Don't sit back and think "I'm not part of the problem"
A clip of comedian Daniel Sloss' 2019 show 'X' in which he addresses rape has gone viral on twitter following the disappearance of Sarah Everard and the subsequent arrest of serving police officer on suspicion of her murder.
In the video, Daniel Sloss said: "97% of rapists will not spend a single day in jail. That is a real statistic."
The Scottish comedian said he has been thinking of a solution to the problem for a year.
He said: "It has to involve us. And by 'us' I mean men."
He says that he is not attacking the men in the room or his friends, before proceeding to tell his harrowing experience.
The comedian said: "I knew this man for 8 years and he fucking did it. There are monsters amongst us and they look like us."
He told his male spectators that if they are sick of the narrative, they can feel free to change it but they have to get involved.
He urged his male audience not to "sit back" and think "I'm not part of the problem."
"Deep down, I know most men are good", he said, "but when 1 in 10 men are shit and the other 9 do nothing, they might as well not fucking be there."
Speaking of his experience, he said that, looking back, there were signs in his friend's behaviour towards women that he ignored.
"And then he raped my friend. And that's on me until the day I die."
"Talk to your fucking boys. Get involved."
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