Remember Michael Crichton?

Since we have been talking about sexual harassment I have been reminded of the Michael Crichton novel that came out in the early 90s about the subject. I think it was called "Disclosure." A movie was made out of it starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. Back then Michael Crichton's novels were usually thought-provoking - popular but not too trashy. I can remember being particularly galled that he reversed the usual situation....a female supervisor was threatening and harassing a male employee. Was there not a thought-provoking book to write about the more usual scenario? (I can remember thinking.) Of course there are female supervisors who harass male employees - there were then and there are now too. It just makes me want to sigh because it seemed like by declining to write about the usual situation he trivialized what happens to alot of women everyday. The Michael Douglas character saved the day because he accidentally recorded the encounter in question on his cell phone (really really new technology back then). Would the story really have suffered that much if the roles had been reversed and Demi had been the heroine?