“We’re in the midst of a reckoning. It’s what toxic masculinity’s own medicine tastes like. And people should allow the consequences to unfold, regardless of how it affects those they consider to be friends. The only way to enforce seismic, cultural change in the way men relate to women is to draw a…”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com
“We haven’t been silent because we forgot or made our stories up. We’ve been silent because we’ve been silenced.”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com
“We’re in the midst of a reckoning. It’s what toxic masculinity’s own medicine tastes like. And people should allow the consequences to unfold, regardless of how it affects those they consider to be friends.”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com
“Why do we need to talk about the redemption of men when we are right in the middle of the salvation of women? Not even the middle, but the very beginning? Why are we obligated to care about salvaging male careers when we have just begun to tell the stories that have plagued us for lifetimes? It seem…”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com
“Remember when Winona Ryder shoplifted once and it destroyed her career, but men can rape and abuse and still have careers lmao fun stuff.”— Josh, twitter.com
“Being an awkward girl with a big nose never protected me from harassment. If anything, especially when you're young, not being 'conventionally attractive' can mean you're treated as if you should be grateful for the attention. I know it makes some women feel safer if they attack other's choices - th…”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“In decades of research on rape, no one has found a link between what a woman wears & her chances of being attacked. The only relationship between clothing and sexual assault is how much a victim will be blamed, period.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“If wealthy, highly visible women in news and entertainment are sexually harassed, assaulted and raped -- what do we think is happening to women in retail, food service and domestic work?”— Charlene Carruthers, twitter.com
“I firmly believe that when we stop using rape as a plot device, when we stop normalizing predatory behavior in film and television, we will see a change in the behavior of humans toward their fellow humans.”— Stephanie Beatriz, twitter.com
“What I want to talk about at this point is not what Harvey did. It’s more about the system that protected him and that enabled him, because that’s the only thing that we can change. Money and power enabled, and the legal system has enabled. Ultimately, the reason Harvey Weinstein followed the route…”— Zelda Perkins, newyorker.com
“Dunham’s discrediting of Perrineau is an example of how women of color who have made accusations of sexual assault are often contradicted and never believed (Lupita Nyong’o for example, was the only one of 79 actress that Harvey Weinstein contradicted when she came forward with her story of sexual m…”— Paula Rogo, essence.com
“A 5-year old girls also gets raped. A woman covered in a burkha too. A 70-year old woman gets raped. This is not about sexuality or nudity. This is about control and power. I think men are insecure, afraid of being rejected. They can’t control a woman’s sexuality and that scares them. From an early…”— Ritabhari Chakraborty and Arindam Sil, youtube.com
“Now, should we treat women as independent agents, responsible for themselves? Of course. But being responsible has nothing to do with being raped. Women don’t get raped because they were drinking or took drugs. Women do not get raped because they weren’t careful enough. Women get raped because someo…”— Jessica Valenti, amazon.com
“The modesty doctrine isn’t about clothes, it’s about bodies. It’s a method for punishing women who do not conform to an idealized, asexual, inoffensive body type...When I was rebuked for my clothing as a teenager, it was often identical to the clothing all the other girls were wearing. The only diff…”— Suzanne Calulu, patheos.com
“The worse and most common way people feed rape culture is by making girls change their clothes in their houses because men are present... Boys walk around without shirts & nobody will say anything because we’re already programmed to think that they have nothing to sexualize.”— Asia Cheyanne, twitter.com
“Self control is not enforced enough. All the pressure is placed on women to prevent assault.”— Asia Cheyanne, twitter.com
“Why do the #NotAllMen supporters feel that every single man would have to be a rapist for there to be criticism?”— Lea Rose Emery, bustle.com
“Men: It’s not our job to keep reminding you. Remind each other, and stop abusing. It’s as simple as that. Until men speak out against men who abuse, this will never stop. How about y’all post ‘I ignored it and I won’t anymore’ instead?”— Heather Jo Flores, medium.com
“Why are we still demanding that women out themselves as survivors, again and again and again, rather than demanding that men out themselves as abusers?”— Heather Jo Flores, medium.com
“I refuse to post this #metoo thing. Not because I haven’t been harassed and abused but because Y’ALL ALREADY KNOW that likely every woman you have ever met has dealt with this crap. It shouldn’t take some hashtag to remind you. It shouldn’t fall to the victims, again, to have to keep speaking out. I…”— Heather Jo Flores, medium.com