Guys have been spotted in public with one painted fingernail, and there’s a really great and worthwhile reason behind it.
Men have the option to paint one or more fingernails on each hand, and they can choose different colors for each hand.
While some guys do take it a step further and add a design on top of the color, the meaning of the color itself stays the same.
This exclusively male trend began in Australia, but some ambitious American men are taking it to the United States.
Elliot Costello was traveling with a company called Hagar International when he met Thea, a little girl, who gave him the idea to paint his nail and disseminate it further.
With the goal of improving the lives of those who reside there, Elliot and the gang set out to visit Cambodia.
Elliot, on the other hand, was most impressed by the tiniest villager and discovered that the issue wasn’t limited to Cambodia but also affected youngsters worldwide, particularly in the US.
An essential for this girly-girl was nail polish. While they talked about her life and her problems, she painted one of his and he painted one of hers.
He discovered that she had been abused sexually.
I promised her that I would always remember her and, consequently, her suffering as she painted one of my nails.
Following this heartfelt conversation, Elliot was even more driven to encourage fathers to change for the better, protecting their children from sexual abuse.
That’s when he got the concept for the Polished Man project, where guys can become #PolishedMans by painting one fingernail for a week.
One nail out of five represents the one out of every five children who will experience sexual abuse.
“Being a Polished Man means challenging violent behavior and language, both locally and globally,” according to Polished Man, an organization dedicated to ending sexual abuse against minors.
Elliot came to the conclusion that males need to be the driving force behind change if we are ever to put an end to the abuse of defenseless children, as they account for 96% of this kind of violence against children worldwide.
The ultimate intention isn’t for people to look at a man with a brand-new nail and realize that hundreds of thousands of children suffer every day and will live to regret it.
Rather, Elliot believes that by bringing up the fingernail, people will talk about this sad fact and maybe even come up with new ways to stop it or perhaps donate money to “support educational programs and resources for child survivors of abuse,” as APlus pointed out.
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