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Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.71,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's hard to overstate the massive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cultural 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sparked heated debates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made a truly obscene amount of money
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the box office
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barbie continues breaking records
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially considering that the film
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doubles as a feature-length commercial
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a line of plastic dolls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was however one group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were decidedly unenthusiastic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite all the bubbly pink fun
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daddy is really a dummy or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,domineering idiots
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's feminist garbage and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've seen the movie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be confused
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Barbie script goes out of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's way to show Ken
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a sympathetic light
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything the movie might be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Huh?"\NNow it's tempting to dismiss this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly performative outrage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as just another attempt to fan the flame
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem 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,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I've seen people talking about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barbie 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'patriarchy' no less than ten times
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this film"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The patriarchy is a big part of this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barbie film"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The word is used endlessly in the movie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though most people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even me actually has no idea that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what 'patriarchy' really means"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a truly staggering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level of defensiveness especially
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from people who don't really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to understand what the word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while there are many legitimate criticisms
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Barbie movie's feminism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or lack thereof
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this video essay is not going to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address those questions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead we're going to use the movie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sort of primary to help explain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harming 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,productive 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 men feel whenever
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they they come across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patriarchy 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 with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what patriarchy means is perhaps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not surprising given that the word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in defiance of the misogynistic patriarchy"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you know what I think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to meet Harvey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but um maybe we can burn
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 3 minutes it was about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the patriarchal bias of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mr Rogers show
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well with King Friday lording it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that dictate our education" "good"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only after the rise of the me too
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movement that we begin to see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,written 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my undying gratitude?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"mhm, you know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebellious or naively idealistic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though not necessarily wrong
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their observations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think marriage is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a patriarchal system designed to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make women less autonomous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you become your husband's property
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a form of protest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey hey ho ho
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patriarchy has got to go
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey hey ho ho
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patriarchy has got to go"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in this new limited context
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intentionally vague
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it's called Little Women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's about four sisters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who overcome poverty and 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either bewildered or extremely threatened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"why didn't Barbie tell
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me about patriarchy?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which to my understanding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is where men and horses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,run everything"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why he might think that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"that's not fair is it?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patriarchy 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a social system rooted in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four distinct principles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a society is patriarchal to the degree
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's male-dominated male centered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male identified and organized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about social systems is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not those systems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Kens have a coup
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Implement patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Kens as a group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by doing it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they stop participating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the social system effectively
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a board game and its rules
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without saying anything about the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system of patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it works without condemning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focuses mostly on Straight White characters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but patriarchy impacts people in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different ways based on their sexuality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a book 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let'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
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,,"I shall seek my fortune there"\N"Alright"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first characteristic of a patriarchal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,society 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are generally reserved for men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically when you look up in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,featuring 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excluded from these fields
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll take a highlight level"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"high 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given a 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"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"just 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" "No"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because male dominance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not mean that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"does 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laboring 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mattel 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ascend 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 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?"\N"No comment"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ah ha ha ha"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even when a woman eventually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resilient system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has evolved and changed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the decades and indeed centuries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to countless women who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have fought hard for a few seats
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the table but the table
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still male-dominated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You guys are clearly"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"not doing patriarchy very well"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ha ha, no, we're uh"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We'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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's male centered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This simply means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the focus of attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is primarily on men and boys
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what they do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the reasons Barbie land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so visually startling is because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a rare vision of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a female centered world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something we almost never see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Hollywood outside of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cheesy Sci-Fi movies from 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 a 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" "Yay space"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Barbie land the focus of attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is naturally placed on the Barbies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,push the Barbies aside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put themselves and masculinity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 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"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the presence of men"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an exaggerated reflection of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our 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 or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or go to the movies and you'll be inundated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women are never centered under patriarchy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'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 is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very specifically a story about the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gendered experience of being \Na 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the destroyer of worlds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes this destroyer of worlds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gendered experience of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,center 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representative of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human experience (rit?) large
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greta Gerwig's movies on the other hand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all Center women and are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very explicitly about being a woman
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to navigate a man's world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Very well" [Inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not a criticism of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either 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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what male centered means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In patriarchy men are viewed as
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the default for human and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore experiences are framed as
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good, desirable, preferable or normal\Nare culturally associated with how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think about men, manhood 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 around \Nqualities thought of as feminine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like compassion,\Nsharing or caregiving tend to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systematically devalued 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"\N[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Barbie movie The Ken 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 and litter the landscape
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with gym equipment 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 or my long-term"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"low commitment distance girlfriend"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He buries self-doubt and hides \Nhis hurt feelings behind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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?"
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,,Against 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\Nwhen we seethat the Kens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are 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 \Nfor every 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 6:00 \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,,"[Singing] 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\Nmen 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]\N"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"\N"hmm let me just"
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 that any man
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is perceived as not exerting enough\Ncontrol 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 benefits men \Nit's paradoxically a poison chalice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because 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"\N"Against the Barbies?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, against the Kens"\N"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 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 narrative\Nis 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,,"Oh ha ha ha, 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 beat you off right now, Ken"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," I'll beat 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,\Nthat long before they ever discover
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what patriarchy even is, Ken and Ken are\Nengaged in 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,,"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,,"