Adam Hyde, one half of Peking Duk has shared an urgent call out on his Instagram, urging ‘fellas to do better’.
Chatting to his 28k followers, the Aussie musician began: "Real men respect women, transgender, and non-binary folks - it's that simple."
“Call it out when you see it. I can’t believe that anyone has to be f**king saying this right now, but if you can’t see that the writing’s on the wall that something needs to be done about this problem ASAP, you’re out of your f**king mind.”
According to Australian Femicide Watch, 32 Australian women have been killed in 2024 alone, with most allegedly killed by a man they knew, as reported by The Guardian.
This pushed Adam to say “enough is enough”.
“I don’t know why there’s so many sensitive men, especially online, getting so in their feelings that finger is being pointed at them, at us” he said. “Of course it’s being pointed at us.”
“IT’S OUR PROBLEM TO FIX. WE NEED TO DO BETTER FELLAS…. WE NEED TO WAKE UP.”
He tells men to check in with the women in their lives and ask how to support them.
“Yes, it’s a large-scale problem, but it starts with us ‘cause we started the f**king problem,” he finished with a cheeky kiss to the cam.
Many men backed him in the comments, giving him big ups for publicly making a stand on the issue.
“Thank you! Now please, more men take the lead. Good men need to speak up.” wrote one fan.
“Real humans, respect humans,” said another.
While a third added: “I’m with you 100% very proud to have another man brave enough to say it publicly.”
We massively tautoko Adam’s message over here in NZ, where violence against women is also a massive issue. Let’s make sure this kind of conversation continues and take it worldwide.
