"A COMPLETE REVAMP OF WHAT MASCULINITY MEANS AND WHAT MEN STAND FOR. NOTHING LESS."
"LET'S TAP INTO AND AMPLIFY THE GOOD IN MEN AND TURN PASSIVE OBSERVERS OF INJUSTICE INTO ACTIVE CAMPAIGNERS FOR EQUALITY."- "TO END THE DOUBLE STANDARDS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN THAT PERVADE OUR SOCIETY, WE AS MEN MUST TAKE ACTION IN PURSUIT OF..."
"GREAT JOB!"
"THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO EVERY PROBLEM. WE ALL JUST NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. "- "REAL MEN DO NOT COMMIT RAPE"
"WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TREAT ALL WOMEN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU WOULD WANT YOUR MOTHER AND SISTER TO BE TREATED. "
"GENDER RELATIONS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF A ZERO-SUM GAME, IF YOU WILL, AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS ONE THAT PROMOTE..."
"“THE AMERICAN IDEAL [ ] OF SEXUALITY APPEARS TO BE ROOTED IN THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF MASCULINITY. THIS IDEAL HAS CREATED..."
"LET'S WORK TOGETHER TOWARD TRUE GENDER EQUALITY AND RESPECT - IT'S EVERYONE'S JOB TO MAKE A STAND. "
Why?
Men have the privilege, responsibility, and opportunity to work for gender equality. We shape the world we live in.
FACT SHEET
By most estimates, between one in three to one in five women will experience sexual or domestic violence at the hands of a male friend, partner, spouse, or date. Additionally, there is the unfortunate reality that many men continue to assume women are inferior to men in many respects. These conditions are both preventable and changeable with a concerted effort by men across the country. This problem is real. A critical mass of caring citizens can overcome gender-based violence and inequality. We must recruit men to step outside the traditional thinking of these problems as "women's issues" in order to eradicate gender-based inequality and violence.
We call for men from all walks of life to speak up and lend their voices to the chorus of concerned community members who recognize not only the responsibility of men, but also the opportunity to catalyze change.
Men cannot ignore the fact that many women in their lives will be mistreated by a man. We say that this requires courage because it is far easier to claim that the problem is not nearly as bad as we state or that you should have no part in fixing it because you are not personally violent.
Courageous men speak up for gender equality and respect.
