“Guess who’s perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? It’s the men in this country … And I just want to say to the men in this country: Just shut up and step up.” These were comments by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, last week placing blame on an entire gender for what she perceives as the unfairness of the process concerning Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Alyssa Milano, the former child actress often credited with founding the #MeToo movement on social media, chimed in with her own thoughts, focusing not only on Kavanaugh but also on another man, President Trump: “The courage of survivors will always be stronger than Donald Trump’s misogyny. The lives of survivors will always be more important than Brett Kavanaugh’s career.”