Former Rare Staff
Some men are created their own call to action in response to a hashtag campaign to bring awareness to the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
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Actress Alyssa Milano encouraged women who experienced sexual harassment and sexual assault to use #MeToo to bring awareness to the issue. The hashtag, which received a lot of traction on social media, inspired men to share the actions they planned to take in response.
“Guys, it’s our turn,” tweeted Twitter user Benjamin Law.
Guys, it's our turn.
After yesterday's endless #MeToo stories of women being abused, assaulted and harassed, today we say #HowIWillChange.
— Benjamin Law 羅旭能 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
Law began shared his ideas for helping victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
#HowIWillChange: Recognise I don't need to be a perpetrator to be a bad guy. Questioning harassment, not doing anything about it—all as bad.
— Benjamin Law 羅旭能 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
#HowIWillChange: I'll do all this without expecting to be congratulated or praised since women do the heavy lifting every other fucking day.
— Benjamin Law 羅旭能 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
Twitter users said that they would do a better job of listening.
https://twitter.com/web_stirs/status/920040314542243840
#howiwillchange by fighting the ugly habits I have gathered & instead listening more, talking less.Believing without asking for an open vein https://t.co/Yj1oLgiijA
— Benjamin Murphy (@iambenatwork) October 16, 2017
Some promised to not enable the actions of abusers and to speak or act when necessary.
https://twitter.com/solwat/status/920066048291774464
#HowIWillChange I will call out lad culture when I witness it. (I witness it often) https://t.co/f5bGZk9oiY
— Dancing Dan (@DancingDanB) October 16, 2017
In a meeting, producer made sexist comment, so stunned didn't call him out. Will speak up next time #HowIWillChange
— B E Ayshford (@episode2480) October 16, 2017
Others took a look at themselves to check their own actions.
#HowIWillChange means acknowledging MY OWN capacity for harmful behaviour, and taking responsibility for unlearning that toxicity
— Dominic Bambi (@garliquorice) October 16, 2017
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(H/T Twitter)
