As a man who’s considered himself an ally of women my entire life, the stories I’ve heard from women across Scotland this week - in the wake of my daughter speaking out about the way police failed her after she was the victim of a sexual offence - have left me horrified...
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I knew things were bad - but the state of affairs is actually appalling - and I say this as a man who thought he knew what women from all walks of life have to endure everyday...
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From employers to the police through to the justice system of courts and lawyers, women who’ve suffered sexual offences are failed time and time again. Failing victims is routine, systemic, institutional... it’s normalised, and that’s what’s so dreadful ...
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And over and over again, it’s when there’s a man in a position of authority - as an employer, investigator or lawyer - that the worst failings happen. This is what the many many women I’ve spoken to say. Here’s what I think: the real problem is - men are the problem...
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Men are the perpetrators of sexual offences against women, but men who aren’t offenders collude if we’re silent, and too often we exacerbate the pain and trauma for women if we become involved officially. Too often officials hurt rather than help. Clumsy? Deliberate? I’m not sure
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If it took a sexual offence against my own daughter to fully open the eyes of a man who’s done his best his whole life to support women and fight against misogyny, then what the hell will that mean about men who don’t give a damn about the rights of women...
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This is a global problem but the stories I’ve heard are all about Scotland. This country needs to wake up. We’re not some utopia where women are valued or treated better than elsewhere across the western world. We fail women - at their most vulnerable - every day. Shame on us...
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I thought I’d trod a pretty decent path throughout my life and done the right thing. The story of my daughter and the stories of all the other brave women I spoke to this week shows me I was wrong. I’ve not done enough and I have to redouble more efforts...
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I want men out there who feel like me to get in touch. We need to work together to change things - and we have to start with changing ourselves first. Things won’t change unless men change. So let me know who you are and we can organise and act...
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Yes, I am. @WhiteRibbonScot doing great work too.
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Als antwoord op @jonmolyneuxSGP @WhiteRibbonScot
I’m waiting to see how many guys want to get involved and then I’ll be in touch with everyone
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