“There are so many men I love who do NOT frame the differentiation between sexual misconduct, assault and rape as an excuse or worse - our problem.”— Minnie Driver, twitter.com
“Sexual harassment is the opposite. It's devoid of empathy and it's about forcing your will upon another person without having any regard for their desire.”— Kate Willett, facebook.com
“Good flirting is fundamentally empathetic. It's about building desire and it's often pretty subtle. It's paying such deep attention to another person's emotions and body language that you create more intimacy with them. It's a two-way, playful, fun exchange that makes everyone feel good.”— Kate Willett, facebook.com
“I love to be flirted with. I don't like being sexually harassed. These two things are not the same, and if you're arguing the point "now men can't flirt anymore," you don't understand what flirting is or you're just pretending not to in order to set up a straw man argument in favor of sexual harassm…”— Kate Willett, facebook.com
“Obviously finding out something terrible about someone you love is difficult, but the best way to show your support for women – and this moment – is not to reflect on your own feelings or surprise, but on the victims.”— Jessica Valenti, theguardian.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