[CliffFletcher]

There are two issues at work here.

Many people do not recognize our justice system as sufficient to deal with bad sexual behaviour. Consequently, we resort to punishing this behaviour with inconsistently applied social sanctions, on which we have no consensus.

Unlike judges and our legal system, most people aren't disposed to apply context, nuance, and proportionality to these sanctions. So whole realms of bad behaviour are subject to the caprices of outrage culture.

It's hard to see how any of this will sort itself out to our collective satisfaction. Will we see formal extra-legal sanctions enforced by companies like Facebook and Google? Could that bring about legal defense for those targeted, with lawyers and PR teams fighting to overturn them? Will we see shaming weaponized as a routine part of politics and entertainment? When you look at the possibilities, you understand why we developed a formal legal system in the first place.