The question is how many men oppose violence against women but still see men as rightfully having power over women and girls? /1
The disconnect this represents is huge: to consider men as rightfully having power over women and girls and failing to see that as violence. /2
It is this presumption of male control over women which is at the root of the full spectrum of injustice against women globally. "I care for women. I treat women well. I have power over women because I'm a man. But I'm a good man." /3
This self deception by men. That we are both good to women and have power over them, allows for the smallest micro aggression like "talking over women," to economic and political violence to outright femicide. /4
Men. We categorically CAN NOT be good to any group that we also presume to have power over. It is impossible. /5
No matter how benevolent we might be, men who fail to see our presumption of the right to control women as violence, are the same men yelling #NotAllMen at the top of our lungs. /6
Men's self-deceptions about our right to control women, leaves every man free to choose how his version of control will play out. And millions of men of are making very violent choices against women because the rest of us passively insure that right of control remains in place /7
Until we, as men, put an end to the generations old presumption of men's right to control women, girls, and non binary people, we are the problem. No matter how we behave. /8
Want to understand exactly how our dominance-based culture of masculinity trains boys into seeing girls and women as less? Get a copy of The Little #MeToo Book for Men. All books, podcasts, Youtube links here: linktr.ee/RemakingManhood /9 
If you prefer this thread in article form, it's here on Medium. remakingmanhood.medium.com/men-who-oppose… /10
And here on Instagram: instagram.com/p/CXHSBKcv4sR /11
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