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With the implosion of the Me Too Movement (which is of course so important) I recently realized something.

Men are also hurting. I am not condoning any sort of behavior from men that makes women feel uncomfortable but I also think it is important to consider the underlying problem which is societal attitudes towards consent and cultural indoctrination of what it means to be a man or to be a woman.

There is so much pain floating around the collective as a result of us not having the tools to effectively communicate with each other.

I think there are many men out there who are kind, loving and wonderful and who really want to honor women and treat them with respect, but have no idea how to do that.

I think there is a difference between ignorance (not knowing any better) and purposeful intentional violation. Many men move around the world having NO IDEA that they have violated or disrespected a woman or caused her not to feel safe. They think they were just flirting.

There is an attitude that permeates society whereby men have been conditioned to feel entitled to using a woman’s body for their own pleasure.

Many men receive their introduction to sex via pornography which is of course hyper-focused on male orgasm and presents an unrealistic image of female sexual needs.

Women are discouraged from exploring their sexuality. Many women like myself spend their entire lives not having any idea what their needs are and thus cannot communicate these needs to the men they are interacting with.

How are men supposed to know what we need if we do not know ourselves?

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