💌 Dear Brothers

Dear Brothers,

I know the stories of Cassie Ventura, R. Kelly, Harvey Weinstein, and too many others to even name are uncomfortable, painful, and overwhelming.
But we need you.

Not to explain. Not to defend.
But to summon courage—the kind of courage that isn’t loud or performative, but quiet, steady, and willing to listen.

We need you to talk with your brothers, your sons, your friends.
To have conversations not just about what men shouldn’t do, but about how to reclaim your own humanity in a world that told you manhood means dominance.

You’ve been sold a lie, too.
That power is control. That masculinity must never yield.
And that vulnerability is weakness.

But here’s the truth:
That system is not only harming women—it’s killing you too.
It denies you the full range of human emotion. It tells you that empathy makes you soft. That kindness makes you weak. That love is something to be controlled.

We were not meant for this.
Dominance, control, and conquest were never the relationship intended between us.

Your sisters. Your daughters. Your granddaughters.
And the girls who will one day be women—the ones not yet born.
All of us.
We need you.

This isn’t a fight against men.
It’s a call to men.
A call to remember who you were meant to be.

To reclaim your full humanity.
To reject the system that has reduced you to a fragment of your truest self.
To stand for something deeper than power.
To love—not as a performance, but as a practice.
As something sacred. Because it is.

With hope.
With enduring belief in you.

-Robin

🔗 If this reflection resonates, share it with the men in your life.
Invite them into courageous conversations. Encourage them to listen, reflect, and reclaim their full humanity.

This reflection is part of the Woman Enough series by Robin Emmons from the Margins and the Mirror.

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