“If every sexual harasser and abuser immediately resigned their jobs it would be like the Rapture. There would be a lot empty offices. Only difference is in this one those left behind would be happier and wouldn't miss the people who departed.”— David Rothkopf, 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
“Part of the problem is people thinking that sexual harassment is about romance or seduction to begin with. It's about power, intimidation, and the belief that women don't belong in "male" spaces. It's also about punishing women for exercising sexual autonomy and turning down men, which is made extre…”— Andi Zeisler, twitter.com
“We need an accounting of the economic toll of sexual harassment and workplace abuse on women. Having to turn down new opportunites instead of working with a harasser. Losses in productivity. Getting fired for reporting toxic behavior. Choosing to quit altogether.”— Karen Attiah, twitter.com
“One of the toughest parts of this fall has been realizing that so many male colleagues assumed our careers didn't take off like theirs because we were less talented.”— Amy Sullivan, twitter.com