#MeToo: The end begins with men
By: Deb Domingo
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“You have a role to play, and a choice to make. You can do something or
you can do nothing.”
The hashtag #MeToo become a movement vigorously a battle cry of women across social media and the world. Started by actress and activist Alyssa Milano and activist Tarana Burke to be an evidence that support claims for the damages that involved sexual assault.
This phenomenon, encourages women to speak up to break the silence on sexual violence.
Every 53 minutes someone is sexually assaulted and seven out of 10 victims of these crimes are children at least once in their lifetime, 65% of women report experienced street harassment in their lifetimes, a study revealed in 2016.
Sexual harassment comes in any forms- gestures, ogling, wolf-whistling and inappropriate touches. It is pervasive but we often don’t see it. There is no industry that is immune to it and the horror is not limited to the confines of Hollywood but every woman and girls can be a victim of this crime.
According to Jimmy Carter, former President of the US that mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse and often caused by misinterpretation of religious scriptures that women are ordinary relegated to secondary possession with man, compared to man in the eyes of God.
Why does sexual harassment keep happening?
2018, and yet these crimes are as rampant as ever. There are stories of sexual harassment that are left untold for they are afraid that people will not believe them and the fear of being judged “kasalanan mo naman” [it is your fault], and women are afraid that men will murder them.
Some predators are often men in positions of power they don’t take “no” as an answer and because some victims chooses to forgive the bad behaviour.
There are respondents telling their own experience and many celebrities and ordinary people responded to the tweet saying “Me Too” even the Cheats lead singer Saab Magalona.
“I was proud of many women stepped forward and were willing to say, ‘Me to,’ but I’m also a little heartbroken, because my God, we still have this many stories,” said Denise Hamilton, founder of WatchHerWork, a Houston organization that aims to empower women in the workplace.
Through the power of the online movement, victims finally break their silence.
Responsibility and Guilt
Change begins with a very clear understanding of the problem to be solved.
Every man matters.
The end begins with men. A good men need to stand-up and get involved in the violence against girls and woman. They don’t just matters because they are the 50 percent of the population but rather men listens to other men, if you are a good man and talk about respect against women, other men will hear you and most importantly, boys will listen to a man as well and that is a change of the future.
Listen to woman. Listen to their stories yet most of them don’t need your sympathy they need changed and this can only be done if men will care and will know how to listen. Let communication and asking permission be man’s principle and be an advocate for better education and prevention.
In the social media men started #HowIWillChange hashtag to show solidarity with the victims of sexual assault.
Violence against women hurts everyone not just woman and girls but also with those who cares. We must have the courage and urgency to practice it as it is unfolding. We can all be a hero, and we don’t need capes, we just need to have courage.
We all need to take this all seriously. If you see someone that is mistreated talk to her and tell her that it is wrong and she needs to take action. Tolerance to bad behaviour leads more to bad behaviour.
The silence is allowing it to continue, make them accountable for the things they do. Let them tell their stories and believe them. Our power is enough to create a long lasting change.
“Boys will be boys” call that out! No one should ever think that it is normal.
“If silence is predator’s best friend and if shame and denial are the ingredients that helps this epidemic to grow then how can anyone of us stay silent?”
The hashtag #MeToo become a movement vigorously a battle cry of women across social media and the world. Started by actress and activist Alyssa Milano and activist Tarana Burke to be an evidence that support claims for the damages that involved sexual assault.
This phenomenon, encourages women to speak up to break the silence on sexual violence.
Every 53 minutes someone is sexually assaulted and seven out of 10 victims of these crimes are children at least once in their lifetime, 65% of women report experienced street harassment in their lifetimes, a study revealed in 2016.
Sexual harassment comes in any forms- gestures, ogling, wolf-whistling and inappropriate touches. It is pervasive but we often don’t see it. There is no industry that is immune to it and the horror is not limited to the confines of Hollywood but every woman and girls can be a victim of this crime.
According to Jimmy Carter, former President of the US that mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse and often caused by misinterpretation of religious scriptures that women are ordinary relegated to secondary possession with man, compared to man in the eyes of God.
Why does sexual harassment keep happening?
2018, and yet these crimes are as rampant as ever. There are stories of sexual harassment that are left untold for they are afraid that people will not believe them and the fear of being judged “kasalanan mo naman” [it is your fault], and women are afraid that men will murder them.
Some predators are often men in positions of power they don’t take “no” as an answer and because some victims chooses to forgive the bad behaviour.
There are respondents telling their own experience and many celebrities and ordinary people responded to the tweet saying “Me Too” even the Cheats lead singer Saab Magalona.
“I was proud of many women stepped forward and were willing to say, ‘Me to,’ but I’m also a little heartbroken, because my God, we still have this many stories,” said Denise Hamilton, founder of WatchHerWork, a Houston organization that aims to empower women in the workplace.
Through the power of the online movement, victims finally break their silence.
Responsibility and Guilt
Change begins with a very clear understanding of the problem to be solved.
Every man matters.
The end begins with men. A good men need to stand-up and get involved in the violence against girls and woman. They don’t just matters because they are the 50 percent of the population but rather men listens to other men, if you are a good man and talk about respect against women, other men will hear you and most importantly, boys will listen to a man as well and that is a change of the future.
Listen to woman. Listen to their stories yet most of them don’t need your sympathy they need changed and this can only be done if men will care and will know how to listen. Let communication and asking permission be man’s principle and be an advocate for better education and prevention.
In the social media men started #HowIWillChange hashtag to show solidarity with the victims of sexual assault.
Violence against women hurts everyone not just woman and girls but also with those who cares. We must have the courage and urgency to practice it as it is unfolding. We can all be a hero, and we don’t need capes, we just need to have courage.
We all need to take this all seriously. If you see someone that is mistreated talk to her and tell her that it is wrong and she needs to take action. Tolerance to bad behaviour leads more to bad behaviour.
The silence is allowing it to continue, make them accountable for the things they do. Let them tell their stories and believe them. Our power is enough to create a long lasting change.
“Boys will be boys” call that out! No one should ever think that it is normal.
“If silence is predator’s best friend and if shame and denial are the ingredients that helps this epidemic to grow then how can anyone of us stay silent?”
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