Season 8 Episode 17: Can a Man Still Date in the #MeToo Era?

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Sexuality, Social Sciences, Relationships, Science, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Matthew Solomon of ManSchool and The Good Men Project talks about how men can approach, date, and relate with women in the current climate. We discuss the reverse effect of giving up on dating, balancing consent with conviction, and coming from a place of understanding. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The dateable podcast features real stories from real people of how they make modern
0:04.8	dating work or not each episode will not only offer you a new perspective on
0:09.7	dating but will also change the way you date.
0:13.0	I'm your host, U.A. former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
0:17.0	You'll also hear commentary from my producer Julie Craftchick and other surprise co-host. Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Datable, a show all about modern dating.
0:31.0	We've talked about the Me Too Movement before, only as part of other topics, and I think
0:36.7	it's worthwhile to devote an entire episode to how the Me Too Movement has changed the dating landscape.
0:44.7	And what we've heard on our show
0:46.6	and also from our guests are,
0:48.7	some men are very confused about what
0:50.8	they're supposed to do these days.
0:52.1	We had a guy say, I don't even know if I should
0:54.7	lean in for the first kiss anymore before asking for consent. And other men have said,
0:59.6	I've just given up approaching women at bars in general because I know idea what is right and
1:05.2	what is wrong at your.
1:06.7	So I think it's so important to have the discussion with our guest Matthew Solomon who is
1:10.9	the coach for the Modern Soul, an empowerment coach specializing in
1:14.5	communication relationships and the author of the number one Amazon new
1:18.2	release, Man School relating with women in the Me Too era. How fitting. He also writes a weekly column
1:24.1	too sensitive for the Goodman Project, which is how we found him.
1:27.5	Yeah. Goodman Project. Hi Matthew, how are you? I'm great, I'm great. Thanks
1:31.5	for having me. Thanks for joining us just a little background about who you are because you already know you are
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