{"id":6130,"date":"2017-10-23T19:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/uncommongodcommongood\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2017-10-23T19:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:37:59","slug":"6130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/uncommongodcommongood\/2017\/10\/6130\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Men Support #MeToo, Too?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Debutante (1807) by Henry Fuseli; The woman, victim of male social conventions, is tied to the wall, made to sew and guarded by governesses. The picture reflects Mary Wollstonecraft\u2019s views in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792. Wikipedia.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

For an important and timely article on what men can do practically in terms of supporting #MeToo, read Nicole Stamp\u2019s \u201cWhat decent men can do in response to #MeToo.\u201d<\/a> Here are three of her many thoughtful recommendations:<\/p>\n

\u201cSignal-boost female voices.<\/strong>\u00a0If you\u2019re sharing an article about a social issue \u2014 especially a sexism issue \u2014 find one written by a woman.\u201d\u00a0Stamp adds, \u201cNothing about us without us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Be mindful of how you introduce women.<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> For example, in keeping with Stamp\u2019s point, refer to a female colleague in the same way as you would a male colleague. If both have doctorates, refer to each as Dr. ____, and not simply the man. Also, along these lines, \u201cDon\u2019t mention appearance when introducing female colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be dismissive or argumentative<\/strong>\u00a0during conversations around types of oppression that you don\u2019t personally experience. Keep an eye open for our culture\u2019s gross habit of putting the onus on oppressed persons to dredge up their pain for our inspection \u2014 only for us to then minimize their experience as \u2018over-sensitivity\u2019 or \u2018just a misinterpretation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAsking respectful questions is acceptable \u2014 but nobody owes us answers. So ask humbly, and when people engage, discuss their responses sincerely, and treat their time and energy as valuable, because it is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The sexual abuse of women does not begin and end with high profile cases, like the one centering on Harvey Weinstein. Nor is the burden to speak out simply the task of women. It is the task of men, not just women, boys, not just girls, to advocate for equal treatment of women and girls, and not just on Twitter, but in every sphere of life and society. As Eleanor Roosevelt declared<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home \u2013 so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world (Eleanor Roosevelt, \u201cIn Our Hands,\u201d 1958).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What images do we conjure up of women and girls? What stories do we share to reinforce or reshape our perspectives on what women are really like? As Nicole Stump urges in the article noted above, \u201c<\/strong>Free kids from rigid gender roles.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Raise the awareness among children and adults of women as lionesses rather than as kittens. As Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala said of her life-threatening work of speaking out on behalf of women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights around the world<\/a>, \u201c<\/strong>It is better to live like a lion for one day than to live like a slave for 100 years.\u201d\u00a0As lions, women are fellow \u201cwarriors\u201d with men, as my friend and noted author Carolyn Custis James argues in her discussion of the biblical term Ezer<\/em> (Refer here<\/a> for her treatment of this word and theme; refer also to my interview with James earlier this year on the 2017 Women\u2019s March across the globe<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Decent men, men as noble lions, will not prey on women, but will roar with these noble lionesses and fellow warriors on behalf of equity, truth, and justice. Will we be about raising awareness in service with women and #MeToo?<\/p>\n

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