Street Beat
The Sundial Asks the CSUN Community
What Can Men do to Better Support Women? Abrielle Rounds
Delan Pasquil: “I definitely think there’s a lot of emotional and physical ways men could help women. One is normalizing their behaviors, just in terms of not ostracizing them, or thinking down upon them or calling them out for things that are natural.” Being able to address womens’ vulnerability in order to make them feel as comfortable as possible in social situations was something that came to his mind. “If a girl is walking by herself at night, obviously it would be a bad thing to stand or walk right behind her because that would put pressure on her.”
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Nanor Bedrosian: “ One of the most important things I think men can do is become more sensitive and open-minded when it comes to [women’s] issues. I think it’s very important when, for example, it comes to women’s reproductive rights and taking into consideration women’s voices and listening to their issues and what they have to say. The first step to actually sympathizing with women is to go ahead and listen to what they have to say. If anyone knows about the issues plaguing women, it would be women themselves. I think they have to be open-minded and try to deviate from their misogynistic mindset that has been unfortunately engrained into society ever since society was established, so I think that is the most important thing.”
