No Longer in the Center

#MeToo is a trending hashtag today, which is being shared on social media with the following post: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote "Me too" as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem. Please copy/paste. #MeToo Thank you to all of the people who have shared this hashtag.  Thank you for sharing your experiences and your stories.   Your courage to speak up highlights the magnitude of the problem and I believe you. My first thought (after feeling sadness) was to wonder whether I should add my voice to this trending story.  As a man, if I add my voice will it be distracting or supportive, patronizing or empowering, helpful or hurtful?  Is the defining characteristic of my voice that it is male, or that it is white, or heterosexual, cisgendered, middle class, educated, liberal, or privileged?  I decided to write this because the defining characteristic of my voice should be first and foremost...