My Love Note To Male Feminists

Note to male feminists: We don’t need you to be a “Champion for Women” during Women’s History Month. We need you to be a champion for humans every day. We need you to fight for equal rights for all women, men, and gender-nonconforming individuals. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do.

Since the beginning of the 2016 Presidential Primary, I started to see more than a few articles quoting certain men who call themselves Champions of Women or Champions of Working Families, from our President “Grab ‘Em by the Pussy” Donald Trump to alleged sexual harasser and Southern California labor leader Mickey Kasparian. Yesterday, President Trump spoke at the White House’s Women’s Empowerment Panel. “Only by enlisting the full potential of women in our society will we be truly able to ― you have not heard this expression before ― make America great again.” Who knew that the President was such a well-versed male feminist? Where is this champion on the objectification, exploitation, and harassment of female marines on the Marines United scandal? [Crickets.] Well, we can always look to his 2013 tweet about women in the military and military sexual assault for some guidance: “What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together??” Oh, that’s right.