The most important thing I'm going to read today.

On rape and men.

In summary, this post talks about the responsibility of decent men to combat rape culture actively. Not raping, assaulting, harassing or disrespecting women is an obvious and necessary first step, but it's not enough. It should also be incumbent upon everyone to speak up and stop harassment, disrespect, and assault when we see them, to make it clear that such behavior, even in conversation (rape jokes, complaining about a woman who "won't put out" is flat-out unacceptable. It's been shown in study after study that men don't take what women say as seriously as they'll take the same statements from men. And in any case, women most certainly shouldn't have to deal with misogynist bullshit alone.

Definitely my recommended reading for the day.