Thought I'd talk about something a little different for once...

For context, I'm a very short brown dude...but even I remember in the early/mid 2000s I was CONSTANTLY invited to barbecues, house parties, and nights out by women (often very attractive ones).

The parties were highly mixed, in both gender and attractiveness, with a bunch of different subcultures present.

And for those who say: "it was just your university days" (1) this continued after my university time with different people and (2) my current younger university friends report high levels of isolation.

I definitely think a negative outcome of the MeToo movement has been a destruction of these mixed "3rd places"...and I think sme way to bring them back or encourage them could make people feel less isolated.