While I support the women who have actually sustained abuse and are speaking to their cause, your article is breathtaking (in a good way) in presenting the irony of the cause going too far. If birthrates are low now, they may only go lower if courtship becomes a crime.

I think you're right about the cause being hijacked by puritans. I also think you're right about the damage to gallantry and the mating rituals of modern society.

With regard to the puritan hijacking of the #metoo cause, I am reminded by the following quote:

“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” -- H.L. Menken