Controversial comments involving women on the campaign trail have come under fire in recent weeks.
Students at UNC Charlotte are taking a stand.
Political science senior Ty Kelly is not shy about who he looks up to.
“I think of my father, he treats my mother with the utmost respect,” Kelly said.
Kelly is one of several men who pledged their respect to women Wednesday through a new movement called My Sisters Keeper.
It calls for men and women to hold each other accountable for eliminating violence and exploitation of women.
“I think it's an issue that people do need to step in and sort of prevent and talk and inform people,” psychology major Dashaun Walters said.
Judge Ty Hands, of the North Carolina District Court, is a big advocate of My Sisters Keeper.
She said showing men and woman how to behave around each other can benefit society in the long run.
“One of the benefits of My Sister’s Keeper could keep people out of the courtroom if people are respect one another,” Hands said.
Another advocate, Tina Valentine, said that she used to sell herself for sex in college, and it became her life.
She became emotional when she saw all the young men who stepped up for this cause Wednesday.
“I was amazed at home many men were here. It gave me chills watching guys taking the pledge. If every guy acted like that the world would be better,” Valentine said.
Kelly hopes to see more college men across the Carolinas take the pledge and show respect for women in their own lives.
“The plan is to start it here and then spread it to campus all over,” Kelly said.
My Sisters Keeper plans to hold college seminars and panel discussions across the Carolinas.
They hope to reach 50,000 students with their message by the end of next year.
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