I've seen a lot of men on here today talking about how hard the day has been. I get it, today got really uncomfortable really fast. Please understand this, it has to be uncomfortable and the discussions have to happen to ever evoke change.

Also - understand that when you say your day was hard, "hard" is a relative word. Do you want to know what's hard? Getting called a liar for outing a creep is hard. Reliving traumatic experiences of sexual assault and harassment is hard.

Explaining to my six year old that life is going to be more challenging just because she's a girl is hard.

This wasn't a case of "one bad apple." There are lots of bad apples, this apple just got exposed. And people responded by blaming her or needed "context".

I'm in group chats and leagues with women who have ALL had similar experiences. Outside of this industry almost every female friend of mine has experienced some form of harassment or assault, myself included.

Ask questions. Engage in conversations with women. Respect them. Feel uncomfortable. Check your friends for saying creepy shit to you so that it doesn't escalate to violence and threats towards women.

And most importantly - have these difficult conversations with your children. They're smarter than we give them credit for. We want to leave the world better for them, they should have input on what "better" means.