What Men Think About #MeToo: The Top 6 Reactions

Thought #2: So now I’m angry — and I’m glad I have permission to say something about it

One thing I learned about men during the For Women Only research study, is that most men have a deep compulsion to provide for and protect those they care about.   While most of that compulsion goes toward providing for and protecting their family (71% of men say it that is always or often on their mindd, in case you’re curious), that same instinct wants to protect all those who are more vulnerable.  Which is what makes this doubly galling for all the good guys out there.  Women were being hurt right under their noses: and because they had no idea (or didn’t realize what a big deal it was), they failed to protect them.

Many of the men I spoke to were angry. Not in a “I’m going to go all Braveheart on you” sort of way, but in a quieter, simmering, “I’m now going to be on the lookout for this” sort of way. There was a sense of purpose: that if they saw it now, at least they could do something about it.