America's sweetheart Molly Ringwald was harassed, and the sickening Hollywood stories just don't end

Harvey Weinstein is far from the only older, powerful man in Hollywood under a spotlight right now. Though many of the rest haven't been named, the onslaught of women in entertainment sharing their stories of sexual harassment and assault is indicative of a deeply ingrained and troubling problem.

In a guest column for The New Yorker, actress Molly Ringwald shares her own experience with Weinstein, who did not exploit her sexually but seemed "volatile." She goes on to describe the multiple men who harassed her over the years – in casting calls, behind the scenes, on set, even in print.

Ringwald first worked with Weinstein when she was in her 20s, on the film Strike It Rich. She was warned about him before filming even began, though she doesn't specify if this was about his behavior with women; Weinstein and his brother Bob were rising in the film industry and Ringwald understood that "it was inadvisable to cross them."

Ringwald notes that she was in a different position than most women Weinstein preyed upon because of her career success starring in John Hughes movies. "At that moment in time, I was the one with more power," she writes.

Weinstein's company didn't pay Ringwald properly for the film, and she ended up suing and never working with them again. She describes her experiences with harassment as her career took off: middle-aged men or married men trying to kiss and rub against her ( a teenager at the time), or the time a studio head casually talked about her sitting on his face.

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Hollywood has a big mess to clean up, and Ringwald's story is one of many crucial to speeding up and shaping the progress.