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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.72,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon! Are we having\Na transformative afternoon so far?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.26,0:00:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I am here today\Nto talk about a lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.66,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In specific, a sexy lie.\NI know there are lots of lies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.60,0:00:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of them are sexy,\Nsome of them are very unsexy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.29,0:00:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'd like to talk specifically\Nabout the lie or the idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.71,0:00:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a sex object is empowering.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like to convince you\Nthat it is not empowering.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.65,0:00:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First by talking about what\Nsexual objectification is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.35,0:00:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then moving on to theoretical and\Ndata driven analysis of why it's damaging,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.54,0:00:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, lastly, provide\Nyou a plan of action
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.88,0:00:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can both navigate\Nobjectification culture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.17,0:01:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and change objectification culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.40,0:01:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's jump right in-\Nwhat is sexual objectification?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.60,0:01:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the process of representing\Nor treating a person like a sex object
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.01,0:01:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that serves another's\Nsexual pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.29,0:01:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's so interesting about\Nsexual objectification
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.96,0:01:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we used to have\Na vocabulary for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.09,0:01:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 60s and 70s, we were concerned\Nabout sexual objectification
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.82,0:01:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its harm on girls and women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.04,0:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 80s, 90s and today,\Nwe've actually been relatively quiet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.76,0:01:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to public discourse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.76,0:01:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so even though our sexual\Nobjectification culture is more amplified
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.50,0:01:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see more images,\Nand 96% of them are female,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.54,0:01:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sexually objectified bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.58,0:01:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have a vocabulary\Nto talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.63,0:01:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And young people have even mostly\Nlost the ability to identify it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.63,0:01:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a friend of mine said,\Nit's like being raised in a red room,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.68,0:01:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulled out of that red room\Nand asked to described the color red.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.54,0:01:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I built on the work of others,\Nand I put together a sex object test,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.38,0:02:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the answer is "yes"\Nto any of these 7 questions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.09,0:02:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you are looking\Nat a sexual objectifying image.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.17,0:02:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, does the image show only\Nparts of a sexualized person's body?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.83,0:02:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\Ndoes a part stand in for the whole?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.60,0:02:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This woman's derrière, for example,\Nin this advertisement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.08,0:02:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the image show a sexualized person\Nas a stand in for an object?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.37,0:02:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this image a woman\Nbecomes a table.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.18,0:02:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the image show\Nthe sexualized person as interchangeable?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.52,0:02:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, as one of many items\Nthat can just be swapped out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the image affirm\Nthe idea of violating
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.30,0:02:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bodily integrity\Nof a sexualized person
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.03,0:02:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that person can't consent?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.96,0:02:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\Nis that person being acted upon
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.29,0:02:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though she is a sexual object?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.66,0:02:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the image suggest that\Nthe sexual availability of the person
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.57,0:02:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the defining characteristic\Nof that person?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.29,0:02:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The text for this ad reads:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.57,0:02:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know you're not her first,\Nbut do you really care?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.91,0:03:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's being used to sell\Npre-owned vehicles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.88,0:03:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the image show\Na sexualized person as a commodity?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.92,0:03:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that can\Nbe bought and sold?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.99,0:03:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this advertisement, you see\Nwomen in a vending machine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.38,0:03:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a man is choosing a woman\Nand this is to sell men's shoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.86,0:03:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, lastly, does the image treat\Nthe sexualized person's body as a canvas?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not talking about inking\Nor tattooing that a person decides
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.88,0:03:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather marketers using the body\Nas a specific type of canvas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.88,0:03:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New objectification culture\Nhas emerged in the past ten years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.29,0:03:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's marked by two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.38,0:03:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is an increase in the number of\Nsexually objectifying ads and television,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.26,0:03:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movies, video games, music videos,\Nmagazines and other mediums.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.33,0:03:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second advertising component,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.96,0:03:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the images have become\Nmore extreme, more hypersexualized.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why are we experiencing\Nthis now?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.31,0:03:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can really be boiled\Ndown to technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.71,0:03:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New technology has increased\Nthe sheer number of images
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.46,0:04:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are exposed to every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.46,0:04:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the 70s we saw\Nabout 500 ads a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.18,0:04:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we see about 5,000 ads a day
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.85,0:04:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and children ages 8 to 18\Nspend an average of 8 hours a day
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.26,0:04:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hooked up to devices where\Nadvertisers can reach them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.88,0:04:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do advertisers do?\NThey cut through the clutter
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.66,0:04:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with increased emphasis on violence,\Nhyperviolence and hypersexualization.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.71,0:04:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how is this not empowering?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.71,0:04:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make an appeal\Nfirst to logic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.54,0:04:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're talking about sex objects,\Nwe're talking about dichotomies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.04,0:04:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Western thinking, we think\Nof black and white, yes and no.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.92,0:04:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two opposing categories.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.04,0:04:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're thinking about sex objects,\Nwe're thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.82,0:04:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the object-subject dichotomy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.52,0:04:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subjects act, objects\Nare acted upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.32,0:04:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even if you become\Nthe perfect object,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.33,0:04:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect sex object,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.40,0:05:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are perfectly subordinate because\Nthat position will always be acted on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's not power in being a sex object\Nwhen you think about it logically.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.12,0:05:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beyond that this idea that sex sells-\NI'd like to challenge that directly
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.58,0:05:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the fact is, if sex sold,\Nmost women are heterosexual
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.32,0:05:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are sexual beings
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.32,0:05:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why wouldn't we see\Nhalf naked men everywhere in advertising?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.34,0:05:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers and laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.60,0:05:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to propose...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.28,0:05:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.88,0:05:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to propose something else\Nis being sold here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.73,0:05:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To men, they are being sold this idea\Nconstantly that they are sexual subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.04,0:05:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are in the driver's seat.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.88,0:05:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes them feel powerful to see\Nimages of objectified women everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.01,0:05:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for women, we are being sold
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.17,0:05:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea that this\Nis how we get our value
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.20,0:05:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the way to become\Nthe ideal sex object.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.13,0:05:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why, instead\Nof sex selling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.60,0:05:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these ideas of subjectivity\Nand objectivity are being sold.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.46,0:05:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we see men's magazines\Nwith scantily clad women
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.54,0:06:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see women's magazines\Nwith scantily clad women.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.46,0:06:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving now to the research.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.09,0:06:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-objectification\Nis a phenomenon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.40,0:06:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we, girls and women,\Nview our bodies as sex objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.46,0:06:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of us do\Nto a greater or lesser extent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.35,0:06:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This varies somewhat by sexuality\Nand somewhat by ethnicity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.35,0:06:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, by and large,\Nall women face this in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.82,0:06:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So self-objectification,\N10 years of research,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.04,0:06:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly done by psychologists.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.88,0:06:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it has\Nsome pretty severe effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.29,0:06:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to run through the list
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.89,0:06:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to concentrate on\Njust a few of these items.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.48,0:06:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, the more\Nwe think of ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.35,0:06:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and internalize this idea\Nof being sex objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.85,0:06:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the higher our rates of depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.88,0:06:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also engage in habitual body monitoring
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.13,0:06:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more when we view\Nourselves as sex objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.74,0:06:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is habitual body monitoring?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.75,0:06:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men in the audience,\Nthis might be news to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.25,0:06:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not news to the women\Nin the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.42,0:06:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think about the positioning\Nof our legs, our hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.69,0:06:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the light is falling,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.38,0:06:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's looking at us?\NWho's not looking at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.49,0:07:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact in the 5 minutes\NI've been giving this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.67,0:07:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on average the women\Nin this audience
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.67,0:07:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have engaged in habitual body\Nmonitoring 10 times.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.30,0:07:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, every 30 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.12,0:07:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating disorders\Nare much more prevalent
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.40,0:07:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those who see\Nthemselves as sex objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.52,0:07:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as body shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.08,0:07:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And depressed cognitive functioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.18,0:07:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're engaging in\Nhabitual body monitoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.79,0:07:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it simply takes up more\Nmental space
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.03,0:07:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could be better used\Ncompleting math tests
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.04,0:07:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completing your homework.\NIt just sucks our cognitive functioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.80,0:07:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also sexual dysfunction.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.72,0:07:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this idea that sex sells.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.46,0:07:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it strange that if you think\Nof yourself as a sex object,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.52,0:07:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're raised in a society
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.29,0:07:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that raises little girls\Nto view their bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.41,0:07:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as projects to work on\Nand be sex objects
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.46,0:07:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it actually gets in the way\Nof good sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.04,0:07:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what tends to happen is that women\Nwho are high self-objectifiers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.51,0:07:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually engage in what's called\N"spectatoring" during sex acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.88,0:07:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of being involved and engaged\Nin the pleasure and what's happening
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.61,0:08:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you tend to view yourself\Nfrom a third party perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.31,0:08:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a spectator's perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.99,0:08:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're worried about\Nrolls of fat hanging out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.44,0:08:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what that leg looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.43,0:08:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, again, it gets in the way\Nof sexual pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.83,0:08:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there is anything I can pitch to you\Nabout why you don't want
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.100,0:08:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live in a culture that\Nsexually objectifies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.33,0:08:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it diminishes your\Nsexual pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.54,0:08:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also lowers self esteem,\Nit lowers GPAs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.34,0:08:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not negligible the difference\Nthat I found in my research.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.04,0:08:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the difference between\Ngoing to graduate school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.54,0:08:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not going to graduate school\Nfor college women.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.29,0:08:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also lowers political efficacy or\Nthe belief you have a voice in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.42,0:08:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it lowers your ability\Nto get along with other women.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.21,0:08:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We engage in female competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.29,0:08:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see male attention as\Nthe holy grail of our existence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.13,0:08:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we compete with other women\Nfor our own self esteem,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.85,0:08:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we see it as this finite resource,\Nthis cherished finite resource.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.46,0:08:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we go into parties
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.68,0:08:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know where we are\Nin the pretty girl pecking order
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.37,0:09:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when another woman\Nis valued for being a sex object,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.29,0:09:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually makes us feel\Nbad about ourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.46,0:09:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we do about this-\Na plan of action.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.38,0:09:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First I'd like to propose\Nsome personal actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.70,0:09:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what sexual objectification\Ndoes is actually set up a sexy ceiling
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.37,0:09:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that damages or harms women
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.12,0:09:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personally, politically\Nand professionally.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.14,0:09:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to focus on the personal here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.100,0:09:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.40,0:09:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can stop consuming\Ndamaging materials - girls, women,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.33,0:09:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know within the first 3 minutes\Nthat our self esteem goes down
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.77,0:09:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're looking at\Nfashion magazines.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.88,0:09:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can stop competing with\Nother girls and women.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.38,0:09:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we see a woman\Nwho is getting attention for this
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.88,0:09:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can understand that\Nshe is part of a system
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.14,0:09:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the rules\Nare stacked against us
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.48,0:09:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is not a problem,\Nshe is a symptom of a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.65,0:09:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can stop seeking attention\Nfor our bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.54,0:09:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We raise our little boys\Nto view their bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.66,0:09:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as tools to master\Ntheir environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.63,0:09:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We raise our little girls\Nto view their bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.86,0:09:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as projects to constantly\Nbe improved.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.07,0:09:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if women started\Nto view their bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.49,0:09:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as tools to master\Ntheir environment?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.40,0:10:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As tools to get you\Nfrom one place to the next.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.24,0:10:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As these amazing vehicles for moving\Nthrough the world in a new way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.01,0:10:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for boys,\Nbe a supportive ally,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.21,0:10:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand what's happening\Naround you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.04,0:10:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on in the minds\Nof the women around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.82,0:10:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't evaluate girls and women\Nbased upon how they look
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.21,0:10:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evaluate them for what\Nthey say and what they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.06,0:10:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, use your\Nposition of privilege strategically
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.71,0:10:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak out against objectification.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.21,0:10:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So moving beyond the personal\Nto the political,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.90,0:10:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can boycott,\Nyou can simply refuse
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.55,0:10:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consume materials that\Nsexually objectify girls and women.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.54,0:10:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can contact media producers\Nwhen something is offensive to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.24,0:10:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can produce your own media.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.10,0:10:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get behind the camera!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.21,0:10:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Write! Act! Direct!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.85,0:10:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can also engage in\Nnew media activism.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.54,0:10:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an incredible\Nworld at your disposal
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.85,0:10:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring about political change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.40,0:10:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to provide\Njust a few examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.37,0:10:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, Sociological Images,\Na blog run by Dr. Lisa Wade
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.79,0:11:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked with students to pull\NAbercrombie & Fitch's padded bras
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.40,0:11:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or padded swimsuits for toddlers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.96,0:11:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they ran a campaign where\Nthey blogged about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.71,0:11:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it got some press coverage.\NThere were some petitions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.68,0:11:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they pulled the product\Nnationally from their stores.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.63,0:11:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my hero.\NHer name is Julia.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.35,0:11:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a 14 year old who got\Nchange.org to put a petition together-
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.82,0:11:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,85,000 signatures,\Nand she went to New York
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.59,0:11:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Seventeen magazine agreed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.40,0:11:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would not Photoshop\Nany of their models from here on out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.17,0:11:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, lastly, I'll leave you with\Nthis idea of imagining a different world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.13,0:11:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to imagine a world\Nwhere girls and women
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.38,0:11:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't spend an hour\Nevery morning
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.21,0:11:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting on their makeup\Nand doing their hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.48,0:11:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to imagine a world,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.68,0:11:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where women are valued for\Nwhat they say and what they do,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.04,0:11:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than the way they look.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.88,0:12:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to imagine a world where\Ninstead of spending time on appearance
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.40,0:12:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually directed our energies\Nto dealing with serious problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.21,0:12:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like human trafficking,\Nsexualized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.70,0:12:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence, homophobia,\Npoverty, hunger.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.74,0:12:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, lastly, because you are\Nthe architects of your future.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.79,0:12:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to remind you that sometimes\Narchitects have to demolish paradigms
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.82,0:12:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to build a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.29,0:12:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my question for you is:\Nwhat better world will you build?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.42,0:12:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.96,0:12:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)