E-mail: annie@standupguys.org
Web site: www.standupguys.org
The mission of Stand Up Guys is to raise awareness about men’s violence against women and girls, and to promote gender equality in our community.
Stand Up Guys is about raising awareness and engaging “well-intentioned” and “well-meaning men” (and women) in the process of standing up and speaking out about Men’s Violence against Women and Girls. It is our belief that while the vast majority of Men are well-intentioned and non-violent, the majority of perpetrators of sexual assault, domestic violence and child molestation are in fact Men. For too long the effort to stop this abuse has been primarily led by women.
It is time for men to understand that this is not only a “women’s issue,” but it is equally a man’s issue and, most clearly, a community issue. The time is now for Men to begin to take an active part in Standing Up and Speaking Out, so that we can together, break the male silence that quietly and subtly colludes with male offenders, the “bad guys,” and send the message that it is NOT ACCEPTABLE to abuse, rape, hit, assault, objectify, stalk, harass and/or control women. The silence of Men can be interpreted as permission, and we have to do something to stop that!