The voices of the Twitter phenomenon #YesAllWomen that was born from the tragic murders at Isla Vista must take deep root in the collective male conscience of American society.

Not only do we need to talk about it, we need to turn up the volume and do it now.

The very name of the trend itself shows that this isn’t a minority facing prejudice; this is more than half the population of the United States and the world that is dealing with threats of harassment every day.

In the multiple videos that Elliot Rodger posted before his murderous rampage, he spoke of women in terms. In the video he said, “I want one …why can’t I have one?” as if women were nice cars or another hot commodity.

No, not all men channel frustration over romantic rejection into a killing spree, but all women experience harassment, discrimination or worse.

Misogyny and the objectification of women are not new topics in the world, but what the hashtag has revealed is that in the U.S. far less progress has been made than we thought.

In a country that prides itself on not tolerating any sort of prejudice, how is it that we tolerate anything that feeds a culture of objectifying women? How are we not ashamed that this is still a trend amongst men?

“The roots of anti-sexism education are to teach that all people deserve bodily autonomy and have their personal boundaries respected,” said Emilie McLarnan, the assistant director for the local non-profit group Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse. “We need to start young, teaching kids to recognize emotions and the pro-social behaviors that will transfer to other venues.”

She continued, however, and said, “We don’t need to understand exactly where everyone is coming from in order to stop something bad from happening,” and pointed to the Green Dot program on the WSU campus.

Green Dot seeks to “empower bystanders to become active members in reducing power-based personal violence,” and offers specialized training seminars, according to the website.

Direct violence affects a minority, yet the rest of women have encountered a sense of entitlement from men or haven’t been able to escape the unrelenting attention of men they’ve happened to meet in many normal settings, such as the gym or the food court.

This entitlement causes women to feel that they cannot get out of these situations easily or freely. It’s this fear that all women experience and some have tried to bring awareness to via #YesAllWomen.

If you are a man, at the very least take five minutes from your day to read some of the tweets and see if you are not shaken up by them.

Here is a powerful example of such tweets: “When a man says ‘no’ in this culture, it’s the end of the discussion. When a woman says ‘no,’ it’s the beginning of a negotiation.”

Another tweet read: “Because part of growing up was learning how to reject a man without hurting his ego so he wouldn’t come back and do something.”

This is every day, this is now; this is your wife, your sister, your daughter and we cannot continue to allow it.

Start a conversation with the women in your life and you will quickly see it truly is all women who are being affected. Ask her how she feels when she walks to her car at night or walks by herself down the street. Ask her what precautions she automatically takes to help ensure her safety.

Then, instead of pointing out that not all men are “like that,” listen and reflect on the precautions that rarely cross a man’s mind.

Men will likely never completely understand, but they should not downplay the significance of women’s experiences by telling them that things aren’t really that bad and they don’t need to be afraid. In fact, we should go a step further.

ACallToMen.org has a great vision that, yes, all men should adhere to. Their goal is “to shift social norms that define manhood in our culture and create a world where women and girls are valued and safe.”

Let’s get started.