Somebody needs to stop telling these white boys that they can be anything they put their mind to.
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People have to understand that masculinity can be a cult, and when I say cult, it’s not different from David Koresh, it’s not different from Jim Jones.
If you talk to more SURVIVORS and less sexist businessmen maybe you’ll understand what we want. We want safety. We want healing. We want accountability. We want closure. We want to live a life free from shame.
so happy nanine mccool stood her ground. tony robbins attempting to physically intimidate her, shame victims of sexual assault, and defend men who (allegedly) can’t hire attractive women because it’s a “risk” is sickening to say the least.
Men shame women for having a lot of consensual sex more than they shame other men for rape.
It's a waiting game with the vocal, poetic, 'feminist' softboy who waxes eloquent about women's rights. At least you can trust obvious misogynists to be obviously misogynistic. The former, however, is a dangerous infiltrator. A far more powerful wolf in sheep's clothing.
And they’re someone else: Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and a mother. She was just walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville, Ala., when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped and left blindfolded by th…
— Oprah, nytimes.com
So I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become…
And I’ve interviewed and portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning — even during our darkest nights.
And for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up. Their time is up.
— Oprah, nytimes.com
Redefine what it means to “be a man.” After all, some of the impulses deemed “masculine” — like exerting power over others — are also behind the exploitation of women’s bodies and the earth’s resources. If gender roles are toxic for people and the planet, it’s time to rethink them.
Eco-friendly behaviors like shopping with a reusable grocery bag are perceived as more feminine, so men are less inclined to do them.
I don’t want my boyfriend to ever feel like he has to go through anything alone. I know men suffer in silence because they are looked at as “tough” & “heartless” but I’ll let mine know it’s ok to cry. It’s okay to talk to me, I’ll never throw shit in his face.”
— cami, twitter.com
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.
Men’s loyalty to violence is disturbing. When women want a life free of abuse, assault, threat, & coercion, men’s first suggestion is “Learn to fight back. Learn to defend yourself”. I don’t want my life to be a fight. I don’t want to “prove myself” through inflicting pain & fear. I don’t find viole…
Until men stand up and say, “This harassment, this abuse, these assaults are wrong,” nothing will change. Men need to hold other men accountable.
I think one of my least favorite types of responses to people speaking up on sexual harassment and sexual assault is are articles like “in wake of weinstein, men wonder if hugging women still ok”, and comments like “this is why men don’t pursue women anymore”, “i don’t wanna work with women cause i…
Boys grow up believing that anger, empty aggression, and emotional unavailability are what make you a "strong" man. Don't teach your sons that shit, don't create more sociopaths.
— NiMū, twitter.com
What about, say, Terry Crews, who is a man who decided to break silence and that shit was major. In this culture of toxic masculinity, men speaking up about their victimhood is revolutionary.
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…