Want to be nicer to women, buddy? We have some tips for you

This text will be read by some specific types of men: those who have yet to improve but do not know it and who will consequently make rude and predictable comments; and those who know they need improvement and are here to learn something.

Need to improve everyone needs, we agree. The mere act of existing in society continually reminds us that improvement is necessary for the personal and collective good.

When we talk about men in relation to women, specifically, we think of all the news of femicide we see out there, all the cases of rape and harassment, domestic violence, obstetric violence, the social role of the mother and father of a child, in the division of household chores, in the representation of the female body in advertising products and so on. You have to make a great effort not to understand that there is much to improve in this regard and you as a man have an important role in this fight and you can start right now if you want.

This is not our exclusive agenda and, fortunately, it is being debated more and more, which is why we decided to share a simple, didactic list, published by the British newspaper The Guardian, which shows how men can do better with women - see, below, what we are talking about:

1. Talk to your male friends who still act disrespectfully toward women;

2 - Do not interrupt a woman when she is speaking;

3 - When you are in an office group that is made up of men only, ask why there is no woman present;

4 - When a colleague of yours does not let a woman speak, speak up and tell him that he is being inconvenient;

5 - Don't call women crazy in your work environment;

6 - Don't talk about feminism just to get girls' attention;

7 Don't lean against women with whom you have no intimacy;

Understand that no woman in the world owes you anything (unless you have lent someone money, but that is not what we are talking about);

9 - Do not send unsolicited photos of your private parts. If you are a man, women already know that you have a penis, there is no need to prove it;

10 - If a woman says she does not want to go out with you, accept the fact and do not insist;

11 - If a woman does not want to have sex with you, do not insist. It takes consent always, even when you are already in a relationship;

12. If a woman is very drunk, it does not give you the right to have sex with her or to take her to places she would not accept if she were sober;

13 - If you act right, do not expect to receive any reward for it. You are just being a decent human being;

When a woman is involved in her work projects, let her take credit for what she does;

15 - Do not make chauvinistic and misogynistic jokes;

16 - Stop thinking that women need to be nice or cute;

Do not draw conclusions about a woman's intelligence or intellectual ability based on how she dresses;

18 - When you step on the ball with a woman, instead of blaming her, assume your responsibilities and ask for forgiveness;

Do not think that a woman will step on you if she sees a moment of vulnerability of yours;

Believe me when a woman says that a man has done something wrong;

21 - If you have ever been a victim of violence or are socially marginalized, do not think that makes you a man who will never be a jerk with a woman;

22 - Do not read such a list thinking that nothing applies to you.