“If a woman says a friend of yours has sexually assaulted or harassed her, this is a good way to handle it. Don’t immediately go into defend-my-friend mode. Don’t enable through silence. Take the woman’s side. We gain nothing but shit for speaking up.”— Mona Eltahawy, twitter.com
“good statements for men to practice: 1) I’m sorry 2) I shouldn’t have done that 3) no problem, goodnight 4) dude, don’t say that shit 5) please continue 6) she wasn’t finished 7) how can I help 8) actually, that was her idea”— Kate Leth, twitter.com
“Dear men: You need to go beyond "supporting women" and "being an ally." You need to champion women. Hire women. Promote women. If you're sitting in an office that's 80 percent male at the upper levels, you are not championing women enough. I'm sick of hiring nice guys say 'I don't do the hiring.' If…”— Nell Scovell, twitter.com
“This is what's awful: thinking about just how much talent, how much art, has been lost because women are forced to exit due to powerful men's shitty behavior.”— Soraya Nadia McDonald, twitter.com
“Sexual harassment is not an inevitability. The narrative that men can't help themselves is insulting to men. Prove it wrong.”— Lauren Duca, twitter.com