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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.79,0:00:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to overstate the massive\Ncultural impact of the Barbie movie
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.71,0:00:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi Barbie"\N"Hi Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.84,0:00:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The film Enchanted audiences, wowed critics,\Nsparked heated debates
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.94,0:00:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made a truly obscene amount of money\Nat the box office
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.37,0:00:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Barbie continues breaking records\Nwith over 1 billion dollars at the global box office"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.75,0:00:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an impressive cultural achievement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.14,0:00:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially considering that the film doubles as\Na featured-length for a line of plastic dolls
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.85,0:00:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was, however, one group\Nwho were decidedly unenthusiastic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.42,0:00:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Despite all the bubbly pink fun,\Nthe movie's become a target"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.71,0:00:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"of some right-wing personalities"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They are preaching empowerment\Nby making men look weak and dumb"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.10,0:00:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Feminist diet tribe about the evils of\Nthe modern patriarchy"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.24,0:00:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's a trojan horse to to teach girls\Ndaddy is really a dummy"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.68,0:01:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"or domineering idiots"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.08,0:01:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's feminist garbage and\Nit's really about hating men"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.85,0:01:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Ken is like stupid and unlikable"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.53,0:01:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is an assault on not just Ken,\Nbut all men"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.52,0:01:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've seen the movie,\Nyou might be confused
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.87,0:01:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Barbie script goes\Nout of it's way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.72,0:01:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show Ken in a sympathetic light
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.74,0:01:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything, the movie might\Nbe a little too sympathetic to Ken
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.85,0:01:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think I owe you an apology"\N"Huh?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.34,0:01:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's tempting to dismiss this\Nclearly performative outrage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.51,0:01:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as just another attempt to fan the flame\Nof the culture war
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.90,0:01:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is something really poisonous
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.31,0:01:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under-pinning this backlash\Nthat I do think is worth taking seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.70,0:01:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One word in particular\Nseem to touch a nerve
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.34,0:01:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I haven't seen Barbie yet, uh"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.39,0:01:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but I've seen people talking about\Nthe number of times they use"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.38,0:01:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the word patriarchy in it"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.75,0:01:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Feminism and the patriarchy\Nand fighting it and all that"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.54,0:02:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And actually to call it the patriarchy in\Nthe film that phrase is used many times"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.90,0:02:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you take a shot every time\NBarbie says the word 'patriarchy'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.03,0:02:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will pass out before the movie ends"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.76,0:02:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As we learned that the use of word\N'patriarchy' no less than ten times in this film"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.83,0:02:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The patriarchy is a big part of\Nthis Barbie film"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.48,0:02:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The word is used endlessly in the movie\Neven though most people"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.12,0:02:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"even me actually, have no real idea of\Nwhat patriarchy really means"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.20,0:02:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a truly staggering\Nlevel of defensiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.25,0:02:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially coming from people who
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.44,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't really seem to understand \Nwhat the word even means
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.26,0:02:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there are many legitimate criticisms\Nof the Barbie movie's feminism or lack thereof
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.19,0:02:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this video essay is not going to\Naddress those questions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.97,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we're going to use the movie\Nas a sort of primary
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help explain\Nwhat patriarchy actually is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.08,0:02:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it isn't and how it ends up\Nharming everyone including men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.52,0:02:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Watch your flank"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.67,0:02:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have any kind of\Nproductive conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.96,0:02:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to get over that defensiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.03,0:03:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that so many mem feel whenever\Nthey come across the word patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.92,0:03:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a real hornets nest in here"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.93,0:03:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrary to popular belief,\Npatriarchy is not a synonym for men
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.38,0:03:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor is it a code word for masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.56,0:03:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it certainly has nothing to do\Nwith hating men
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.28,0:03:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, I'm, I... confused about that"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.56,0:03:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,General confusion about what\Npatriarchy means
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.26,0:03:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is perhaps not surprising
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.04,0:03:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given that the word\Nvery rarely appears in popular media
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.33,0:03:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the term has been used\Nit's traditionally been as a joke
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.02,0:03:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mock feminists or feminism
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.81,0:03:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let's take off our brows and burn them\Nin defiance of the misogynistic patriarchy"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.09,0:03:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you know what I think\NI have to meet Harvey, but um"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.41,0:03:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"maybe we can burn\Nour underwear together later"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.42,0:03:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When the last time we had a conversation\Nover 3 minutes it was about"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.71,0:03:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the patriarchal bias of\Nthe Mr. Roger's show"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.84,0:03:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, with King Friday lording it\Nover all the Lesser puppets"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.84,0:03:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What did I miss?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.83,0:03:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The oppressive patriarchal values\Nthat dictate our education"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.06,0:03:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"good"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.92,0:03:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only after the rise of\Nthe me too movement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.46,0:04:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we begin to see\Na shift in this pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.51,0:04:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stay out of it Courtney"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.71,0:04:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You stay out of it.\NI'm dismantling the patriarchy this year"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.13,0:04:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and I'm not afraid to start with you"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.22,0:04:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days the word is most often\Nwritten for snarky teenage characters
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.56,0:04:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So you were Guided by Lon chivalry"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.61,0:04:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a tool of the patriarchy to extract\Nmy undying gratitude?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.55,0:04:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mhm, you know\Nmost people just say thank you"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.13,0:04:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's meant to identify them as brash,\Nrebellious or naively idealistic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.66,0:04:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though not necessarily wrong\Nin their observations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.32,0:04:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think marriage is just a patriarchal system\Ndesigned to make women less autonomous"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.25,0:04:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You become your husband's property,\Nyou have to bear his children"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.84,0:04:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You even have to take his name"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.85,0:04:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, didn't you say that prom was a postcolonial..."\N"A postcolonial patriarchal construct"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.60,0:04:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.34,0:04:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But we would go as a group\Nas a form of protest"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.72,0:04:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey hey, ho ho,\Npatriarchy has got to go"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.14,0:04:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey hey, ho ho,\Npatriarchy has got to go"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.52,0:05:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in this new limited context, the\Nword is still delivered as a punch line
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.19,0:05:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm jus... I mean is that it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.05,0:05:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its meaning is left\Nintentionally vague
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.89,0:05:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's called Little Women\Nand it's about four sisters"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.82,0:05:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who overcome poverty\Nand the patriarchy..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.95,0:05:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nope, dolls"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.91,0:05:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lack of specificity guarantees that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.73,0:05:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only those who are already in the know\Nwill get the joke
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.55,0:05:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Down with the patriarchy!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.17,0:05:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Idiot, ah"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.72,0:05:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone else is left\Neither bewildered or extremely threatened
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.09,0:05:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why didn't Barbie tell me\Nabout patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.42,0:05:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"which to my understanding is where men\Nand horses run everything?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.06,0:05:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll silver away!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.32,0:05:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, Ken, but there are no\Nhorses involved
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.93,0:05:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although, it does kind of make sense\Nwhy he might think that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.15,0:05:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's not fair is it? You know\Nis it the fault of the patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.90,0:05:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Also, what is a patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.75,0:05:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In its modern usage,\Npatriarchy refers to a type of society
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.13,0:05:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's constructed to promote\Nmale power and authority
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.10,0:06:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In sociological terms, it's what's called\Na social system
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.83,0:06:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooted in four distinct principles
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.00,0:06:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a society is patriarchal to the degree\Nthat it's male-dominated"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.71,0:06:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"male centered, male identified and\Norganized around an obsession with control"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.67,0:06:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to go over\Nwhat all of that means in detail
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.28,0:06:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the important thing to remember\Nabout social systems
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.89,0:06:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we are not those systems\Nand those systems are not us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.27,0:06:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because Barbie land is now Kenland"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.17,0:06:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the Barbie movie The Kens have a coup\Nand Implement patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.69,0:06:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Kens as a group are\Nnot patriarchy itself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.88,0:06:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here I'm just a dude"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.50,0:06:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Kens make patriarchy happen\Nby doing it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.25,0:06:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they stop participating the\Nsocial system effectively ceases to exist
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.89,0:06:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way that we can describe\Na board game and its rules
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.45,0:07:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without saying anything about\Nthe personality of the individual players
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.19,0:07:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, too, can we talk about\Nthe system of patriarchy and how it works
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.22,0:07:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without condemning every individual man
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.37,0:07:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now keep in mind that the Barbie movie\Nfocuses mostly on straight white characters
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.14,0:07:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but patriarchy impacts people in\Ndifferent ways based on their sexuality
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.52,0:07:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and race, class or geographical location
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.64,0:07:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is there a problem officers?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.85,0:07:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving forward in this video
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.15,0:07:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be heavily borrowing from a\Nbook called The Gender Knot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.17,0:07:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by sociologist Alan G Johnson
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.69,0:07:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the devil is in the details,\Nlet's use Kenland
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.41,0:07:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kendom"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.50,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kendom"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kendom Land"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.77,0:07:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Land of the..."\N"Land of the free of the men"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.37,0:07:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Right. Well, this place"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.92,0:07:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use Kendom land to help illustrate\Nhow patriarchy works
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.29,0:07:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I shall seek my fortune there"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.16,0:07:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Alright"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.54,0:07:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first characteristic of a patriarchal\Nsociety is that it's male dominated
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.62,0:07:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is relatively straightforward
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.60,0:08:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All it means is that "positions of authority\Nare generally reserved for men"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.80,0:08:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, when you look up in\Nthe various hierarchies of society
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.88,0:08:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll tend to see more and more men
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.22,0:08:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Barbie movie gives us a vivid illustration\Nof what male dominance looks like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.04,0:08:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are presented with a montage of images\Nfeaturing powerful and important men
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.05,0:08:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's notable that up until recently
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.44,0:08:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women have largely been\Nexcluded from these fields
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.91,0:08:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll take a high level,\Nhigh paying job with influence, please"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.45,0:08:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay you'll need at least an NBA"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.84,0:08:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ken also learns an important lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.19,0:08:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he demands to be given\Na powerful position
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.62,0:08:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has unceremoniously rejected
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.15,0:08:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, I won't let you do\Njust one appendectomy"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.77,0:08:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But I'm a man"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.47,0:08:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But not a doctor"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.22,0:08:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.74,0:08:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.23,0:08:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because male dominance does not\Nmean that every individual man is powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.66,0:08:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm a man with no power\Ndoes that make me a woman?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.06,0:08:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact most men living in patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.39,0:09:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will never acquire\Na formal position of power
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.18,0:09:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is bad. This is really bad"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.23,0:09:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.29,0:09:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, they'll spend their entire lives\Nlaboring under the boot of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.05,0:09:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other more powerful men
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.85,0:09:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are any women in charge?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.45,0:09:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite what this\NMattel boardroom scene implies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.54,0:09:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not impossible for a woman to\Nascend to the top in patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.91,0:09:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just means it'll be much much harder\Nfor women to gain and maintain power
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.88,0:09:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she will be tokenized and regarded as\Na special exception to the rule
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.60,0:09:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love you guys"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.27,0:09:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike in the fantasy world of Barbie land
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.41,0:09:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there has never been\Na female president of the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.63,0:09:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How come you're so amazing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.23,0:09:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No comment. Ah ha ha ha"\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.11,0:09:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even when a woman eventually\Ndoes win that position
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.10,0:09:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will not mean that patriarchy is over
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.43,0:09:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because patriarchy is a dynamic\Nand resilient system
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.73,0:09:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has evolved and changed\Nover the decades
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.52,0:09:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indeed centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.86,0:09:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to countless women who have fought\Nhard for a few seats at the table
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.57,0:10:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the table is still male-dominated
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.05,0:10:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You guys are clearly\Nnot doing patriarchy very well"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.21,0:10:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No. Ha ha. No, we're uh,\Nwe're doing it well, yeah"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.43,0:10:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're just uh, hide it better now"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.04,0:10:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second aspect of a patriarchal society\Nis that it's male centered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.50,0:10:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This simply means\Nthat "the focus of attention
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.94,0:10:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is primarily on men and boys\Nand what they do"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.38,0:10:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the reasons Barbie land\Nis so visually startling
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.44,0:10:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it's a rare vision of\Na female centered world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.60,0:10:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something we almost never\Nsee in Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.16,0:10:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of cheesy Sci-Fi movies\Nfrom the 1950s
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.53,0:10:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Landing on an unknown planet"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.52,0:10:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"they are captured by long limb beauties"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.24,0:10:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When they say take me to your leader
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.58,0:10:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and they take them to\Na creature like this"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.44,0:10:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you know they're on planet Venus"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.82,0:10:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.59,0:10:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, space!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.22,0:11:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Barbie Land the focus of\Nattention is naturally
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.46,0:11:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placed on the Barbies and what they do
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.22,0:11:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after the coup, the Kens immediately\Npush the Barbies aside
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.88,0:11:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put themselves and masculinity\Nat the center of absolutely everything
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.65,0:11:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Everything, basically everything"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.73,0:11:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"exists to expand and elevate\Nthe presence of men"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.53,0:11:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an exaggerated reflection of\Nour own male centered world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.62,0:11:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is turn on the news\Nor go to the movies
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.31,0:11:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll be inundated\Nwith endless stories centering men
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.59,0:11:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A symbol to the nation"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.51,0:11:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A hero to the world"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.83,0:11:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A beacon of hope, shining up"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.44,0:11:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, this doesn't mean that\Nwomen are never centered under patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.01,0:11:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they are\Nit's often framed as a woman's story
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.71,0:11:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than a human story
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.82,0:11:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Barbie movie for example
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.50,0:12:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very specifically a story about the\Ngendered experience
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.77,0:12:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a woman in society
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.24,0:12:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anxiety, panic attacks \Nand OCD sold separately"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.09,0:12:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can contrast that\Nwith a movie like Oppenheimer
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.18,0:12:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a story about becoming death\Nthe destroyer of worlds
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.97,0:12:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes this destroyer of worlds\Nhappens to be a man
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.42,0:12:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but notice the story isn't focused on the\Ngendered experience
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.79,0:12:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a man in society
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.81,0:12:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, all of Christopher Nolan's film\Ncenter very important men
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.68,0:12:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but none are about their gender
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.11,0:12:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are built as stories representative\Nof the human experience writ large
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.55,0:12:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greta Gerwig's movies on the other hand\Nall center women
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.51,0:12:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are very explicitly about being a\Nwoman trying to navigate a man's world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.86,0:12:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Very well"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.04,0:12:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.46,0:12:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not a criticism of\Neither director by the way
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.05,0:12:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a stark illustration of what\Nmale centered means
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.09,0:13:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In patriarchy men are viewed as\Nthe default for human
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.03,0:13:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, male experiences are framed\Nas an exploration of the human condition
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.24,0:13:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While women's experiences are
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.14,0:13:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first and foremost, framed as\Nbeing about womanhood
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.88,0:13:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.45,0:13:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incidentally this deep-seated \Ncultural expectation of male centrality
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.78,0:13:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps explain the waves of \Nbacklash against any entertainment
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.65,0:13:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's made for a general audience \Nbut doesn't center men or masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.76,0:13:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Male identification \Nis a little more complicated
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.56,0:13:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is a critical piece \Nof the patriarchal puzzle
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.88,0:13:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that "core cultural ideas \Nabout what is considered good,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.92,0:13:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"desirable, preferable or normal\Nare culturally associated"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.72,0:13:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"with how we think about men,\Nmanhood and masculinity"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.29,0:14:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why professions that elevate \Nqualities like toughness, competitiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.24,0:14:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strength, control, rationality \Nand invulnerability are so highly valued
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.78,0:14:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and highly paid in our society
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.19,0:14:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Monsters"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.03,0:14:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While occupations that revolve\Naround qualities
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.54,0:14:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought of as feminine like\Ncompassion, sharing or caregiving
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.60,0:14:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to be systematically\Ndevalued and underfunded
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.00,0:14:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know Greg's in medicine too, Larry"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.96,0:14:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, really what field?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.75,0:14:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh, nursing"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.74,0:14:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.21,0:14:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Barbie movie, The Kens establish\Nan aggressively male identified society
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.88,0:14:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do this by stripping \NBarbie land of its feminine identity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.26,0:14:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and superimposing a version of hyper\Nmasculinity that seems to have been
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.100,0:14:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lifted from 1980s action movies
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.65,0:14:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They replace all the pink furniture with\Nblack leather recliners
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.53,0:14:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drape everything in obnoxious \Ncowboy motifs
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.83,0:14:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and litter the landscape with gym\Nequipment and sporting gear
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.21,0:14:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't question it \Njust roll with it, tiny baby"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.62,0:14:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He call me baby?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.85,0:15:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But male identification goes\Nmuch deeper than aesthetics
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.17,0:15:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ken decides to embrace patriarchy,\Nhis behavior shifts accordingly
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.100,0:15:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he tries to project\Nmale identified values
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.42,0:15:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can stay if you want,\Nas my bride wife"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.50,0:15:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"or my long-term low commitment\Ndistant girlfriend"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.02,0:15:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He buries self-doubt and hides \Nhis hurt feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.40,0:15:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind a layer of false bravado
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.57,0:15:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bruski beer me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.16,0:15:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will not Bruski beer you"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.74,0:15:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ha ha ha, that's fine"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.98,0:15:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under patriarchy the concept of leadership\Nand indeed power itself
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.44,0:15:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is closely identified with masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.81,0:15:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It follows then that all men are\Nsocially elevated by default
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.94,0:15:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while women and feminine things\Nare devalued and seen as inferior
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.73,0:15:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh you got fries with that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.82,0:15:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I said you had a hot body\Nwould you hold it against me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.04,0:15:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that even men\Nwho don't hold any institutional power
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.89,0:15:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can still see themselves\Nas superior to women
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.50,0:16:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That point is underscored
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.24,0:16:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we see that the Kens\Nare generally inept at running society
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.93,0:16:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go face day drunk right now"\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.37,0:16:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.83,0:16:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They spend their time day drinking,\Nplaying games, and goofing off
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.69,0:16:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Every night is boy's night"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.62,0:16:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet they still see themselves \Nas superior
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.93,0:16:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply by virtue of being men \Nliving in a patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.95,0:16:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're like I can't believe how great \Nthis place is!"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.93,0:16:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kendom land, all the Barbies \Nare reduced to servants
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.91,0:16:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where are my hungry boys who want snacks"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.70,0:16:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the real world a small number of \Nwomen can gain power
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.31,0:16:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even inside of male identified systems
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.62,0:16:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, in order to do so they\Nmust prove themselves worthy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.66,0:16:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by appearing to be just as aggressive,\Ncompetitive and even less emotional
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.58,0:16:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any man in that same position
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.78,0:16:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, even though they are women\Nthey must adopt and perform
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.99,0:16:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male-identified patriarchal values
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.59,0:17:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth and final feature of patriarchy\Nis "an obsession with control"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.14,0:17:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"as a core value around which social and \Npersonal life are organized"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.88,0:17:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Men maintain their privilege by \Ncontrolling both women and other men"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.97,0:17:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who might threaten it"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.48,0:17:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Barbie movie downplays it \Nbut men's violence against women
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.93,0:17:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the everpresent threat thereof
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.14,0:17:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Give us a smile, blondie"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.56,0:17:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a critical element in maintaining \Npatriarchal control
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.67,0:17:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not getting any of that. I feel\Nthat can only be described as admired"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.42,0:17:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but not ogled and there's no \Nundertone of violence"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.24,0:17:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mine very much has an \Nundertone of violence"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.87,0:17:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Control can also be achieved in other ways
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.30,0:17:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since the Kens don't really \Nunderstand violence
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.74,0:17:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they use coercion and manipulation\Nto control daily life in Barbie land
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.43,0:17:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is wrong with them?"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.76,0:17:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We just explain to them the immaculate\Nimpeccable seamless gaunlet of logic"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.78,0:17:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"that is patriarchy and they crumbled"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.57,0:18:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the Kens take over \Nevery institution
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.36,0:18:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also take control of the Dream Houses
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.49,0:18:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This shall henceforth be known as \NKen's Mojo Dojo Kasa house"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.57,0:18:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they manipulate the Barbies into \Nembracing their new status
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.68,0:18:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as objectified servants
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.68,0:18:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anyone need a Bruski beer?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.05,0:18:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are you doing? You're a doctor"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.58,0:18:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I like being a helpful decoration"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.60,0:18:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The illusion of intellectual\Nand rational superiority
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.06,0:18:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is critical to enforcing the myth \Nthat men are in control of every situation
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.10,0:18:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let me show you"\N"Here, let me show you"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.73,0:18:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here, let us show you"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.01,0:18:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore deserve their \Nprivilege status
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.55,0:18:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now you listen to me"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.83,0:18:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is emblematic of how men \Nin the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.44,0:18:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will often compensate for feelings of \Npersonal inadequacy
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.97,0:18:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by exercising extreme control\Nover those closest to them
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.49,0:18:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are going to be home at 6 o'clock \Nevery night"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.33,0:18:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and you are going to have dinner\Nready on this table"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.42,0:18:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially women and children
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.43,0:18:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.55,0:18:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Kens play "Push"]\N"I wanna push you around. Well, I will"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.96,0:19:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Returning to The Gender Knot:\N"Men are assumed and expected"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.80,0:19:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"to be in control at all times\Nto be unemotional except for anger and rage"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.17,0:19:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"to present themselves as invulnerable,\Nautonomous, independent"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.52,0:19:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"strong, rational, logical, dispassionate,\Nknowledgeable, always right"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.03,0:19:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and in command of every situation\Nespecially those involving women"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.12,0:19:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Barbie chuckles]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.14,0:19:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who are you texting?"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.32,0:19:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Huh?"\N"Who are you texting?"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.07,0:19:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No one"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.73,0:19:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hmm, let me just"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.43,0:19:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ken giggles]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.31,0:19:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken!"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.32,0:19:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This obsession with control is\Nso strong in our culture
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.58,0:19:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any man who is perceived\Nas not exerting enough control over women
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.92,0:19:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is likely to be ridiculed as \Npussy whipped, packed
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.10,0:19:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or tethered to the old balling chain
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.86,0:19:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that there are no equivalent \Nderogatory terms for men
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.18,0:19:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who do control women\Nonly for men who don't
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.77,0:20:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The obsession with control manifests\Nin countless ways, big and small
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.24,0:20:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We would love it, if you could just\Nget into that giant box"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.47,0:20:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, control over women, their bodies\Nand their sexuality
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.43,0:20:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a core tenant under patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.64,0:20:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Get in the box! You Jezebel"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.69,0:20:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recall that the Kens take control\Nof the government
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.41,0:20:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use its power to actively exclude\Nthe Barbies from civic life
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.73,0:20:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's right. In just 48 hours \Nall the Kens will head to the polls"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.39,0:20:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and vote to change the constitution to \Na government for the Kens of the Kens,"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.28,0:20:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and by the Kens!"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.54,0:20:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since these are children's toys,\Nthe Barbies can't reproduce
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.63,0:20:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, aside from Midge that one time
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.78,0:20:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the rest of the Barbies\Ncan't have babies
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.74,0:20:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if they could the Kens\Nwould have no doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.30,0:20:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,curtailed their reproductive rights\Njust like in the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.54,0:20:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The social system I've just described\Nis very obviously oppressive to women
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.93,0:21:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while patriarchy definitely\Nbenefits men
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.90,0:21:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's paradoxically a poison chalice\Nbecause it robs men of their full humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.36,0:21:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, here's the deal.\NIt's not just about how they see us"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.21,0:21:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it's about how they see themselves"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.46,0:21:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only have time to scratch the surface\Non this topic
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.74,0:21:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but embedded in Ken's story,\Nwe can find a few hints
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.32,0:21:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how patriarchy ends up harming men
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.77,0:21:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Hollywood loves to play on\Nthemes of a war between the genders
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.35,0:21:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that framing misses a critical point
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.59,0:21:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because patriarchy is not\Na competition between men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.33,0:21:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, it's an endless competition\Nfor dominance
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.36,0:21:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherein men are pitted against each other\Nfor a place in what R. W. Connell calls:
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.100,0:21:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the hierarchy of masculinities"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.20,0:21:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The white heterosexual hyper\Nmasculine ideal
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.22,0:21:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the top of the hierarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.84,0:21:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All other forms of manhood especially\Nthose in any way associated with
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.55,0:22:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homosexuality or femininity\Nare pushed further down on the hierarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.43,0:22:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When you're slapped, you'll\Ntake it and like it"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.12,0:22:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recall that when the Kens go to war\Nit isn't against the Barbies
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.97,0:22:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's against the other Kens
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.03,0:22:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We go to war"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.36,0:22:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Against the Barbies?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.28,0:22:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, against the Kens"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.10,0:22:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But we are the Kens"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.10,0:22:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The other Kens"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.40,0:22:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up until this point, I've been mining\Nthe Barbies movie to help illustrate
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.92,0:22:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how patriarchy works
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.01,0:22:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the usefulness of the film's\Nnarrative is limited
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.96,0:22:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when it comes to\Nmale competition
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.63,0:22:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Looks this beach is a little\Ntoo much beach for you, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.10,0:22:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I wasn't severely injured,\NI would beach you off right now, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.28,0:22:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," I'll beach you up with you any day, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.93,0:22:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may remember for example
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.42,0:22:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that long before they ever discover\Nwhat patriarchy even is
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.66,0:22:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ken and Ken are engaged\Nin a bitter competition
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.39,0:22:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over control of Barbie's\Ntime and attention
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.08,0:22:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bet you can't do a flip like that, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.44,0:22:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where the Barbies script\Nis perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.47,0:22:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little too clever for its own good
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.75,0:23:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's many overlapping\Nmetaphors and allegories
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.32,0:23:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave us with some mixed messages\Nabout the Kens
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.82,0:23:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rivalry between the Kens\Nmay work as a sort of gender flipped
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.50,0:23:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commentary on how women are taught\Nto seek validation through male attention
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.70,0:23:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I only exist within \Nthe warmth of your gaze"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.09,0:23:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is less successful however, as part of \Nthe film's larger critique of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.53,0:23:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Ken's competitive rivalry \Ncarries with it some uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.50,0:23:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,echoes of male entitle
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.89,0:23:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I bet you're scared and \NI bet she doesn't even wanted to go"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.84,0:23:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that behavior is not attributed to\Npatriarchy in the first half of the movie
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.67,0:23:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is confusing because it\Ndefinitely should be
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.10,0:23:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.78,0:23:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ken groans]
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.44,0:23:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.44,0:23:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.45,0:23:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about being obsessed\Nwith control
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.81,0:23:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it traps men in a cycle of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.38,0:23:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.15,0:23:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.00,0:23:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more men value control,\Nthe more they're afraid of losing it
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.80,0:24:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leaves men riddled with anxiety\Nabout not measuring up to other men
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.84,0:24:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means they can never truly feel\Nsecure in their own masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.98,0:24:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I made a double bet with Ken and you can't\Nmake me look uncool in front of Ken"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.42,0:24:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken's not cool!"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.85,0:24:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He is to me"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.84,0:24:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the movie the patriarchal battle\Nfor dominance
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.34,0:24:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culminates in an absurdest dream ballet
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.99,0:24:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in reality the consequences\Ncan be deadly serious
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.22,0:24:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most violence in the real world\Nis perpetrated by men against other men
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.16,0:24:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Grim reality is part of why the\NBarbie's plan to overthrow patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.26,0:24:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by tricking the Kens into fighting\Neach other is so wildly misguided
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.20,0:24:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You play on their egos and their\Npetty jealousies"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.20,0:24:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and you turn them against each other"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.40,0:24:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the scene is undoubtedly funny\Nand the song choice, absolutely perfect
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.97,0:24:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aggressive competitive male behavior is\Na core feature of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.52,0:24:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a bug that can be exploited
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.68,0:25:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And now they destroy themselves"
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.85,0:25:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the record, men's violence\Nis definitely not something
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.40,0:25:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that women manipulate men into doing
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.45,0:25:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something else the movie doesn't show
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.51,0:25:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how the enormous pressures patriarchy\Nplaces on men can lead to self harm
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.07,0:25:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either directly or indirectly through\Naddiction and other risky behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.94,0:25:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prohibition on expressing vulnerability\Ncompounds the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.15,0:25:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making it difficult, if not impossible,\Nfor men to ask for help
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.79,0:25:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or build emotional support networks
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.89,0:25:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken?"
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.64,0:25:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh hey, Barbie"
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.54,0:25:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi"
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.28,0:25:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How much of that did you see?"
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.65,0:25:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course all people need love,\Nintimacy and nurture
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.70,0:25:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since patriarchy devalues caregiving\Nand labels it as feminine
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.01,0:25:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many men feel compelled to sacrifice\Ntheir emotional sides
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.84,0:25:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to preserve \Ntheir identity as real men
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.92,0:26:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, many guys, especially\Nstraight guys
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.84,0:26:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falsely believe that women are\Nsomehow responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.34,0:26:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, but I don't want you here"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.01,0:26:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it Ken?"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.23,0:26:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ken's just a really good friend"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.98,0:26:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Goodnight"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.46,0:26:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That being rejected is tantamount to\Nwomen holding emotional intimacy hostage
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.26,0:26:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in reality it's not women\Nbut patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.16,0:26:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's blocking men's access to\Nemotional and physical intimacy
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.40,0:26:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when Barbie refuses Ken's advances\Nhe becomes resentful
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.32,0:26:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lashes out
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.56,0:26:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No you failed me!"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.28,0:26:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he ends up harming everyone,\Nincluding himself
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.45,0:26:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ken bursts out of cry]
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.27,0:26:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't look at me"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.80,0:26:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her excellent book: The Will to\NChange
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.16,0:26:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bell Hooks doesn't mince words when\Ndescribing what happens to men
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.79,0:26:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.77,0:26:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Teaching boys to despise their\Nvulnerability is one way to socialize them"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.50,0:26:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"to engage in self-inflicted soul murder"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.70,0:27:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no wonder then that Ken isn't really\Nhappy living in patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.19,0:27:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in Kendom land he was even further\Nalienated from Barbie
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.73,0:27:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From his own feelings and\Nfrom the other Kens
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.07,0:27:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of this interview with Julia Fox
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.57,0:27:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she's hooked up to\Na polygraph machine
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.63,0:27:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became a viral meme on Tik Tok
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.91,0:27:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate the patriarchy. There's\Na lot of really good men"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.24,0:27:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Answer the question"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.26,0:27:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I hate men? No"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.43,0:27:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's a lie"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.28,0:27:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The viral audio snippet stopped there
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.10,0:27:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we play the rest of it her answer\Nis Illuminating and nuanced
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.99,0:27:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's a lot of men that benefit from\Nthe systemic oppression of women"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.100,0:27:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in our culture and society \Nand religions. And I do wish that"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.28,0:27:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"more men could stand up for us"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.68,0:27:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She explains that she obviously does\Nnot hate all individual men
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.96,0:27:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What she hates is the fact that most men \Ndo absolutely nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.29,0:28:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help end the oppression of women
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.20,0:28:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can men do to make a difference\Nin ending this system?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.53,0:28:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Kens.\NThey found us"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.99,0:28:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use Allan as our proxy for this\Npart of the discussion
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.86,0:28:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since he's the only guy who joins\Nthe Barbies' revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.18,0:28:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, aside from these two brief cameos
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.60,0:28:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sugar daddy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.34,0:28:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No no no no, I'm not a sugar daddy.\NThis is sugar and I'm her daddy"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.81,0:28:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And I have an earring, a magic earring"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.100,0:28:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that all three of these\Ncharacters are queer coded
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.08,0:28:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite being men, \Nthey're marginalized
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.57,0:28:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hierarchy of masculinities
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.36,0:28:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan in particular, embodies a bunch of\Ncommon mistakes
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.63,0:28:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that men make when trying to disentangle\Nthemselves from the system of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.82,0:28:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing Allan does is nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.11,0:28:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is a bystander who is nonetheless\Nstill afforded
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.33,0:28:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a measure of privilege in Kendom Land
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.55,0:28:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Barbies are not
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.46,0:28:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And Alan likes to help me give\Nall the Kens foot massages"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.98,0:28:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, I don't, I don't like that"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.35,0:28:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We love it"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.67,0:29:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like some men in the real world,\NAllan might not be actively or consciously
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.73,0:29:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participating in the oppression of women
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.28,0:29:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he doesn't speak out against it either
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.33,0:29:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next thing Allan does is\Ntry to escape
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.60,0:29:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as he spies a way out for himself,\Nhe tries to take it
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.32,0:29:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How are you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.87,0:29:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Allan.\NDon't tell the Ken I'm trying to escape"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.70,0:29:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I cannot sit on one more leather couch\Nit's going to break my spirit"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.91,0:29:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is man can't just\Nopt out of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.96,0:29:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's been woven into the very\Nfabric of our whole society
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.84,0:29:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What, what do we do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.76,0:29:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just get in the car and keep it singing"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.64,0:29:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next thing Allan tries is to engage\Nin displays of chivalrous violence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.07,0:29:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After learning the extent of the\Ninjustice women face
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.32,0:29:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some men try to distance themselves\Nfrom the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.29,0:29:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from any personal culpability\Nby going after particularly bad men
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.74,0:29:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But patriarchy isn't a person
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.01,0:30:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't punch a a social system\Nin the face
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.03,0:30:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as you might want to
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.06,0:30:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Guess what happened?"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.91,0:30:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I got into a fight. I'm fine, but I..."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.39,0:30:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think we solved feminism"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.03,0:30:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah! once and for all"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.53,0:30:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It was just like a a total melee,\Nlike on the news"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.16,0:30:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the time men lashing\Nout in violence isn't helpful
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.35,0:30:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it simply replicates\Nthe core values of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.22,0:30:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan fumbles around for a while, but\Neventually he joins the Barbies' revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.06,0:30:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figures out how to stand with\Nthem in solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.74,0:30:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notably though, Allan never tries to\Nconfront the Kens
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.01,0:30:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what they're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.38,0:30:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's unfortunate because\Nthe most important thing men can do
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.63,0:30:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is challenge other men\Non their behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.04,0:30:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encourage them to rebel \Nagainst patriarchal expectations
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.68,0:30:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite all the harm it does to women\Nand to men's well-being
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.04,0:30:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system of patriarchy remains\Ninvisible to most people
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.38,0:30:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Barbie movie for all its flaws,\Nmakes it visible
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.56,0:31:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, I'd argue, at the root of why\Nso many right-wing pundits
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.81,0:31:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were so extremely threatened\Nby this cartoony fantasy land
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.87,0:31:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only does the film acknowledge\Nthe existence of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.28,0:31:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it dares to suggest that it's not a\Nnatural or inevitable institution
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.47,0:31:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in doing so it lays bare the\Nfundamental truth about all social systems
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.78,0:31:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be dismantled
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.23,0:31:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No Barbie or Ken should be\Nliving in the shadows"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.46,0:31:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Or Allan"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.09,0:31:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Choosing to confront such an\Nentrenched system
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.93,0:31:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be risky for men and\Nextremely dangerous for women
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.96,0:31:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nonetheless, all over the world women\Nare challenging patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.44,0:31:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like never before in modern history
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.56,0:31:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is that every day\Nmore and more men
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.29,0:31:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are choosing to stand with those women\Nto join the struggle for liberation
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.04,0:31:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to reclaim their full humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.02,0:31:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank you"
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