Reading over the incredible volume of tweets being written by women all over the world for the #YesAllWomen hashtag, I think on how Ella was written in the first place.
Writing a novel from the first person of a young woman is not an easy task for a middle-aged man. Much of the research for this novel has been listening to women tell me their stories. Many, many stories. When I talk to women about the novel, some choose to relay their own experiences, especially the ones that are similar to what Ella goes through in the book.
What I've found is that nearly every single woman has an almost endless litany of stories of how men have aggressively intruded on them, usually in a sexual manner.
The basic truth of it is - women get harassed, assaulted, intimidated etc by men on a near daily basis. The statistics speak for themselves.
Writing a novel from the first person of a young woman is not an easy task for a middle-aged man. Much of the research for this novel has been listening to women tell me their stories. Many, many stories. When I talk to women about the novel, some choose to relay their own experiences, especially the ones that are similar to what Ella goes through in the book.
What I've found is that nearly every single woman has an almost endless litany of stories of how men have aggressively intruded on them, usually in a sexual manner.
The basic truth of it is - women get harassed, assaulted, intimidated etc by men on a near daily basis. The statistics speak for themselves.
#yesallwomen why feminists call domestic violence a war on women because this: pic.twitter.com/J1lMuvCdJC
— Atima Omara (@atima_omara) May 25, 2014 And where are the men standing up to and against this behavior? How in 2014 do we allow our sisters, mothers, wifes...to receive this treatment? The stats and obviously the women on this hash-tag are saying it- there is a war on women by a certain sect of violent men. What are you going to do about it? What can be done?
We need to elect more women to representative government. Men have ruled for far too long and obviously don't know what it means to shape a world to include safety for our women and children. Laws needs to be changed to reflect a new reality: that women are equal to men.
To the men - take a stand against any and all bullying, harassment, and especially violence against women. It's never okay to use force to achieve your goals. That way of thinking is over.
Some men have responded on the #notallmen hash-tag. I'll only respond with this:
Enough men are violent, psycho rapists that ALL men must take a stand and help make this world safe. Read the #YesAllWomen stories. Learn. Put it into action in your life.
The time for society to change its behavior towards women is today.
Thank you for reading -
From Las Vegas,
Stephen John Moran
We need to elect more women to representative government. Men have ruled for far too long and obviously don't know what it means to shape a world to include safety for our women and children. Laws needs to be changed to reflect a new reality: that women are equal to men.
To the men - take a stand against any and all bullying, harassment, and especially violence against women. It's never okay to use force to achieve your goals. That way of thinking is over.
Some men have responded on the #notallmen hash-tag. I'll only respond with this:
Enough men are violent, psycho rapists that ALL men must take a stand and help make this world safe. Read the #YesAllWomen stories. Learn. Put it into action in your life.
The time for society to change its behavior towards women is today.
Thank you for reading -
From Las Vegas,
Stephen John Moran
