I wish it had been the case that the #metoo movement had been about more than what it turned out to be about. Like most movements in neoliberal times, it was doomed to failure from the start.

Not only that, but the movement wasn’t really about preventing harassment — at least not after its initial and laudable stages. Nope. It became about the concern that if a woman chose to use her sexuality to get ahead, she shouldn’t have to do it with someone unattractive.

That’s how it connects to neoliberalism and why the movement is a sham. Or at least, it became one.

No matter its initial goals, it became another means of shaming low-status or unattractive men. Sorry to say it, and people will hate me for it, but I call ’em like I see ’em.