Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: on Nostr: I've seen this chart three times in the last few days on other people's posts. It is ...

I've seen this chart three times in the last few days on other people's posts. It is accurate. I am compelled to comment, though:

"Heroic men who will intervene?"

Sure, if I ever stumble across a sexual assault I will intervene. I will fight dirty to protect a victim. No question.

But that obvious chance for physical heroism isn't going to happen in the real world. It could. But it won't.

The men on the right of this graph deliberate exclude the men at the far left from their circles.

Real-world heroism is not in a fist. It's in words. It's telling men at the far right that their behavior is unacceptable and excluding them from your circles, and doing so in front of men in the middle so that they see action is not only possible, but survivable.

Sure, there could be a social cost to you. Heroism has a cost.

If you laugh at a colleague's sexist or racist or homophobic joke rather than make trouble? You missed your chance to be heroic.

You can do better.