Weinstein ends up with (fingers crossed) the longest prison sentence in history. But shining light on a problem won’t, in itself, solve it, not even if Mr. The #MeToo movement has exposed sexual misconduct, coercion and harassment across every sector of society. I thought about those boys this week as I watched Harvey Weinstein, in an Oscar-worthy performance of abject harmlessness, hobble on his walker into the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan.
To put it in teenage parlance, they wanted to know whether it was truly possible to “hit it and quit it.” Strictly speaking, of course, even indifference is a feeling, but I knew what they meant: They wanted to know if they could have sex without caring: devoid of vulnerability, even with disregard for a partner. A while back, during a discussion I was having with a group of high school students about sexual ethics, a boy raised his hand to ask me, “Can you have sex without feelings?” The other guys in the room nodded, leaned forward, curious, maybe a little challenging.
