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“Women: Neither submissive nor devoted. I want you free, beautiful, and crazy”
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Tips from Men Can Stop Rape's Bystander Training
1. Say, “Yo, chill son,” to slightly call them out on the behavior.
2. Directly point out what they’re doing and say, “This is unacceptable.”
3. Use public ridicule to call them out or silence them…though a few young men pointed out that is okay if you know the harassers, but if you don’t and you call them out like that, you may “get whooped.”
4. If it’s your group of friends, tell them, “That’s not cool,” and if they keep it up, say you’re out and walk away. Chances are they’ll back down then. Another guy similarly suggested saying, “If this is how you’re going to spend your night, I’m leaving. This is not okay.”
5. Reverse catcalling the men can be effective. They don’t know how to respond or what to do.
6. If it’s a friend doing it, tell him that it’s not the right approach to take but to be the respectful gentlemen he is if he wants to meet someone.
Some other interesting things the young men said:
* Guys who catcall wouldn’t be my friends because that’s the rudest thing they can do and I’m not okay with that.
* Men catcall because there are other men around. It’s a way to demonstrate their masculinity while riding with your crew or walking down the street. So figure out why your friends feel they have to prove their masculinity to you and address that.
* If you establish yourself as a person who doesn’t laugh at catcalls, then it won’t happen around you because they won’t use that as a way to try to impress you.
* Intervening is hard, but once you do it, it will pay off. People will know you’re the guy who doesn’t like that behavior and others will call them out on it if they do it around you. Maybe they will still catcall when you aren’t around, but it’s a start. The benefits of intervening far outweigh the consequences.
(Source: addtoany.com, via mencanstoprape)
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Tim Burke’s great description of his own band, that applies to many other things I enjoy (via katewadkins)
| Woman: | Can I have birth control? |
|---|---|
| Government: | No. |
| Woman: | I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion? |
| Government: | No. |
| Woman: | I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it? |
| Government: | No. |
| Woman: | My boyfriend isn't excited about sex anymore, because I lost my figure due to pregnancy. Will you pay for his erectile dysfunction pills? |
| Government: | Yes. |
If you want to pick up more trash on the side of the highway, than make some amends, you should donate some more time, maybe tell kids that exactly what you did isn’t right. But I’m also a realist and I know that none of these things will happen, because Chris Brown isn’t a man.
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@teaandcrumpets
Is Marjane Satrapi even capable of not being a BAMF? I don’t think so.
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JC is so forlorn when Ned leaves to go to work. He needs at least ten minutes in my lap to process.
