To: Men in the US
#HowIWillChange Pledge — Confront Sexual Harassment & Assault
I pledge to take action to face and dismantle sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault — in my own behaviors and those I see around me.
Why is this important?
Sign the pledge to take personal action to confront sexual harassment and assault in your daily life — when you sign, add a comment with at least one proactive behavior you will change, add, or adopt. Then share with and tag other people you want to invite to join you in being part of the solution, including men!
#MeToo has sparked an outpouring of personal stories of sexual harassment and assault.
But in order to change the status quo, where an estimated 1-in-3 women in the US are sexually assaulted, we need those who are most commonly doing the harassment or assault — and most often upholding that behavior by not actively opposing it — to speak out, and change their actions. In other words, men need to be part of this conversation. We are most frequently and most egregiously guilty of sexual assault or harassment — and those who indirectly benefit from the oppression of women.
Take the pledge to act, and share with everyone who you want to invite to join you in taking on sexual harassment and assault — particularly the men in your lives.
While sexual assault can happen to anyone—including men—there is also a pattern of intersecting oppression that makes some of us more vulnerable than others, especially transgender people and those who identify as neither women nor men. And the locus of the conversation needs to shift to people who are less likely to experience it, and what we're going to do—those of us who are men have a responsibility to choose to take action, so that it's not only on those who have experienced harassment or assault to also confront it.
For a list of things men can do to take action, check out this piece: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/16/a-simple-list-of-things-men-can-do-to-change-our-work-and-life-culture
#MeToo has sparked an outpouring of personal stories of sexual harassment and assault.
But in order to change the status quo, where an estimated 1-in-3 women in the US are sexually assaulted, we need those who are most commonly doing the harassment or assault — and most often upholding that behavior by not actively opposing it — to speak out, and change their actions. In other words, men need to be part of this conversation. We are most frequently and most egregiously guilty of sexual assault or harassment — and those who indirectly benefit from the oppression of women.
Take the pledge to act, and share with everyone who you want to invite to join you in taking on sexual harassment and assault — particularly the men in your lives.
While sexual assault can happen to anyone—including men—there is also a pattern of intersecting oppression that makes some of us more vulnerable than others, especially transgender people and those who identify as neither women nor men. And the locus of the conversation needs to shift to people who are less likely to experience it, and what we're going to do—those of us who are men have a responsibility to choose to take action, so that it's not only on those who have experienced harassment or assault to also confront it.
For a list of things men can do to take action, check out this piece: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/16/a-simple-list-of-things-men-can-do-to-change-our-work-and-life-culture