RUHeForShe event
Today I attended an event hosted by RUHeForShe which is a group that promotes equality for men and women. This group believes that women alone cannot fight for equality and then men have to join in to create a truly equal world. This was originally started by Harry Potter star, Emma Watson, and has recently come to Rutgers as a branch of the organization.
The event was mostly discussion based and we discussed rape culture in college and how women are told that rape is their fault rather than the perpetrator’s. We discussed ways in which we could start to end this and how boys and girls could be brought up more equally rather than telling girls to always be polite whereas boys can do whatever they want.
We also watched a couple spoken poems on rape culture which were very powerful. These poems really spoke to me because of the energy and emotions behind the words being said. Rape needs to end, but the end’s got to start somewhere and I want to be part of that. I want to help end rape and its stigma of not mattering.












