Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.

Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.

Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.

Language usage always has a political context.

We need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.

We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.