The #MeToo movement is misleading women and impacting men's behavior without effectively addressing the most aggressive individuals or improving women's experiences
Questions to inspire discussion
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How has the #MeToo movement impacted men's behavior?
—The #MeToo movement has led to men being more reluctant to approach women due to fear of false accusations, but those who were already sexually aggressive likely haven't changed their behavior.
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Is the #MeToo movement effectively targeting the most aggressive individuals?
—The #MeToo movement is not effectively targeting the most aggressive individuals and is instead affecting the behavior of all men, without actually improving the experience of women.
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What frustrates the speaker about the way women hold themselves?
—The way women hold themselves can make them appear as viable prey to predators, and it's frustrating that lies are being told to girls about this in order to avoid victim blaming.
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What is the speaker's view on women being told they can act like men?
—The speaker believes it's frustrating that women are being told they can act like men and go to a man's house, but then blame the man for being too aggressive when things go wrong.
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What does the speaker argue for in recognizing the differences between men and women?
—The speaker argues for the importance of chivalry in recognizing the physical and psychological differences between men and women.
Key Insights
- 🛑 The problem with #MeToo is that it's affecting everyone, not just the most aggressive offenders, and it's not actually improving women's experience.
- 🚨 There is something about particular women that causes predators to see them as viable prey, driving the need for honest conversations about safety and prevention.
- 🍌 "We have a duty to tell those girls the truth on the assumption that they're not going to hear it from anyone else."
- 📜 "A lot of what came up though a lot of the stories that got shared with things that weren't actually strictly criminal they were just it was just like bad behavior."
- 👫 "It is one just continuous women are worthy of protection and there is an asymmetry between what men and women can do."
Clips
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00:00 🚫 The #MeToo movement is causing men to be more hesitant to approach women, but it's not effectively addressing the most aggressive individuals and is impacting all men without actually improving women's experiences.
- The #MeToo movement has led to men being more reluctant to approach women due to fear of false accusations, but those who were already sexually aggressive likely haven't changed their behavior.
- The #MeToo movement is not effectively targeting the most aggressive individuals and is instead affecting the behavior of all men, without actually improving the experience of women.
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01:53 🚺 Women are being lied to about #MeToo, being told they can act like men and then blame the man for being too aggressive when things go wrong.
- The way women hold themselves can make them appear as viable prey to predators, and it's frustrating that lies are being told to girls about this in order to avoid victim blaming.
- Women are being told they can act like men and go to a man's house, but then blame the man for being too aggressive when things go wrong.
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03:28 🚺 Women are being given different advice than men in the #MeToo movement, but the focus should be on changing men's behavior, not women's actions.
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04:29 🚺 Women are being misled about #MeToo and it's important for public figures to speak the truth to those who may not hear it elsewhere.
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05:14 🚺 Women are being misled about #MeToo, as many stories involve non-criminal behavior and the focus on consent as the only measure of morality is limited, with the speaker arguing for the importance of chivalry in recognizing the differences between men and women.
- Many #MeToo stories involve behavior that is not strictly criminal but still considered bad, and the focus on consent as the only measure of morality is limited.
- The speaker argues for the importance of chivalry in recognizing the physical and psychological differences between men and women.
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06:44 🚺 Women are being misled about the #MeToo movement, with the idea that men should protect women leading to the belief that women should tolerate abuse.
- 07:37 📺 The dissolution of the family has more to do with technology than anything feminists have said
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