From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. This week, the latest Me Too revelation led to a new discussion about the gray areas of consent.

The man at the center of the commotion, comedian Aziz Ansari.

The story told by the woman who calls herself Grace.

Telling the website, Babe, I believe that I was taken advantage of by Aziz. It was by far the worst

experience with a man I've ever had. After having dinner, the two went back to Ansari's apartment,

but the woman says Ansari became too aggressive, pulling her hands toward

his genitals multiple times.

Ansari has built his career on being tuned into the particulars of dating dynamics and

feminism, both in his book Modern Romance and, of course, in his comedy.

As in this exchange on his show Master of None, when his character, Dev,

learns that his collaborator, Chef Jeff, has been accused of harassing women.

People on our crew have come to me and said you've been inappropriate with them.

What people? What do you talk? Women?

Yes. So you're telling me none of this happened?

None of this happened.

I don't know, man. That's hard for me to buy. I mean, why would these people make it up?

Box staff writer Carolyn Framke wrote on the controversies that flared after the piece,

which centered on the recollections of Ansari's date, appeared on babe.net.

Some of the critiques focused on the journalism.

According to one of their editors, Babe gave Ansari, I think, about five and a half hours

to respond on the Saturday of a holiday weekend. Usually you give someone about 24 hours

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