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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to overstate the massive\Ncultural impact of the Barbie movie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The film Enchanted audiences wowed critics\Nsparked heated debates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made a truly obscene amount of money\Nat the box office
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barbie continues breaking records\Nwith over 1 billion dollars
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the global box office
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an impressive cultural achievement,\Nespecially considering that the film
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doubles as a feature-length commercial\Nfor a line of plastic dolls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was however one group\Nwho were decidedly unenthusiastic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Despite all the bubbly pink fun,\Nthe movie's become a target"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"of some right-wing personalities"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They are preaching empowerment\Nby making men look weak and dumb"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Feminist (diet tribe?) about the evils of\Nthe modern patriarchy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's a trojan horse to to teach girls\Ndaddy is really a dummy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"or domineering idiots"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's feminist garbage and\Nit's really about hating men"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Ken is like stupid and unlikable"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is an assault on not just Ken,\Nbut all men"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've seen the movie\Nyou might be confused
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Barbie script goes\Nout of it's way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show Ken in a sympathetic light
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything the movie might\Nbe a little too sympathetic to Ken
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think I owe you an apology"\N"Huh?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's tempting to dismiss this\Nclearly performative outrage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as just another attempt to fan the flame\Nof the culture war
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is something really poisonous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under-pinning this backlash\Nthat I do think is worth taking seriously
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One word in particular\Nseem to touch a nerve
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I haven't seen Barbie yet, um"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but I've seen people talking about\Nthe number of times they use"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the word patriarchy in it"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Feminism and the patriarchy\Nand fighting it, and all that"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And actually to call it the patriarchy in\Nthe film that phrase is used many times"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you take a shot every time\NBarbie says the word 'patriarchy',
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will pass out before the movie ends"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As we learned that the use of word\N'patriarchy' no less than ten times in this film"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The patriarchy is a big part of\Nthis Barbie film"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The word is used endlessly in the movie\Neven though most people"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"even me actually has no idea that\Nwhat 'patriarchy' really means"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a truly staggering\Nlevel of defensiveness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially coming from people who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't really seem to understand \Nwhat the word even means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there are many legitimate criticisms\Nof the Barbie movie's feminism or lack thereof
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this video essay is not going to\Naddress those questions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we're going to use the movie\Nas a sort of primary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help explain\Nwhat patriarchy actually is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it isn't and how it ends up\Nharming everyone including men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Watch your flank"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have any kind of\Nproductive conversation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to get over that defensiveness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that so many mem feel whenever\Nthey come across the word patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a real hornets nest in here"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrary to popular belief\Npatriarchy is not a synonym for men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor is it a code word for masculinity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it certainly has nothing to do\Nwith hating men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"yeah I am confused about that"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,General confusion about what\Npatriarchy means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is perhaps not surprising
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given that the word\Nvery rarely appears in popular media
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the term has been used\Nit's traditionally been as a joke
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mock feminists or feminism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"let's take off our brows and burn them\Nin defiance of the misogynistic patriarchy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you know what I think\NI have to meet Harvey, but um"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"maybe we can burn\Nour underwear together later"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"when the last time we had a conversation\Nover 3 minutes it was about"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the patriarchal bias of\Nthe Mr. Roger's show"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well with King Friday lording it\Nover all the Lesser puppets"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What did I miss?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The oppressive patriarchal values\Nthat dictate our education"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"good"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only after the rise of\Nthe me too movement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we begin to see\Na shift in this pattern
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stay out of it Courtney"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You stay out of it.\NI'm dismantling the patriarchy this year"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and I'm not afraid to start with you"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days the word is most often\Nwritten for snarky teenage characters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So you were Guided by Lon chivalry"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a tool of the patriarchy to extract\Nmy undying gratitude?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"mhm, you know\Nmost people just say thank you"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's meant to identify them as brash,\Nrebellious or naively idealistic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though not necessarily wrong\Nin their observations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think marriage is just a patriarchal system\Ndesigned to make women less autonomous"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You become your husband's property,\Nyou have to bear his children"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you even have to take his name"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, didn't you say that prom was a..."\N"A postcolonial patriarchal construct"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But we would go as a group\Nas a form of protest"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey hey, ho ho,\Npatriarchy has got to go"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey hey, ho ho,\Npatriarchy has got to go"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in this new limited context\Nthe word is still delivered as a punch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm jus... I mean is that it?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its meaning is left\Nintentionally vague
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it's called Little Women\Nand it's about four sisters"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who overcome poverty\Nand the patriarchy..."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nope, dolls"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lack of specificity guarantees that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only those who are already in the know\Nwill get the joke
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Down with the patriarchy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Idiots ah"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone else is left\Neither bewildered or extremely threatened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why didn't Barbie tell me\Nabout patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which to my understanding is where men\Nand horses run everything?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll silver away!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, Ken, but there are no horses involved
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although, it does kind of make sense\Nwhy he might think that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's not fair is it? You know\Nis it the fault of the patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Also, what is a patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In its modern usage\Npatriarchy refers to a type of society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's constructed to promote\Nmale power and authority
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in sociological terms it's what's called\Na social system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooted in four distinct principles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a society is patriarchal to the degree\Nthat it's male-dominated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male centered, male identified and\Norganized around an obsession with control
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to go over\Nwhat all of that means in detail
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the important thing to remember\Nabout social systems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we are not those systems\Nand those systems are not us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because Barbie land, is now Kenland"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the Barbie movie The Kens have a (coup?)\Nand Implement patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Kens as a group are\Nnot patriarchy itself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here I'm just a dude"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Kens make patriarchy happen\Nby doing it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they stop participating the\Nsocial system effectively ceases to exist
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way that we can describe\Na board game and its rules
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without saying anything about\Nthe personality of the individual players
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, too, can we talk about\Nthe system of patriarchy and how it works
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without condemning every individual man
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now keep in mind that the Barbie movie\Nfocuses mostly on Straight White characters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but patriarchy impacts people in\Ndifferent ways based on their sexuality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and race, class or geographical location
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is there a problem offices?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving forward in this video
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be heavily borrowing from a\Nbook called The Gender Knot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by sociologist Alan G Johnson
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the devil is in the details,\Nlet's use Kenland
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kendom"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kendom"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kendomland"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Land of the..."\N"Land of the free of the men"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Right. Well, this place"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use Kendomland to help illustrate\Nhow patriarchy works
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I shall seek my fortune there"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Alright"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first characteristic of a patriarchal\Nsociety is that it's male dominated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is relatively straightforward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All it means is that positions of authority\Nare generally reserved for men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically when you look up in\Nthe various hierarchies of society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll tend to see more and more men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Barbie movie gives us a vivid illustration\Nof what male dominance looks like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are presented with a montage of images\Nfeaturing powerful and important men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's notable that up until recently
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women have largely been\Nexcluded from these fields
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll take a high level,\Nhigh paying job with influence, please"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay you'll need at least an NBA"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ken also learns an important lesson
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he demands to be given\Na powerful position
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has unceremoniously rejected
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No I won't let you do\Njust one appendectomy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But I'm a man"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But not a doctor"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because male dominance does not\Nmean that every individual man is powerful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm a man with no power\Ndoes that make me a woman?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact most men living in patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will never acquire\Na formal position of power
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is bad. This is really bad"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead they'll spend their entire lives\Nlaboring under the boot of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other more powerful men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are any women in charge?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite what this\NMattel boardroom scene implies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not impossible for a woman to\Nascend to the top in patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just means it'll be much much harder\Nfor women to gain and maintain power
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she will be tokenized and regarded as\Na special exception to the rule
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love you guys"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike in the fantasy world of Barbie land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there has never been\Na female president of the United States
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How come you're so amazing?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No comment. Ah ha ha ha"\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even when a woman eventually\Ndoes win that position
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will not mean that patriarchy is over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because patriarchy is a dynamic\Nand resilient system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has evolved and changed\Nover the decades
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indeed centuries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to countless women who have fought\Nhard for a few seats at the table
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the table is still male-dominated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You guys are clearly\Nnot doing patriarchy very well"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No. Ha ha. No, we're uh,\Nwe're doing it well, yeah"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're just uh, hide it better now"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second aspect of a patriarchal society\Nis that it's male centered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This simply means\Nthat the focus of attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is primarily on men and boys\Nand what they do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the reasons Barbie land\Nis so visually startling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it's a rare vision of\Na female centered world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something we almost never\Nsee in Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of cheesy Sci-Fi movies\Nfrom the 1950s
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Landing on an unknown planet"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"they are captured by long limb beauties"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When they say take me to your leader
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and they take them to\Na creature like this"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you know they're on planet Venus"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, space"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Barbie Land the focus of\Nattention is naturally
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placed on the Barbies and what they do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after the coup, the Kens immediately\Npush the Barbies aside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put themselves and masculinity\Nat the center of absolutely everything
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Everything basically everything"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Exists to expand and elevate\Nthe presence of men"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an exaggerated reflection of\Nour own male centered world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is turn on the news\Nor go to the movies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll be inundated\Nwith endless stories centering men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A symbol to the nation"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a hero to the world"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Beacon of Hope, shining up"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, this doesn't mean that\Nwomen are never centered under patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they are\Nit's often framed as a woman's story
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than a human story
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Barbie movie for example
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very specifically a story about the\Ngendered experience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a woman in society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anxiety, panic attacks \Nand OCD sold separately"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can contrast that\Nwith a movie like Oppenheimer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a story about becoming death\Nthe destroyer of worlds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes this destroyer of worlds\Nhappens to be a man
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice the story isn't focused on the\Ngendered experience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a man in society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, all of Christopher Nolan's film\Ncenter very important men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but none are about their gender
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are built as stories representative\Nof the human experience writ large
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greta Gerwig's movies on the other hand\Nall center women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are very explicitly about being a\Nwoman trying to navigate a man's world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Very well"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not a criticism of\Neither director by the way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a stark illustration of what\Nmale centered means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In patriarchy men are viewed as\Nthe default for human
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, male experiences are framed\Nas an exploration of the human condition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While women's experiences are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first and foremost, framed as\Nbeing about womanhood
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incidentally this deep-seated \Ncultural expectation of male centrality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps explain the waves of \Nbacklash against any entertainment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's made for a general audience \Nbut doesn't center men or masculinity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Male identification \Nis a little more complicated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is a critical piece \Nof the patriarchal puzzle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that core cultural ideas \Nabout what is considered good,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desirable, preferable or normal\Nare culturally associated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with how we think about men,\Nmanhood and masculinity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is why professions that elevate \Nqualities like toughness, competitiveness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strength, control, rationality \Nand invulnerability are so highly valued
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and highly paid in our society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Monsters"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While occupations that revolve\Naround qualities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought of as feminine like\Ncompassion, sharing or caregiving
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to be systematically\Ndevalued and underfunded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know Greg's in medicine too, Larry"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh really what field?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh, nursing"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Barbie movie, The Kens establish\Nan aggressively male identified society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do this by stripping \NBarbie land of its feminine identity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and superimposing a version of hyper\Nmasculinity that seems to have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lifted from 1980s action movies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They replace all the pink furniture with\Nblack leather recliners
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drape everything in obnoxious \Ncowboy motifs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and litter the landscape with gym\Nequipment and sporting gear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't question it \Njust roll with, tiny baby"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He call me baby?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But male identification goes\Nmuch deeper than aesthetics
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ken decides to embrace patriarchy\Nhis behavior shifts accordingly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he tries to project\Nmale identified values
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can stay if you want,\Nas my bride wife"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"or my long-term low commitment\Ndistanced girlfriend"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He buries self-doubt and hides \Nhis hurt feelings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind a layer of false bravado
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bruski beer me?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will not Bruski beer you"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ha ha ha, that's fine"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under patriarchy the concept of leadership\Nand indeed power itself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is closely identified with masculinity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It follows then that all men are\Nsocially elevated by default
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while women and feminine things\Nare devalued and seen as inferior
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh you got fries with that shit?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I said you had a hot body\Nwould you hold it?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that even men\Nwho don't hold any institutional power
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can still see themselves\Nas superior to women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That point is underscored
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we see that the Kens\Nare generally inept at running Society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go face day drunk right now"\N[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"(?)"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They spend their time day drinking,\Nplaying games, and goofing off
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Every night is boy's night"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet they still see themselves \Nas superior
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply by virtue of being men \Nliving in a patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're like I can't believe how great \Nthis place is"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kendom land all the Barbies \Nare reduced to servants
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where are my hungry boys who want snacks"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the real world a small number of \Nwomen can gain power
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even inside of male identified systems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However in order to do so they\Nmust prove themselves worthy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by appearing to be just as aggressive\Ncompetitive and even less emotional
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any man in that same position
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, even though they are women\Nthey must adopt and perform
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male identified patriarchal values
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth and final feature of patriarchy\Nis an obsession with control
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a core value around which social and \Npersonal life are organized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men maintain their privilege by \Ncontrolling both women and other men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who might threaten it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Barbie movie downplays it \Nbut men's violence against women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the everpresent threat thereof
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Give us a smile, blondie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a critical element in maintaining \Npatriarchal control
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not getting any of that. I feel\Nthat can only be described as admired"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but not (?) and there's no \Nundertone of violence"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mine very much has an \Nundertone of violence"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Control can also be achieved in other ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since the Kens don't really \Nunderstand violence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they use coercion and manipulation\Nto control daily life in Barbie land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is wrong with them?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We just explain to them the immaculate\Nimpeccable seamless gaunlet of logic"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"that is patriarchy and they crumbled"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the Kens take over \Nevery institution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also take control of the Dream Houses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This shall henceforth be known as \NKen's Mojo Dojo Kasa house"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they manipulate the Barbies into \Nembracing their new status
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as objectified servants
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anyone need a Bruski beer?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are you doing? You're a doctor"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like being a helpful decoration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The illusion of intellectual\Nand rational superiority
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is critical to enforcing the myth \Nthat men are in control of every situation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let me show you"\N"Here, let me show you"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here, let us show you"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore deserve their \Nprivilege status
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now you listen to me"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is emblematic of how men \Nin the real world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will often compensate for feelings of \Npersonal inadequacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by exercising extreme control\Nover those closest to them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are going to be home at 6 o'clock \Nevery night"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and you are going to have dinner\Nready on this table"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially women and children
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't want to push you around"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Returning to The Gender Knot:\N"Men are assumed and expected
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in control at all times\Nto be unemotional except for anger and rage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present themselves as invulnerable,\Nautonomous, independent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logical, dispassionate,\Nknowledgeable, always right
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in command of every situation\Nespecially those involving women"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who are you texting?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Huh?"\N"Who are you texting?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No one"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hmm, let me just"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[giggle]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This obsession with control is\Nso strong in our culture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any man who is perceived\Nas not exerting enough control over women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is likely to be ridiculed as \Npussy whipped, packed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or tethered to the old balling chain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that there are no equivalent \Nderogatory terms for men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who do control women\Nonly for men who don't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The obsession with control manifests\Nin countless ways, big and small
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We would love it, if you could just\Nget into that giant box"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, control over women, their bodies\Nand their sexuality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a core tenant under patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Get in the box! You Jezebel"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recall that the Kens take control\Nof the government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use its power to actively exclude\Nthe Barbies from civic life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's right. In just 48 hours \Nall the Kens will head to the polls"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and vote to change the Constitution to \Na government for the Kens of the Kens,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and by the Kens!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since these are children's toys\Nthe Barbies can't reproduce
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, aside from Midge that one time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the rest of the Barbies\Ncan't have babies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if they could the Kens\Nwould have no doubt
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,curtailed their reproductive rights\Njust like in the real world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The social system I've just described\Nis very obviously oppressive to women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while patriarchy definitely\Nbenefits men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's paradoxically a poison chalice\Nbecause it robs men of their full humanity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, here's the deal.\NIt's not just about how they see us"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it's about how they see themselves"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only have time to scratch the surface\Non this topic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But embedded in Ken's story,\Nwe can find a few hints
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how patriarchy ends up harming men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Hollywood loves to play on\Nthemes of a war between the genders
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that framing misses a critical point
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because patriarchy is not\Na competition between men and women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, it's an endless competition\Nfor dominance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherein men are pitted against each other\Nfor a place in what RW Connell calls:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the hierarchy of masculinities"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The white heterosexual hyper\Nmasculine ideal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the top of the hierarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All other forms of manhood especially\Nthose in any way associated with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homosexuality or femininity\Nare pushed further down on the hierarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When you're slapped, you'll\Ntake it and like it"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recall that when the Kens go to war\Nit isn't against the Barbies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's against the other Kens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We go to war"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Against the Barbies?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, against the Kens"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But we are the Kens"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The other Kens"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up until this point, I've been mining\Nthe Barbies movie to help illustrate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how patriarchy works
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the usefulness of the film's\Nnarrative is limited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when it comes to\Nmale competition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Looks this beach is a little\Ntoo much beach for you, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I wasn't severely injured,\NI would beach you off right now, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," I'll beach you up with you any day, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may remember for example
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that long before they ever discover\Nwhat patriarchy even is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ken and Ken are engaged\Nin a bitter competition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over control of Barbie's\Ntime and attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bet you can't do a flip like that, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where the Barbies script\Nis perhaps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little too clever for its own good
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's many overlapping\Nmetaphors and allegories
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave us with some mixed messages\Nabout the Kens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rivalry between the Kens\Nmay work as a sort of gender flipped
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commentary on how women are taught\Nto seek validation through male attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I only exist within \Nthe warmth of your gaze"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is less successful however, as part of \Nthe film's larger critique of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Ken's competitive rivalry \Ncarries with it some uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,echoes of male entitle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I bet you're scared and \NI bet she doesn't even wanted to go"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that behavior is not attributed to\Npatriarchy in the first half of the movie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is confusing because it\Ndefinitely should be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[grunt]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about being obsessed\Nwith control
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it traps men in a cycle of fear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more men value control,\Nthe more they're afraid of losing it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leaves men riddled with anxiety\Nabout not measuring up to other men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means they can never truly feel\Nsecure in their own masculinity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I made a double bet with Ken and you can't\Nmake me look uncool in front of Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken's not cool"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He is to me"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the movie the patriarchal battle\Nfor dominance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culminates in an absurdest dream ballet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in reality the consequences\Ncan be deadly serious
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most violence in the real world\Nis perpetrated by men against other men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Grim reality is part of why the\NBarbie's plan to overthrow patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by tricking the Kens into fighting\Neach other is so wildly misguided
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You play on their egos and their\Npetty jealousies"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and you turn them against each other"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the scene is undoubtedly funny\Nand the song choice, absolutely perfect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aggressive competitive male behavior is\Na core feature of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a bug that can be exploited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And now they destroy themselves"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the record, men's violence\Nis definitely not something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that women manipulate men into doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something else the movie doesn't show
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how the enormous pressures patriarchy\Nplaces on men can lead to self harm
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either directly or indirectly through\Naddiction and other risky behaviors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prohibition on expressing vulnerability\Ncompounds the problem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making it difficult, if not impossible,\Nfor men to ask for help
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or build emotional support networks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh hey, Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How much of that did you see?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course all people need love,\Nintimacy and nurture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since patriarchy devalues caregiving\Nand labels it as feminine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many men feel compelled to sacrifice\Ntheir emotional sides
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to preserve \Ntheir identity as real men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, many guys, especially\Nstraight guys
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falsely believe that women are\Nsomehow responsible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, but I don't want you here"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it Ken?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken's just a really good friend"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Goodnight"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That being rejected is tantamount to\Nwomen holding emotional intimacy hostage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in reality it's not women\Nbut patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's blocking men's access to\Nemotional and physical intimacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when Barbie refuses Ken's advances\Nhe becomes resentful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he lashes out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No you failed me"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he ends up harming everyone,\Nincluding himself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cry]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't look at me"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her excellent book: The Will to\NChange
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bell Hooks doesn't mince words when\Ndescribing what happens to men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Teaching boys to despise their\Nvulnerability is one way to socialize them"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"to engage in self-inflicted soul murder"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no wonder then that Ken isn't really\Nhappy living in patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in Kendom land he was even further\Nalienated from Barbie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From his own feelings and\Nfrom the other Kens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of this interview with Julia Fox
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she's hooked up to\Na polygraph machine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became a viral meme on Tik Tok
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate the patriarchy there's\Na lot of really good men"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Answer the question"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I hate men? No"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's a lie"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The viral audio snippet stopped there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we play the rest of it her answer\Nis Illuminating and nuanced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's a lot of men that benefit from\Nthe systemic oppression of women"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in our culture and society \Nand religions and I do wish that"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"more men could stand up for us"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She explains that she obviously does\Nnot hate all individual men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What she hates is the fact that most men \Ndo absolutely nothing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help end the oppression of women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can men do to make a difference\Nin ending this system?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Kens.\NThey found us"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use Allan as our proxy for this\Npart of the discussion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since he's the only guy who joins\Nthe Barbies' revolution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, aside from these two brief cameos
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sugar daddy?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No no no no, I'm not a sugar daddy.\NThis is sugar and I'm her daddy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And I have an earring, a magic earring"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that all three of these\Ncharacters are queer coded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite being men, \Nthey're marginalized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hierarchy of masculinities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan in particular, embodies a bunch of\Ncommon mistakes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that men make when trying to disentangle\Nthemselves from the system of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing Allan does is nothing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is a bystander who is nonetheless\Nstill afforded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a measure of privilege in Kendom Land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Barbies are not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And Alan likes to help me give\Nall the Kens foot massages"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, I don't, I don't like that"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We love it"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like some men in the real world,\NAlan might not be actively or consciously
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participating in the oppression of women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he doesn't speak out against it either
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next thing Allan does is\Ntry to escape
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as he spies a way out for himself,\Nhe tries to take it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How are you?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Allan.\NDon't tell the Ken I'm trying to escape"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I cannot sit on one more leather couch\Nit's going to break my spirit"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is man can't just\Nopt out of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's been woven into the very\Nfabric of our whole society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What, what do we do?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just get in the car and keep it singing"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next thing Allan tries is to engage\Nin displays of chivalrous violence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After learning the extent of the\Ninjustice women face
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some men try to distance themselves\Nfrom the problem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from any personal culpability\Nby going after particularly, bad men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But patriarchy isn't a person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't punch a a social system\Nin the face
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as you might want to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Guess what happened?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I, I got into a fight I'm fine but I..."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think we solved feminism"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah! once and for all"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It was just like a a total melee,\Nlike on the news"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the time men lashing\Nout in violence isn't helpful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it simply replicates\Nthe core values of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan fumbles around for a while, but\Neventually he joins the Barbies' revolution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figures out how to stand with\Nthem in solidarity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notably though, Allan never tries to\Nconfront the Kens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what they're doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's unfortunate because\Nthe most important thing men can do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is challenge other men\Non their behavior
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encourage them to rebel \Nagainst patriarchal expectations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite all the harm it does to women\Nand to men's well-being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system of patriarchy remains\Ninvisible to most people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Barbie movie for all its flaws,\Nmakes it visible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, I'd argue, at the root of why\Nso many right-wing pundits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were so extremely threatened\Nby this cartoony fantasy land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only does the film acknowledge\Nthe existence of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it dares to suggest that it's not a\Nnatural or inevitable institution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in doing so it lays bare the\Nfundamental truth about all social systems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be dismantled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No Barbie or Ken should be\Nliving in the shadows"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Or Allan"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Choosing to confront such an\Nentrenched system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be risky for men and\Nextremely dangerous for women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nonetheless, all over the world women\Nare challenging patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like never before in modern history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is that every day\Nmore and more men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are choosing to stand with those women\Nto join the struggle for liberation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to reclaim their full humanity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank you"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for watching
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