I think she did an absolute pitiful job explaining the situation on Twitter, but when you read her account of what happened, it does appear to be exploitative in nature if true.
Remember she attended Franco's acting school, which promised to use his productions as a way of advancing their careers. This put him in a position of power, like many teacher-student and boss-employee situations.
http://www.latimes.com/business/holl...htmlstory.html
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But one day on set in May 2015, a producer approached her and other women to ask if they wanted to film a “bonus scene” of an orgy. In it, Tither-Kaplan appeared fully nude, she said. A handful of other women were selected to appear with Franco, who simulated performing oral sex on each of them, Tither-Kaplan said. But in each case, she said he removed a clear plastic guard that covered their vaginas — and continued to simulate the sex act with no protection.
Then, Tither-Kaplan said, she and her female co-stars were asked to appear topless in an unscripted scene and dance around Franco while wearing animal skulls atop their heads. One actress who balked was sent home the next day, Tither-Kaplan said.
“I got it in my head pretty quickly that, OK, you don’t say ‘no’ to this guy,” she said.
Another actress who participated in the shoots confirmed Tither-Kaplan’s account of the unscripted sequence that led to the departure of an actress. She also confirmed the removal of the plastic guards.
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While there have been accusations of rape against Weinstein now, the initial allegations by the likes of Ashley Judd was him inviting young actresses to meetings, which ended up being in his hotel room, where he would try to convince them to have sex or massage him with the promise of advancing their careers (or stopping their careers if they didn't). It was about using his position and power to pressure women into doing something they did not want to do. Arguably, based on Tither-Kaplan account of what happened, Franco wasn't much different in that regard.