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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.91,0:00:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\N“Mr. Trump...your presidency?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.40,0:00:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love your presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.85,0:00:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call it “Disgrace the Nation.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.96,0:00:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have more people marching
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.09,0:00:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against you than cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.73,0:00:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You talk like a sign language gorilla
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.80,0:00:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who got hit in the head.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.06,0:00:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the only thing your mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.38,0:00:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.22,0:00:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bleep] holster.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.67,0:00:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.51,0:00:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in January,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.23,0:00:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when millions of Americans fired up Pinterest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.46,0:00:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broke out their gluesticks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.59,0:00:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went arts & crafts wild like kids at camp?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.21,0:00:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Armed with thousands of colorful banners,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.99,0:00:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,posters and signs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.99,0:00:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an estimated four and a half
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.62,0:00:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,million people around the world took to the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.97,0:00:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on January 21, 2017 for the Women’s March.`
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.94,0:00:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To remind ourselves of just a few of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.54,0:00:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why people were out that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.100,0:00:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let’s pause for a moment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.04,0:00:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listen to some words from our
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.31,0:00:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Commander-in-Chief that helped inspire this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.06,0:00:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendous event.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.91,0:00:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I did try and fuck her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.89,0:00:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was married.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.67,0:00:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I moved on her like a bitch.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.54,0:00:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I couldn’t get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.72,0:00:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was married.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.21,0:01:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I’m automatically attracted to a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.17,0:01:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful - I just start kissing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.47,0:01:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s like a magnet. Just kiss.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.21,0:01:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.95,0:01:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t even wait.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.59,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you’re a star,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.22,0:01:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they let you do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.52,0:01:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do anything.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.82,0:01:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Whatever you want.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.40,0:01:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Grab them by the pussy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.28,0:01:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do anything.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.57,0:01:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that’s our President
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.56,0:01:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 2005 when he was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.68,0:01:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely a billionaire reality TV show host,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.08,0:01:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proudly admitting how he abused his power and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.67,0:01:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,celebrity to sexually harass and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.15,0:01:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assault vulnerable women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.90,0:01:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.69,0:01:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this may be the most famous example of Trump
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.68,0:01:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling us what he considers to be the real
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.58,0:01:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Art of the Deal”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.88,0:01:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it’s by no means the only one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.99,0:01:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even before Trump announced his
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.15,0:01:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,candidacy for President,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.15,0:01:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every news cycle about him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.33,0:01:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was like being stuck in a game of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.79,0:01:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rape Culture Jumanji.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.08,0:01:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And partially in response to his blatant, abusive
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.09,0:01:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misogyny, upwards of 4.6 million people gathered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.97,0:01:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in more than 550 cities in the United States alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.36,0:01:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of them wielding some seriously spectacular
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.62,0:01:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signs displaying messages of resistance to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.99,0:01:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systematic racism, sexism, and other forms of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.72,0:02:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.17,0:02:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unfortunately, not all the images or chants
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.13,0:02:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in January were inspirational.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.29,0:02:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, when you get right down to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.05,0:02:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the signs and slogans
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.20,0:02:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn’t just lack creativity –
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.77,0:02:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actively reinforced precisely what the people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.21,0:02:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding them thought they were protesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.54,0:02:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Punchy doesn’t always equal progressive, y’all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.86,0:02:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you’re “joking” about the unusually small
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.07,0:02:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,size of someone’s hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.50,0:02:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or laughing at pictures of him in homoerotic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.86,0:02:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scenarios, you’re actually feeding the same logic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.72,0:02:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that encourages someone to think they can,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.73,0:02:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, “move on someone like a bitch.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.76,0:02:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our culture tells us how a “real man” should think,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.03,0:02:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what he should look like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.34,0:02:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who he can dominate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These messages are toxic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.61,0:02:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They depend on a version of masculinity that says:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.95,0:02:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Real’ men use power to dominate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.88,0:02:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take what they want,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.88,0:02:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in business,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.43,0:02:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in their relationships with women.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.71,0:02:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, these messages equate having
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.32,0:02:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small hands -- or small anything
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.48,0:02:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with being less of a “real” man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.27,0:02:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s look at some more examples to help us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.17,0:02:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unpack how this works.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.25,0:02:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August of 2016,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.73,0:02:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our last blissful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.80,0:02:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pre-election summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.21,0:03:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a statue appeared in New York City’s Union Square
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.19,0:03:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a very naked Donald Trump.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.18,0:03:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The size of this statue’s genitals was clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.32,0:03:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intended to be an insult to the man whose greatest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.52,0:03:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leadership experience up to that point may have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.62,0:03:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been the two times he fired Stephen Baldwin on
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.63,0:03:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Celebrity Apprentice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.63,0:03:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're fired."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.23,0:03:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From public art and social media
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.62,0:03:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protests and marches,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.11,0:03:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renderings like this statue are everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.20,0:03:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s impossible to avoid the memes about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.28,0:03:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hand size, poorly-executed spray tans,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.99,0:03:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and combovers that are are meant to offend
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.59,0:03:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain thin-skinned individual
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.17,0:03:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has a tendency to rage on Twitter and also
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has access to the nuclear codes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.70,0:03:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to the sea of miniature members,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.63,0:03:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tiny hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.54,0:03:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and aggressively orange bouffants,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.51,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criticism in public spaces has included numerous
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,images of Trump and Putin taking their diplomatic
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.44,0:03:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intimacy to the physical level.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.75,0:03:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Valentine’s Day proved to be a pretty great
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.59,0:03:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity for artists intending to defy Trump,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.08,0:03:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use some homoerotic imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.94,0:03:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get in some jabs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.36,0:03:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this case, homoerotic
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.36,0:03:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equates to homophobic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.65,0:03:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you use gay imagery to insult someone, the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.16,0:03:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,implication is that homosexuality is itself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.55,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something shameful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These images don’t just criticize a political
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.01,0:04:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.99,0:04:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They emasculate Trump by using make-up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.11,0:04:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pregnancy, and even his position as
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.17,0:04:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the “little spoon” to suggest his effeminacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.66,0:04:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These images also mock the notion of two men
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.72,0:04:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being together sexually or romantically,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.44,0:04:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which communicates to all onlookers that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.97,0:04:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2017, intimacy between two “real men” is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.95,0:04:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughable.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.12,0:04:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who would consider themselves LGBT
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.92,0:04:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allies are deploying the kind of rhetoric that implies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.89,0:04:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that anything other than stereotypically masculine
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.07,0:04:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or heterosexual behavior is wrong or absurd.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.32,0:04:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we mean when we say “stereotypically
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.76,0:04:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,masculine”?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.70,0:04:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the media we create and engage
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.05,0:04:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with too often depicts aggression,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.04,0:04:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physical strength, pride, protectiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.08,0:04:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even short tempers as “manly.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.68,0:04:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve elevated those traits from “manly virtues“
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.34,0:04:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to masculine requirements –
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.32,0:04:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any deviation from
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.34,0:04:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them makes a man suspect.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.31,0:04:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The end result is that at times our entire culture
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.72,0:04:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems like a backslapping locker room full of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.59,0:04:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chuckleheads, and we get a President who learned
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.68,0:05:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diplomacy from The Little Rascals.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.79,0:05:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“And what do you say if we form a new club...and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.76,0:05:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call it the ‘He-Man Woman Haters’ Club’?”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.12,0:05:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These images are so pervasive,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.86,0:05:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so socially entrenched,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.54,0:05:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we’ve come to accept them as natural and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.48,0:05:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true, like the sun rising in the east or every
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.63,0:05:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,odd-numbered Star Trek movie being total crap.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.82,0:05:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there’s nothing objectively true about the way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.42,0:05:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our culture dictates how to be a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.56,0:05:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, this version of masculinity is only
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.04,0:05:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizable because we contrast it with its
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.14,0:05:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opposite: weakness, humility, and vulnerability:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.07,0:05:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other words, “femininity.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.38,0:05:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If being a “real man” means being stoic, strong,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.89,0:05:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rational,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.77,0:05:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then being a “real” woman wins you a lifetime
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.91,0:05:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supply of timidity, weakness, and hysteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.60,0:05:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bonus round: the word “hysteria” comes from the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.10,0:05:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greek word for “uterus.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.62,0:05:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Associations of compassion, vulnerability, and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.48,0:05:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotion with femininity are no more intrinsically
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.50,0:05:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true than associations of aggression and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.54,0:05:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dominance with masculinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.33,0:05:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in setting up this contrast,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.46,0:05:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by defining
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.46,0:06:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behaviors, bodies, and appearances
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.08,0:06:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as either masculine or feminine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.18,0:06:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our culture says that men should exhibit masculine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.15,0:06:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attributes, and conversely, women should exhibit
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.72,0:06:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizably feminine traits.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.73,0:06:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cross or blur that culturally-defined line,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.91,0:06:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you’ve got a real problem on your hands
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.74,0:06:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– no matter how big or small.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.55,0:06:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is that cultural ideas about masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.69,0:06:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and femininity limit all of us to one degree or
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.03,0:06:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.77,0:06:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though people who identify as men and people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.93,0:06:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who identify as women are impacted
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.76,0:06:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in very different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.08,0:06:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our culture, the attributes associated with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.19,0:06:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,femininity are deeply shameful for “real men” to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.96,0:06:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possess.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.90,0:06:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s nothing more insulting a man can say to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.72,0:06:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another man than to question his masculinity or to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.60,0:06:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call him some colorful synonym for woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.84,0:06:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.60,0:06:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as we continue to perpetuate this strict
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.19,0:06:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,system of only two gender options, femininity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.10,0:06:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues to be regarded as something negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.17,0:06:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Well, what am I then?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.74,0:06:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.22,0:06:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are my bitch.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.79,0:06:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s what.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.67,0:07:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My own, personal bitch.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.14,0:07:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I’m gonna make you my bitch’s bitch.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.07,0:07:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re gonna be my grandbitch.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.23,0:07:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Stop being such a pussy!”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.50,0:07:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You fucking shot me!”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.42,0:07:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In actuality, people of any gender can possess any
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.05,0:07:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personality trait,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.46,0:07:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can find themselves within
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.70,0:07:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the binary of male and female,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.15,0:07:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere in-between,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.55,0:07:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or outside of it entirely.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.78,0:07:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, as long as our culture maintains and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.10,0:07:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,normalizes rigid expectations related to gender –
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.16,0:07:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, continuing to prize masculinity while
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.36,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,denigrating femininity –
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these ideas about gender will contribute to the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.98,0:07:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oppression of particular groups of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.07,0:07:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including women, trans folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.72,0:07:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and non-binary people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.80,0:07:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, so you may be asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.34,0:07:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does all this have to do with insults hurled
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.78,0:07:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Donald Trump?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.01,0:07:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me be very clear about this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.21,0:07:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I AM NOT defending Donald Trump.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.77,0:07:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about recognizing that “jokes” about who is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.70,0:07:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isn’t a real man are the kinds of things that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.66,0:07:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump himself would laugh at.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.32,0:07:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, we know that this kind of stuff drives Trump
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.07,0:07:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.47,0:07:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that’s not a good excuse to participate in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.64,0:07:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.28,0:07:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re better than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.41,0:07:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re certainly funnier.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.93,0:08:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to challenge what many of those
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.47,0:08:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criticisms and insults are actually saying about
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.72,0:08:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men, women, gender, and sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.48,0:08:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they reinforce harmful patriarchal ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.30,0:08:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually benefit people like our current
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.69,0:08:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,president.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.54,0:08:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, it can be gratifying to carry a sign or share
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.12,0:08:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Facebook post that would get under the skin of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.81,0:08:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our quick-tempered, fast-tweeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.60,0:08:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rarely self-reflecting President.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.89,0:08:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because Trump buys so fully into deeply sexist
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.60,0:08:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideas about masculinity and power himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.35,0:08:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questioning his masculinity can seem like an easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.66,0:08:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effective way to knock him down a peg.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.94,0:08:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to think about the message we’re
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.10,0:08:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending when we insult anyone using the idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.37,0:08:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small hands are unmanly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.04,0:08:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that two men loving each other is embarrassing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.41,0:08:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- even a president who was leaving a bad taste in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.64,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people’s mouths with his personal line of steaks at
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Sharper Image...long before he was offending
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.47,0:08:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embarrassing us as Commander-in-Chief.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.25,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we rely on patriarchal ideas of masculinity to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insult and protest against someone who clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.48,0:08:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benefits from patriarchy and misogyny,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.04,0:08:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from his own position as a straight, white,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.51,0:08:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendously wealthy man,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.14,0:09:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we help to perpetuate these same norms.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.86,0:09:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the very norms that help enable
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.79,0:09:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone to laugh off their own history of sexism
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.21,0:09:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sexual assault, and still get elected to the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.60,0:09:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highest office in the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.46,0:09:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would actually be transgressive and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.03,0:09:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenging to Trump is a resistance that works to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.55,0:09:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dismantle the very notions of patriarchy and power
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.89,0:09:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helped propel him to the presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.25,0:09:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A resistance that defies rigid notions of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.47,0:09:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,masculinity and femininity and loudly embraces
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.32,0:09:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people of all genders and all gender expressions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.38,0:09:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let’s stop resorting to body shaming or
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.01,0:09:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homophobia when what we’re really trying to do is
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.13,0:09:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,critique the misogyny,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.29,0:09:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the history of sexual assault,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.99,0:09:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the abuse of political power by someone who
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.60,0:09:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should have done us a huge favor and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.37,0:09:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disappeared from the public sphere
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.26,0:09:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following his cameo in Home Alone 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.26,0:09:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Excuse me, where's the lobby?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.59,0:09:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Down the hall and to the left."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.79,0:09:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thanks."
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