"“THE AMERICAN IDEAL [ ] OF SEXUALITY APPEARS TO BE ROOTED IN THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF MASCULINITY. THIS IDEAL HAS CREATED..."- "TO END THE DOUBLE STANDARDS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN THAT PERVADE OUR SOCIETY, WE AS MEN MUST TAKE ACTION IN PURSUIT OF..."
"A CRITICAL MASS OF MEN WHO CARE ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ALREADY EXISTS. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE."
"WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TREAT ALL WOMEN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU WOULD WANT YOUR MOTHER AND SISTER TO BE TREATED. "
"RESPECTING WOMEN, THEIR SPACE, AND THEIR RIGHTS IS A CRUCIAL CAUSE THAT I BELIEVE IS ESSENTIAL FOR HARVARD MEN TO..."
"MEN SPEAK UP NOT ONLY FOR THEIR MOTHERS AND SISTERS, BUT ALSO FOR THEMSELVES."
"AS MEN, WE MUST DO OUR PART TO ENSURE THAT OUR BROADER COMMUNITIES ARE ONES IN WHICH WOMEN FEEL SAFE, ACCEPTED, AND..."
"A COMPLETE REVAMP OF WHAT MASCULINITY MEANS AND WHAT MEN STAND FOR. NOTHING LESS."
"I AM HERE TO HELP ANYWAY I CAN IN THE STRUGGLE NO WOMAN SHOULD STAND ALONE IN. AS PART OF THE PROBLEM, I PLAN TO BE PART..."
"THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WHEN MEN SPEAK UP, THEIR PEERS WILL LISTEN. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO."
responsibility
Our duty? Absolutely not.
Some of the men I've spoken to, even in the community of men who speak out against violent against women, do so from a faulty and dangerous perspective. It's the perspective that, as men, it's our job to protect women. It is not. The idea that women need to be protected and men are the ones to protect them, is antiquated, sexist, and part of the problem. Because I am, and want to remain, a part of Menspeakup, I want to reiterate that it is not a man's duty to protect women. It is a man's duty, as a human being, to treat other human beings with respect and to keep his hands off of them.
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