As Twitchy reported, Twitter users (including Monica Lewinsky) have been using the #MeToo hashtag Monday in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations to share their experiences being sexually assaulted or harassed.
Writer and Vox Media alumnus Helen Rosner compiled a list of ways men could support women (aside from not sexually harassing them), and the suggestions were, let’s say, wide ranging.
The whole list is worth checking out, but rather than letting some girly-man from Twitchy weigh in, we decided to let Townhall columnist Kurt Schlichter pipe in here and there. Ready to support women?
If you're a man unsure of what to do to support women right now in your daily life (beyond, like, not sexually harassing us), some starting points:
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
1. Overcome your own transphobia. Trans women are women. Accept the lived truth of NB and GNC people, whether or not they are women.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
2. Be pro-choice and be vocal in support of reproductive rights. (And generous! Give to @abortionfunds) Understand that the opposite of reproductive choice is forced childbearing.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
OK, we’re off this train. But didn’t Harvey Weinstein pledge $100,000 to Planned Parenthood at a fundraiser earlier this year? He must really support women.
3. Support subsidized birth control. Support nontaxed menstrual products. Ask your workplace if tampons and pads are free. Get over your embarrassment about menstruation.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
4. Vocally advocate at your workplace for longer and more egalitarian paid parental leave, whether or not parenthood is part of your life. Advocate for lactation spaces. Advocate for on-site or subsidized childcare.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
5. Tell your elected officials that you are a man who votes and you prioritize women's issues when you decide who to vote for.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
5a. Actually prioritize women's issues when you decide who to vote for. Understand that women's issues are your issues.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
6. Whenever you are in a group of only men (social, work, church, etc.) ask yourself why. Then ask out loud why. Force an honest answer.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
7. Cultivate genuine, intimate, nonsexual friendships with women.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
8. Seek out women to be your heroes and mentors.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
9. Any time you see a building, street, institution, etc. named for a man, see how long it takes you to spot another one named for a woman.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
10. Ask yourself what you don't do, for whatever reason, that you also think of as something women tend to do. (Sew? Send birthday cards? Care about skincare?) Try doing it for a while.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
11. Talk less. In all spaces. At all times.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
12. When you need support, reach out to men as well as women. Create a culture of openness around yourself.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
13. Consume media marketed to women. Don't perform your consumption.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
14. Deprogram your beliefs about thinness being an optimal state of feminine beauty. Deprogram your beliefs that your desire matters.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
15. Jerk off without porn for a while.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
With or without potted plants?
16. Learn about racism and intersectionality, and do everything you can to empower and amplify black women and nbwoc
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
17. Befriend children.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
18-infinity. Please add more! I've got to go do other things now.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) October 16, 2017
So … befriend children and nbwoc?
So, basically, be a leftist.
Yeah, no.
I don't roll with that "Unless you buy into all my liberal bullshit and are cool with icing infants, you hate the womyn" crap.
Here's how it's going to be.
We're ignoring you because you're just another prog sexism hustler.#caring https://t.co/w61qJrqGgg— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 16, 2017
Yo Kurt, No. 11. Talk less, in all spaces, at all times, OK bruh?
Guys, we're not allowed to like what we like or we're bad or the feminists will be unhappy.
Leaving aside that feminists are always unhappy, any of you guys up to cede your preferences to a bunch of bitter gender studies grads?
Show of hands…
Me neither.
Helen, you're outvoted. https://t.co/AuEhEgctwP— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 16, 2017
Thread Translation:
"I'm highly insecure, deluded by social justice poison, and I hate all men as a result. You should too." https://t.co/s6b3mioTii
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) October 16, 2017
If you're a woman unsure of what to do to avoid being pretentious, condescending, and utterly wrong, start by not saying any of this: https://t.co/JAycBMEiKK
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 16, 2017
"Resistance is futile. Your lives as you know it are over. You will be assimilated and adapt to service… us!"
This thread, basically. https://t.co/fJ38e11ofv
— Mach's Alternate (@Machovellian) October 16, 2017
We’d love to get some input from conservative women on how men can support them — we imagine the list might be a little different, and that fighting for subsidized birth control might not be quite so high on the list.
https://twitter.com/BlazerMc88/status/920064928811171840
Hey, men. If you want to “support” me, don’t do any of this stupid trash. https://t.co/gsDRlfywhW
— ? Jess in the Straw ? (@LadyJessMacBeth) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/920051948904157185
Or, I dunno, men could do the opposite of that silly list & live a happy life with a woman who doesn't hate men or have a victim complex.
— Polkabecky (@polkabecky) October 16, 2017
The women right now in my daily life would not look too kindly on most of this list. ? https://t.co/v1MdKLAaGa
— Fuzzy Chimp (@fuzzychimpcom) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/FreyaOnFire/status/920053861854916608
https://twitter.com/TMIWITW/status/920045574187044864
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/920044784949125120
Wow, can you be anymore condescending? Maybe you’re hanging around the wrong kind of men. Proud of the good men in my life? https://t.co/pgWnBI13YK
— ?♥️?Emersen “You can’t shut me up” Lee?♥️? (@EmersenLee) October 16, 2017
This thread is why Trump won. https://t.co/LNKKPigni3
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/OldeShipmate/status/920050802508443648
Helen's deep thoughts on how a man can support women.
Distilled Summary: Stop being a man and become a liberal house pet. https://t.co/PjozA0AEi1— Bansi Sharma (@bansisharma) October 16, 2017
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