“I recognize as a man there's a lot of things that I don't have to think about. But I'm thinking about them now.” Quote by Nate Parker
“I'm trying to transform behaviors and ideas that have never been challenged in certain ways in my life. I'm not the kid that I was at 19.” WayTryingIdeasKidsCertainBehavior Author:Nate Parker
“I think there is having a behavior that is disrespectful to women that goes unchecked, where your manhood is defined by sexual conquests, where you trade stories with your friends and no one checks anyone. At 19, that was normal.” ThinkingStoriesBehaviorNormalTradeChecksDefinedManhoodConquestDisrespectful Author:Nate Parker
“I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.” CultureRolesMalesMasculinityHyper Author:Nate Parker
“The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then all of sudden you have something to protect.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenMeanKidsCrazyEffectsProtectMarriedDefinitionsMasculinityBe A ManHyperCrazy Things Author:Nate Parker
“In all actuality, we got to do better about preparing our men for their interactions with women.” MenInteractionPreparingActuality Author:Nate Parker
“When I walk home at night I don't have to worry about anything. But when a woman walks home at night she gotta think about a lot of different things.” ThinkingDifferentHomeNightWalksWorryDifferent Things Author:Nate Parker
“When you're in a relationship with someone you have to be in control of that relationship and you have to be as open as you can about everything, straight up, out the gate.” GatesStraight Up Author:Nate Parker
“Being a woman in 2016 if very different, imagine being a woman 20 years ago, and when we talk about consent, maybe 20 years from now we'll know things about consent and examine it from a different perspective than we are now.” IfsKnowsYearsDifferentImaginePerspectiveYears AgoConsentBeing A WomanDifferent Perspective Author:Nate Parker
“You can be addicted to White Supremacy and all of the benefits, you can be addicted to male privilege and all of the benefits that comes from it. It's like someone pointing at you and you have a stain on your shirt and you don't even know it.” KnowsWhiteBenefitsMalesPrivilegeShirtsWhite SupremacyPointingStainsSupremacyMale Privilege Author:Nate Parker