

Men (we) do not do enough to stop creeps from being. We allow, probably help make, bad things happen with an insidious objectification of women. You, Ellie, are not the problem, ever — men are. Until men own their culpability in all this, we don’t deserve your trust.
“Go live your wild and precious life. Don’t let the bastards get you down. Don’t let idiots ruin your day. Be good to one another, even the bastards and the idiots, because we’re all just humans doing our best in this crazy little world.”
An intelligent person wrote that, and it’s good advice to follow.