Harvey Weinstein isn’t surprising. He’s a reminder.
Donald Trump isn’t surprising. He’s a reminder.
Cam Newton isn’t surprising he’s a reminder.
The NFL is a reminder. No one should be surprised.
Hugh Hefner is a reminder. No one should be surprised.
Bill Cosby is a reminder. No one should be surprised.
John Lennon also a reminder.
O.J. Simpson is a reminder.
Ike Turner is a reminder.
Derrick Rose, Patrick Kane, Ben Roethlisberger, and so many more.
Religions are reminders. The History of whose held presidential office is an unbelievable reminder.
The most popular sports are a reminder. The heroes in the most popular movies have become a constant reminder.
Their paychecks are a reminder. The music we listen to is a reminder.
If you’re a woman reading this, seeing who wrote it might even be a reminder.
Men dominate culture without any rhyme or reason. Then you make way for a few white women to star and call it equality. You give way to a focus on a certain portion of black culture and call it intersectional.
Men of color receive some privileges before women of color and uphold a system that is detrimental to equality and empowerment of women of color, and black women, and Trans Black women (The least represented, the most excluded, and most unheard.)
I didn’t want to address one singular issue like Harvey Weinstein because the shock is non existent, especially for all women.
The San Bernardino Mass Shooter who made the YouTube video about how women gave him no affection or love. His reason for despicable, deplorable, and tragic event.
The video of a woman walking down the street in New York being harassed, and stalked for hours. The woman who took pictures with her harassers in selfies.
Policemen who exchanged sexual favors for getting out of arrests.
Rape culture, the light sentences for rape. The staggering amount of unreported rapes, not to mention rapes that happen with marriages.
The constant conversation of telling women how to dress, repressing their sexuality for “safety” instead of teaching men to not violate a woman’s body. To get consent.
Obliterating the term “Friendzone.”
The negative connotation of promiscuity prescribed to women and the accolade nature prescribed to men.
Sexism needs to die, as a man, I’m not without fault. I’m just aware of it like a white person waking up to racism.
In your proximity, you can make an impact. Listen to women, do your damn best to acknowledge them. Respect women.
Learn it, repeat it. It won’t happen overnight and you’re going to surely fuck up along the way. However with practice you won’t be Harvey Weinstein or Donald Trump, the best you could hope for is a Cam Newton-like comment.
Enough is enough.
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