THE final months of 2017 brought an unprecedented flood of allegations about sexual harassment in the workplace and beyond. Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood movie mogul, was the first of many powerful men to be toppled by the #MeToo movement, as victims shared their experiences of sexual abuse. Celebrities, among them household names such as Louis C.K., a comedian, and Kevin Spacey, an actor, were forced—at least temporarily—from the stage.

More than a year on from the rise of #MeToo, have definitions of unacceptable behaviour towards women changed? In October 2017 The Economist commissioned YouGov, a pollster, to ask more than 6,800 people from four Western countries about their attitudes towards sexual harassment and misconduct. A year later YouGov repeated the poll to find out if those perceptions have shifted. Some have, but not in ways that you might expect.

Rather than behaving more respectfully around women, young men in particular seem to have become more accepting of inappropriate behaviour. This is especially true in Britain and America. The share of men under 30 who think that a stranger flashing his genitals at a woman constitutes sexual harassment, for example, dropped from 97% to 79% in Britain, and from 91% to 78% in America. YouGov’s data show similar declines among young men when it comes to requesting sexual favours and making sexual jokes. Overall the share of British men aged 18 to 29 who feel that these acts represent sexual harassment has dropped by 14 percentage points in just one year.

Attitudes among other respondents were less mutable. Opinions among men aged 65 and above seem barely to have shifted in Britain, France and Germany. And the two surveys show little change in women’s opinions on where to draw the line; overall, their opinions have shifted by less than two percentage points on average. #MeToo has succeeded in attracting lots of attention. But there is an awfully long way to go before men—intentionally or not—stop overstepping boundaries.