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I can't stop thinking/reading about everything that's coming to light right now. I honestly don't know what to say, it's all just so horrible.
I don't think we have the luxury of just "staying out of it," though. I have a few things I feel I need to say to my fellow men: (1/6)
I don't think we have the luxury of just "staying out of it," though. I have a few things I feel I need to say to my fellow men: (1/6)
We need to start looking much closer at what we say, how we act, and who we support.
It's so easy to think "but I don't do X, therefore I'm not part of this problem." But mistreatment of women by men starts with our collective behavior, and we're all responsible for that. (2/6)
It's so easy to think "but I don't do X, therefore I'm not part of this problem." But mistreatment of women by men starts with our collective behavior, and we're all responsible for that. (2/6)
A big recurring theme in abusing significant others is men that need professional help not seeking it. We have to start taking responsibility for our mental/psychological struggles and stop using them as an excuse to mistreat women (or anyone else, for that matter). (3/6)
Getting the help you need does not mean you are weak. Refusing to do anything about it and continuing to be abusive is what's weak.
None of us are exempt from this. None of us has such a difficult struggle that we're justified in mistreating someone. We have to own it. (4/6)
None of us are exempt from this. None of us has such a difficult struggle that we're justified in mistreating someone. We have to own it. (4/6)
Just like with Black Lives Matter, we have to start listening. Right now. And we have to be brutally honest with ourselves about ways we could be doing better, as incredibly uncomfortable as that is. Not one of us is exempt from the process of fixing this. (5/6)
For any ways that I have ever failed to take women seriously, for any ways I've ever turned a blind eye to their mistreatment, for any ways that I've contributed to this, even unwittingly, I am so, so sorry.
We have to do better, guys, and we have to do it now. (6/6)
We have to do better, guys, and we have to do it now. (6/6)
