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By Julie Capkova I don’t walk home with headphones anymore. I laugh off comments hoping to hide my discomfort. I avoid streets after dark. In other words, I follow the rules specifically created to protect women from harm. Most women can recite these by heart. From holding keys in between your fingers to phrases like ‘let me know when you get back home safe’ after a night out with your friends. These are only some of the rules we follow ‘just in case’. Rules designed to keep

On reflection, there are many factors that persuade me to be a male feminist. Most importantly because in our world women must negotiate their identity under pressure. Specifically, the pressure that men impose on women warrants concern. So, I am an ally to women. Being a male ally to women does not detract from their movement. Once I felt my heart weighed more than the world, at 16-years old, I knew that my life had begun. From having observed my emotions as I grew up I disc