The Aziz Ansari Case Is About Sexual Politics, Not Sexual Assault (or, Why Heterosexual Relationships Are Unnatural)

I am only vaguely aware of Aziz Ansari because I think he was on "The Daily Show" back in the day. I have never seen "Parks and Recreation" or "Master of None" and what little I recall of him on Jon Stewart I found annoying. (That weaselly voice.) But I strongly believe the #MeToo movement just took a huge hit with yet another non-story about a celebrity interaction that didn’t go how someone hoped(?) it would. As far as I can tell the smoking gun is he ordered white but she prefers red. “Media” outlets need to STOP TAKING THE BAIT of starfuckers who don’t want to fuck — this is not assault, this is an invasion of (his) privacy. The public has no right and no need to know the intimate details of Mr. Ansari's sex life. Inserting the age-old garden-variety question of how single men and women negotiate sex into an important discussion about rape, sexual assault and the abuse of power is only further muddying the water. I can't understand why other so-called journalists don't understand this. 

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