of allowing the latter to do great harm to innocent men. The presence of both sexes in the workplace makes necessary some combination of laws, policies and customs to regulate sexual behavior on the job. But the principle of heads-she-wins-tails-he-loses does violence to both justice and equality.”

Plus, advice to women: “Most women need to date men they work with. If you are in your mid-twenties with a good job, you probably spend more time at work than anywhere else. And most of the men you meet are through work. And you have a biological clock ticking loudly. So it would be absurd to restrict yourself to non-work dating. It’s too inefficient in an area that has a tight deadline.”

UPDATE: Don Surber:

Liberals cannot complain.

Paula Jones shut them up on the subject of sexual harassment in 1998 when — after years of ridicule — Paula Jones made Bill Clinton give her every dime she asked for to settle out-of-court a lawsuit in which he perjured himself, which would cost him his law license and almost cost him his presidency.

What can James Carville say about Herman Cain? “Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find”? Suddenly not only are chickens coming home to roost, but they stand ready to peck some eyes out, if necessary. . . . Politico blew it by not showing any patience on the story. Instead of developing the story, they rushed headlong with basically nothing.

Liberals cannot press the issue. They have no credibility. They blew it by standing by their man in 1998. I knew this day was coming. Surprisingly, I am neither happy nor satisfied. It is what it is.

Of course, they’ll complain anyway.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Howard Stern Defends Herman Cain: “I Think It’s A Smear Job.”