#MeToo didn’t go far enough

Many people say the #MeToo movement went too far. Jerusalem Demsas disagrees: she thinks it didn't go far enough. Matt Yglesias wants to talk about what the movement actually was, and worries about the risks of a leaderless movement without clear standards. They get into the difference between social and legal standards for misbehavior, why the Aziz Ansari story split the discourse, and what vibe shift actually took place.

Plus a peer review of a new paper on migration, gentrification, and the people who prefer to move to better neighborhoods rather than fixing the ones they're in.

(00:00) Jerusalem's hot take: #MeToo didn't go far enough
(04:36) What Matt Yglesias thinks
(08:24) The "abolish police" problem for #MeToo
(09:54) Feminists using culture instead of the legal system
(21:11) Aziz Ansari and unfair consequences
(27:49) Social accountability vs. legal accountability
(35:05) The gender gap on #MeToo
(47:49) The Srinivasan essay and what #MeToo really was
(01:02:52) Peer review: Move or fix the neighborhood

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