http://www.grizzlygirlproductions.com/photographs daily 1.0 2020-08-09 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54fa1966e4b043ab61aa9da1/t/5f30691309e14e53cbabce53/1465745905952/ Home “20 Minutes of Action”   This is not a woman’s issue, not a woman’s problem. This is indeed a man’s issue. This is a man’s problem. Through the Brock Turner case, I hope we can see that a transformation in our perception needs to occur immediately. There’s no more time for soft, easy transitions out of the traditional misogynistic paradigm, for well-meaning, token celebrity spokeswomen encouraging fans toward a more enlightened ideal of fairness and validity (usually done upon receiving some other professional accolade or award), or for feminists speaking to other feminists. Men, understand that you not only have a responsibility to intervene in moments of witnessed aggression, you have a systemic issue that needs to be addressed at its core right now. If in 2016 rape can be defined by any one man as “20 minutes of action”, and that this definition can have any weight in the United States, then it is men who need to rise up and reject this categorization. It is men that need to challenge and demolish the “action” that an absence of yes means submission. It is men that need to mentor boys that “action” means something much different. Women have marched, sang, sat-in, rallied, burned bras, demanded respect in various and numerous ways, but we still find ourselves collectively and uniformly discarded in what has been seemingly and grossly accepted as “20 minutes of action.” Gentlemen, what more can we do without you? What more can be done if the tolerance level of our society is stuck at whatever male “action” is going to be sanctioned today and whose burden is it to ensure that boys and young men no longer grow up in a rape culture? Sit your sons down now and explain to them why Brock’s father was abhorrent in his son’s defense. Use Dan Turner and his son as examples of how a rape culture continues to promulgate and be enforced. Even in our first world society, Brock Turner’s are raised and illustrate so clearly that we are culturally course and vulgar behind the mask and female action alone cannot keep us safe or our community sound no matter how many girl anthems or women leadership summits we produce. There is stunning data, there are gorgeous researchers and lovely websites, powerpoints, twitter feeds, that all tell us how important girls and women are to the growth of our society. Yet still, for some reason, a father’s defense of his rapist son in “20 minutes of action” seems to erase all that we know for a fact. It’s criminal. It’s a violation of human rights. It’s a boys’ club and it’s time to disavow. Sixty years of women’s liberation has not diminished the rape culture in this and other countries, and it won’t, until men champion the cause with us. This is a call to another action. Gentlemen, stand up, and help us put an end to this once and for all. We need you.   Carla Matero Founder / CEO Grizzly Girl Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fa1966e4b043ab61aa9da1/1597008131236-8U0JVZC6VRK7PB43FDQC/image-asset.jpeg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54fa1966e4b043ab61aa9da1/54fa19f9e4b0bec7776224de/575d818462cd948e6ea5acf8/1465745905952/ Home “20 Minutes of Action”   This is not a woman’s issue, not a woman’s problem. This is indeed a man’s issue. This is a man’s problem. Through the Brock Turner case, I hope we can see that a transformation in our perception needs to occur immediately. There’s no more time for soft, easy transitions out of the traditional misogynistic paradigm, for well-meaning, token celebrity spokeswomen encouraging fans toward a more enlightened ideal of fairness and validity (usually done upon receiving some other professional accolade or award), or for feminists speaking to other feminists. Men, understand that you not only have a responsibility to intervene in moments of witnessed aggression, you have a systemic issue that needs to be addressed at its core right now. If in 2016 rape can be defined by any one man as “20 minutes of action”, and that this definition can have any weight in the United States, then it is men who need to rise up and reject this categorization. It is men that need to challenge and demolish the “action” that an absence of yes means submission. It is men that need to mentor boys that “action” means something much different. Women have marched, sang, sat-in, rallied, burned bras, demanded respect in various and numerous ways, but we still find ourselves collectively and uniformly discarded in what has been seemingly and grossly accepted as “20 minutes of action.” Gentlemen, what more can we do without you? What more can be done if the tolerance level of our society is stuck at whatever male “action” is going to be sanctioned today and whose burden is it to ensure that boys and young men no longer grow up in a rape culture? Sit your sons down now and explain to them why Brock’s father was abhorrent in his son’s defense. Use Dan Turner and his son as examples of how a rape culture continues to promulgate and be enforced. Even in our first world society, Brock Turner’s are raised and illustrate so clearly that we are culturally course and vulgar behind the mask and female action alone cannot keep us safe or our community sound no matter how many girl anthems or women leadership summits we produce. There is stunning data, there are gorgeous researchers and lovely websites, powerpoints, twitter feeds, that all tell us how important girls and women are to the growth of our society. Yet still, for some reason, a father’s defense of his rapist son in “20 minutes of action” seems to erase all that we know for a fact. It’s criminal. It’s a violation of human rights. It’s a boys’ club and it’s time to disavow. Sixty years of women’s liberation has not diminished the rape culture in this and other countries, and it won’t, until men champion the cause with us. This is a call to another action. Gentlemen, stand up, and help us put an end to this once and for all. We need you.   Carla Matero Founder / CEO Grizzly Girl Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fa1966e4b043ab61aa9da1/1597008131221-NYSRYE35U9Q8H0CLKUUZ/image-asset.jpeg Home http://www.grizzlygirlproductions.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2020-08-09 http://www.grizzlygirlproductions.com/20minutes daily 0.75 2022-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fa1966e4b043ab61aa9da1/2ea54355-c1b1-48b4-92aa-5c0206ac68c1/CarlaMatero+photo.jpg About - Make it stand out Carla Matero https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fa1966e4b043ab61aa9da1/1425680205671-MLVZ0DNBG6MSCOTZZESB/CarlaMatero.jpg About http://www.grizzlygirlproductions.com/projects daily 0.75 2018-05-11