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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I get the sentiment behind this, and it's commendable that you recognize your past inappropriate behaviour, but one of my female friends (who posted a heartbreaking "Me too" story yesterday) wrote this on Facebook today:
The above was met with over 25 "likes" and positive replies (mostly from other women) as of this writing. So maybe we men should just quietly listen to the women telling their stories this time instead of trying to make the conversation about us. There will be many other opportunities to make a mea culpa post in the future.
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I didn't have a sudden epiphany. I saw a couple of friends post about these, noticed they were appreciated and felt like I had something to say. You might notice my post is really less about me and more about how I generally feel. I posted it to my friends and it turned out to be one of my best liked posts ever. (70+ and counting, if anyone actually cares.) Most likes from women.
I really don't honestly care if someone I don't know thinks I'm "hijacking" or if some guy on a hockey forum thinks it's some kind of dick measuring contest. I find the latter pathetic honestly. My friends thought it was valuable, and their opinion matters a lot more.
I could speak further about my motivations and thoughts about the campaign, but that would be a long story. The whole campaign is a big bag of mixed feelings. There's honestly a lot about it that I find problematic, especially the way many are sharing their stories. (Pretty much all my psychologist and social worker friends dislike it.)
Anything people are going to say or not say is going to stir up reactions. Which is why I think it's better to just speak honestly about what you feel and what you've experienced instead of trying to measure who is the bestest person in the world.
My opinion is that it's good for guys to openly own up to what they're doing. From what I've seen it's started a lot of good conversations about how and why we end up doing the crap we do, stuff that doesn't really get talked about a lot.