My Strength
Although all of us on this site are advocates for women and equality there are times where life will present opportunities for you to do more. Sometimes you will need to stand toe to toe for a woman’s right to be an equal in a given situation. My Strength is an organization that looks to teach men how:
My Strength training shows men who witness the degradation of women how to speak up and challenge it, Schmidt said. Students role-play to practice confronting a man harassing a woman on the street or using abusive language to describe women. “That may not be the easiest thing for young men to do, especially in a locker room setting or in a social setting like that,” Schmidt said.
My Strength treats men as a force of positive action, trainers said. “We look at men not as potential perpetrators but as potential agents of change,” Schmidt said.
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