Matt McGorry, Actor

What’s your biggest piece of advice for young women?

“Well, I feel like it’s my place to talk to young men. I think women are more well-suited to tell other women what to do.

My advice to young men is to listen to the women in your lives and learn to respect them- and I don’t mean that in a superficial way. I think respect for women is talked about in male communities and sexism still gets a pass. We need to respect them as human beings and full people, not just the way we think we should see women. [Not] holding the door for them and still thinking its ok to make a sexist comment after that. Start to examine our own behaviors, call out each other when you hear sexist comments, especially in these all-male spaces where they are often the worst. And take a stand. It’s not easy. It’s not fun. But if you pride yourself on wanting to do the right thing, then that’s something you need to do.”

