BEYOND the BOOKS
‘Real Men Speak Up,’ Carlson Tells Upper Schoolers
But her most significant
honor the women in your life.”
message, beyond defining what
Carlson called on all students
is sexual harassment and assault
to begin with themselves — and
and what’s not, came in her pleas
to consider the potential power
to the audience of Brunswick
and hurt behind their words and
boys and young men to be part
actions.
of the solution — to be part of
She also encouraged them to
ending the “tsunami” our culture is experiencing.
“The best way you can do that
“Sexual assault and harassment
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is not to be a bystander,” said
aren’t women’s issues,” Carlson
Carlson, who also has a daughter
HE ACTIONS of men will
magazine, addressed the entire
said. “They are men’s issues. And
at Greenwich Academy. “A
be “the final tipping point,”
Upper School and answered
being a man doesn’t start when
bystander is someone who stays
Gretchen Carlson told
students’ questions during a special
you leave for college or get your
on the sidelines when bullying and
Brunswick Upper School
assembly on Tuesday, January 30.
first job.
harassment are happening before
students.
The nationally recognized news
“That’ll be the final thing that brings this full circle,” she said,
“It starts with you now,” she said.
them. It’s someone who doesn’t
“It starts when you break the
speak up.
anchor and Brunswick parent,
“when men and women together
man code and become a protector.
whose own highly publicized
say, ‘I got your back, and I’m going
It starts when you respect and
actions in filing a sexual-harassment lawsuit against opened a
dramatic.”
and landed
these issues with courage.”
“There’s not only one fix,” she said. “But it’s one piece that, I think, will be
floodgate
“Real men speak up and take on
to speak up when I see that.’
her employer
Carlson shared her own stories and experiences
her on
of sexual harassment and
the cover
assault from her career in
of Time
journalism and beyond — as she does in her new bestselling book Be Fierce: Stop
BRUNSWICK TRUST
New Spotlight on Ethical Thinking
Character & Ethics, a new addition to the Upper School curriculum, will see all junior boys participate in a one-quarter period of study to help them self-identify as ethical thinkers and gain self-knowledge in terms of their own decision-making. The class takes its roots in the Brunswick Trust,
Harassment and
the School’s character and leadership
Take Your Power
platform.
Back — as well as those from other women in the professional world and from all walks of life.
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take the next step — to help others.