9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's hard to overstate the massive[br]cultural impact of the Barbie movie

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi Barbie"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The film Enchanted audiences wowed critics[br]sparked heated debates

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and made a truly obscene amount of money[br]at the box office

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Barbie continues breaking records[br]with over 1 billion dollars

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at the global box office

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's an impressive cultural achievement,[br]especially considering that the film

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
doubles as a feature-length commercial[br]for a line of plastic dolls

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
There was however one group[br]who were decidedly unenthusiastic

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Despite all the bubbly pink fun,[br]the movie's become a target"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"of some right-wing personalities"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"They are preaching empowerment[br]by making men look weak and dumb"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Feminist (diet tribe?) about the evils of[br]the modern patriarchy"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"It's a trojan horse to to teach girls[br]daddy is really a dummy"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"or domineering idiots"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"It's feminist garbage and[br]it's really about hating men"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And Ken is like stupid and unlikable"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"This is an assault on not just Ken,[br]but all men"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If you've seen the movie[br]you might be confused

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Because the Barbie script goes[br]out of it's way

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to show Ken in a sympathetic light

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If anything the movie might[br]be a little too sympathetic to Ken

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I think I owe you an apology"[br]"Huh?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now it's tempting to dismiss this[br]clearly performative outrage

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as just another attempt to fan the flame[br]of the culture war

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But there is something really poisonous

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
under-pinning this backlash[br]that I do think is worth taking seriously

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
One word in particular[br]seem to touch a nerve

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Well, I haven't seen Barbie yet, um"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"but I've seen people talking about[br]the number of times they use"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"the word patriarchy in it"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Feminism and the patriarchy[br]and fighting it, and all that"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"And actually to call it the patriarchy in[br]the film that phrase is used many times"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"If you take a shot every time[br]Barbie says the word 'patriarchy',

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you will pass out before the movie ends"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"As we learned that the use of word[br]'patriarchy' no less than ten times in this film"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"The patriarchy is a big part of[br]this Barbie film"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"The word is used endlessly in the movie[br]even though most people"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"even me actually has no idea that[br]what 'patriarchy' really means"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That is a truly staggering[br]level of defensiveness

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
especially coming from people who

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
don't really seem to understand [br]what the word even means

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
While there are many legitimate criticisms[br]of the Barbie movie's feminism or lack thereof

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this video essay is not going to[br]address those questions

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Instead, we're going to use the movie[br]as a sort of primary

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to help explain[br]what patriarchy actually is

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what it isn't and how it ends up[br]harming everyone including men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Watch your flank"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
To have any kind of[br]productive conversation

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we have to get over that defensiveness

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that so many mem feel whenever[br]they come across the word patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"This is a real hornets nest in here"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Contrary to popular belief[br]patriarchy is not a synonym for men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
nor is it a code word for masculinity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and it certainly has nothing to do[br]with hating men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"yeah I am confused about that"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
General confusion about what[br]patriarchy means

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is perhaps not surprising

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
given that the word[br]very rarely appears in popular media

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When the term has been used[br]it's traditionally been as a joke

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to mock feminists or feminism

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"let's take off our brows and burn them[br]in defiance of the misogynistic patriarchy"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"you know what I think[br]I have to meet Harvey, but um"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"maybe we can burn[br]our underwear together later"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"when the last time we had a conversation[br]over 3 minutes it was about"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"the patriarchal bias of[br]the Mr. Roger's show"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Well with King Friday lording it[br]over all the Lesser puppets"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"What did I miss?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"The oppressive patriarchal values[br]that dictate our education"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"good"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's only after the rise of[br]the me too movement

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that we begin to see[br]a shift in this pattern

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Stay out of it Courtney"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You stay out of it.[br]I'm dismantling the patriarchy this year"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"and I'm not afraid to start with you"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
These days the word is most often[br]written for snarky teenage characters

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"So you were Guided by Lon chivalry"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"a tool of the patriarchy to extract[br]my undying gratitude?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"mhm, you know[br]most people just say thank you"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's meant to identify them as brash,[br]rebellious or naively idealistic

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
though not necessarily wrong[br]in their observations

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I think marriage is just a patriarchal system[br]designed to make women less autonomous"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You become your husband's property,[br]you have to bear his children"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"you even have to take his name"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hey, didn't you say that prom was a..."[br]"A postcolonial patriarchal construct"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"It is"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"But we would go as a group[br]as a form of protest"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hey hey, ho ho,[br]patriarchy has got to go"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hey hey, ho ho,[br]patriarchy has got to go"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Even in this new limited context[br]the word is still delivered as a punch

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I'm jus... I mean is that it?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and its meaning is left[br]intentionally vague

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"it's called Little Women[br]and it's about four sisters"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"who overcome poverty[br]and the patriarchy..."

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Nope, dolls"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The lack of specificity guarantees that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
only those who are already in the know[br]will get the joke

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Down with the patriarchy"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Idiots ah"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Everyone else is left[br]either bewildered or extremely threatened

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Why didn't Barbie tell me[br]about patriarchy?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Which to my understanding is where men[br]and horses run everything?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I'll silver away!"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Sorry, Ken, but there are no horses involved

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Although, it does kind of make sense[br]why he might think that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"That's not fair is it? You know[br]is it the fault of the patriarchy?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Also, what is a patriarchy?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In its modern usage[br]patriarchy refers to a type of society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that's constructed to promote[br]male power and authority

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in sociological terms it's what's called[br]a social system

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
rooted in four distinct principles

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a society is patriarchal to the degree[br]that it's male-dominated

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
male centered, male identified and[br]organized around an obsession with control

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We're going to go over[br]what all of that means in detail

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but the important thing to remember[br]about social systems

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is that we are not those systems[br]and those systems are not us

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Because Barbie land, is now Kenland"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So in the Barbie movie The Kens have a (coup?)[br]and Implement patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But the Kens as a group are[br]not patriarchy itself

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Here I'm just a dude"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The Kens make patriarchy happen[br]by doing it

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When they stop participating the[br]social system effectively ceases to exist

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In the same way that we can describe[br]a board game and its rules

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
without saying anything about[br]the personality of the individual players

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000


9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000


9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000


9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000


9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000


9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so too can we talk about

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the system of patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and how it works without condemning

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
every individual man

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now keep in mind that the Barbie movie

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
focuses mostly on Straight White characters

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but patriarchy impacts people in

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
different ways based on their sexuality

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
race, class or geographical location

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Is there a problem offices?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Moving forward in this video

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm going to be heavily borrowing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
from a book called the gender knot

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by sociologist Alan G Johnson

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Since the devil is in the details

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
let's use Kenland

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Kendom"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Kendom"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Kendomland"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Land of the"[br]"Land of the free of the men"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Right. Well, this place"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Let's use Kendomland to help illustrate

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
how patriarchy works

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I shall seek my fortune there"[br]"Alright"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The first characteristic of a patriarchal

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
society is that it's male dominated

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this is relatively straightforward

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
all it means is that positions of authority

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
are generally reserved for men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Basically when you look up in

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the various hierarchies of society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you'll tend to see more and more men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the Barbie movie gives us a vivid illustration

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of what male dominance looks like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We are presented with a montage of images

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
featuring powerful and important men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's notable that up until recently

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
women have largely been

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
excluded from these fields

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I'll take a highlight level"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"high paying job with influence, please"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Okay you'll need at least an NBA"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ken also learns an important lesson

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when he demands to be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
given a powerful position

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
he has unceremoniously rejected

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"No I won't let you do"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"just one appendectomy"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"But I'm a man"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"But not a doctor"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Please" "No"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This is because male dominance

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
does not mean that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
every individual man is powerful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I'm a man with no power"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"does that make me a woman?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In fact most men living in patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
will never acquire

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a formal position of power

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"This is bad this is really bad"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"What?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Instead they'll spend their entire lives

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
laboring under the boot of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
other more powerful men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Are any women in charge?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Despite what this

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mattel boardroom scene implies

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's not impossible for a woman to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
ascend to the top in patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It just means it'll be much much harder

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for women to gain and maintain power

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and she will be tokenized and regarded as

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a special exception to the rule

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I love you guys"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Unlike in the fantasy world of Barbie land

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
there has never been

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a female president of the United States

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"How come you're so amazing?"[br]"No comment"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ah ha ha ha"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But even when a woman eventually

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
does win that position

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it will not mean that patriarchy is over

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because patriarchy is a dynamic

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and resilient system

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It has evolved and changed

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
over the decades and indeed centuries

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thanks to countless women who

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
have fought hard for a few seats

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at the table but the table

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is still male-dominated

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You guys are clearly"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"not doing patriarchy very well"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ha ha, no, we're uh"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"We're doing it well yeah"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"We're just uh hide it better now"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The second aspect of a patriarchal society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is that it's male centered

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This simply means

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that the focus of attention

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is primarily on men and boys

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and what they do

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
one of the reasons Barbie land

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is so visually startling is because

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's a rare vision of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a female centered world

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's something we almost never see

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in Hollywood outside of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
cheesy Sci-Fi movies from the 1950s

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Landing on an unknown planet"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"they are captured by long limb beauties"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"When they say take me to your leader"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"and they take them to a creature like this"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"you know they're on planet Venus"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi Barbie" "Yay space"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In Barbie land the focus of attention

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is naturally placed on the Barbies

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and what they do

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But after the coup the Kens immediately

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
push the Barbies aside

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and put themselves and masculinity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at the center of absolutely everything

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Everything basically everything"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Exists to expand and elevate"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"the presence of men"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This is an exaggerated reflection of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
our own male centered world

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
All you have to do is turn on the news or

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or go to the movies and you'll be inundated

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with endless stories centering men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"A symbol to the nation"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"a hero to the world"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"The Beacon of Hope shining up"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Obviously this doesn't mean that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
women are never centered under patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But when they are

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's often framed as a woman's story

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
rather than a human story

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The Barbie movie for example is

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
very specifically a story about the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
gendered experience of being [br]a woman in society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Anxiety, panic attacks [br]and OCD sold separately"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We can contrast that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with a movie like Oppenheimer

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
which is a story about becoming death

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the destroyer of worlds

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes this destroyer of worlds

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
happens to be a man

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But notice the story isn't focused on

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the gendered experience of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
being a man in society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In fact all of Christopher Nolan's film

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
center very important men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but none are about their gender

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They are built as stories

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
representative of the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
human experience (rit?) large

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Greta Gerwig's movies on the other hand

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
all Center women and are

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
very explicitly about being a woman

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
trying to navigate a man's world

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Very well" [Inaudible]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That's not a criticism of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
either director by the way

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's just a stark illustration of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what male centered means

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In patriarchy men are viewed as

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the default for human and

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Therefore experiences are framed as

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
an exploration of the human condition

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
While women's experiences are

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
first and foremost framed as[br]being about womanhood

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Okay"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Incidentally this deep-seated [br]cultural expectation of male centrality

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
helps explain the waves of [br]backlash against any entertainment

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that's made for a general audience [br]but doesn't center men or masculinity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Male identification [br]is a little more complicated

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But it is a critical piece [br]of the patriarchal puzzle

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It means that core cultural ideas [br]about what is considered

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
good, desirable, preferable or normal[br]are culturally associated with how

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we think about men, manhood and masculinity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this is why professions that elevate [br]qualities like toughness, competitiveness

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
strength, control, rationality [br]and invulnerability are so highly valued

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and highly paid in our society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Monsters"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
While occupations that revolve around [br]qualities thought of as feminine

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
like compassion,[br]sharing or caregiving tend to be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
systematically devalued and underfunded

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You know Greg's in medicine too Larry"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Oh really what field?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Uh nursing"[br][Laughter]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In the Barbie movie The Ken establish[br]an aggressively male identified society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They do this by stripping [br]Barbie land of its feminine identity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and superimposing a version of hyper[br]masculinity that seems to have been

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
lifted from 1980s action movies

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They replace all the pink furniture with[br]black leather recliners

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
drape everything in obnoxious [br]cowboy motifs and litter the landscape

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with gym equipment and sporting gear

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Don't question it [br]just roll with, tiny baby"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"He call me baby?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But male identification goes[br]much deeper than Aesthetics

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when Ken decides to embrace patriarchy[br]his behavior shifts accordingly

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as he tries to project[br]male identified values

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You can stay if you want[br]as my bride wife or my long-term"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"low commitment distance girlfriend"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He buries self-doubt and hides [br]his hurt feelings behind

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a layer of false bravado

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Bruski beer me?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I will not Bruski beer you"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ha ha ha, that's fine"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Under patriarchy the concept of leadership[br]and indeed power itself

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is closely identified with masculinity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It follows then that all men are[br]socially elevated by default

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
while women and feminine things[br]are devalued and seen as inferior

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Oh you got fries with that?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"If I said you had a hot body[br]would you hold it?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Against this means that even men[br]who don't hold any institutional power

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
can still see themselves[br]as superior to women

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That point is underscored[br]when we seethat the Kens

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
are generally inept at running Society

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Go face day drunk right now"[br][Laughter]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"(?)"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They spend their time day drinking,[br]playing games, and goofing off

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Every night is boy's night"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And yet they still see themselves [br]as superior

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
simply by virtue of being men [br]living in a patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You're like I can't believe how great [br]this place is"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In Kendom land all the Barbies [br]are reduced to servants

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Where are my hungry boys who want snacks"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But in the real world a small number of [br]women can gain power

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
even inside of male identified systems

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
However in order to do so they[br]must prove themselves worthy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by appearing to be just as aggressive[br]competitive and even less emotional

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Than any man in that same position

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In other words even though they are women[br]they must adopt and perform

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
male identified patriarchal values

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The fourth and final feature of patriarchy[br]is an obsession with control

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as a core value around which social and [br]personal life are organized

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Men maintain their privilege by [br]controlling both women and other men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who might threaten it

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The Barbie movie downplays it [br]but men's violence against women

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and the everpresent threat thereof

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Give us a smile Blondie"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is a critical element in maintaining [br]patriarchal control

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I'm not getting any of that I feel[br]that can only be described as admired"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"but not (?) and there's no [br]undertone of violence"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Mine very much has an [br]undertone of violence"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Control can also be achieved in other ways

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and since the Kens don't really [br]understand violence

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
they use coercion and manipulation[br]to control daily life in Barbie land

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"What is wrong with them?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"We just explain to them the immaculate[br]impeccable seamless gaunlet of logic"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"that is patriarchy and they crumbled"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Not the Kens take over [br]for every institution

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
they also take control of the dream houses

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"This shall henceforth be known as [br]Ken's Mojo Dojo Kasa house"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and they manipulate the Barbies into [br]embracing their new status

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as objectified servants

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Anyone need a Bruski beer?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"What are you doing? You're a doctor"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I like being a helpful decoration

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The illusion of intellectual[br]and rational superiority

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is critical to enforcing the myth [br]that men are in control of every situation

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Let me show you"[br]"Here let me show you"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Here let us show you"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and therefore deserve their [br]privilege status

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Now you listen to me"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This is emblematic of how men [br]in the real world

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
will often compensate for feelings of [br]personal inadequacy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by exercising extreme control[br]over those closest to them

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You are going to be home at 6:00 [br]every night"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"and you are going to have dinner[br]ready on this table"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Especially women and children

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"No"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"[Singing] I don't want to push you around"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Returning to the gender knot[br]men are assumed and expected

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to be in control at all times[br]to be unemotional except for anger and rage

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to present themselves as invulnerable,[br]autonomous, independent

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
logical, dispassionate,[br]knowledgeable, always right

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and in command of every situation[br]especially those involving women

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[Laughter][br]"Who are you texting?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Huh?"[br]"Who are you texting?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"No one"[br]"hmm let me just"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This obsession with control is[br]so strong in our culture that any man

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who is perceived as not exerting enough[br]control over women

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is likely to be ridiculed as [br]pussy whipped packed

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or tethered to the old balling chain

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Notice that there are no equivalent [br]derogatory terms for men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Who do control women[br]only for men who don't

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The obsession with control manifests[br]in countless ways, big and small.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"We would love it, if you could just[br]get into that giant box."

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, control over women, their bodies[br]and their sexuality

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is a core tenant under patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Get in the box! you Jezebel"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Recall that the Kens take control[br]of the government

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and use its power to actively exclude[br]the Barbies from civic life

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"That's right. In just 48 hours [br]all the Kens will head to the polls"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"and vote to change the Constitution to [br]a government for the Kens of the Kens,"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"and by the Kens!"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Since these are children's toys[br]the Barbies can't reproduce

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, aside from Midge that one time

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, the rest of the Barbies[br]can't have babies

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but if they could the Kens[br]would have no doubt

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
curtailed their reproductive rights[br]just like in the real world

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The social system I've just described[br]is very obviously oppressive to women

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But while patriarchy definitely benefits men [br]it's paradoxically a poison chalice

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because it robs men of their full humanity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Okay here's the deal:[br]it's not just about how they see us"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"it's about how they see themselves"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We only have time to scratch the surface[br]on this topic

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But embedded in Ken's story,[br]we can find a few hints

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as to how patriarchy ends up harming men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Even though Hollywood loves to play on[br]themes of a war between the genders

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that framing misses a critical point

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because patriarchy is not[br]a competition between men and women

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Rather, it's an endless competition[br]for dominance

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
wherein men are pitted against each other[br]for a place in what RW Connell calls:

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the hierarchy of masculinities

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The white heterosexual hyper[br]masculine ideal

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is at the top of the hierarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
All other forms of manhood especially[br]those in any way associated with

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
homosexuality or femininity[br]are pushed further down on the hierarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"When you're slapped you'll[br]take it and like it"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Recall that when the Kens go to war[br]it isn't against the Barbies

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's against the other Kens

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"We go to war"[br]"Against the Barbies?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"No, against the Kens"[br]"But we are the Kens"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"The other Kens"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Up until this point, I've been mining[br]the Barbies movie to illustrate

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
how patriarchy works

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But the usefulness of the film's narrative[br]is limited

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
especially when it comes to[br]male competition

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Oh ha ha ha, looks this beach is a little[br]too much beach for you, Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"If I wasn't severely injured,[br]I would beat you off right now, Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
" I'll beat you up with you any day, Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You may remember for example,[br]that long before they ever discover

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what patriarchy even is, Ken and Ken are[br]engaged in a bitter competition

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
over control of Barbie's[br]time and attention

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You can't do a flip like that' Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This is where the Barbies script[br]is perhaps

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a little too clever for its own good

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Because it's many overlapping[br]metaphors and allegories

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
leave us with some mixed messages[br]about the Kens

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the rivalry between the Kens[br]may work as a sort of gender flipped

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
commentary on how women are taught[br]to seek validation through male attention

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I only exist within [br]the warmth of your gaze"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It is less successful however as part of [br]the film's larger critique of patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because the Ken's competitive rivalry [br]carries with it some uncomfortable

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
echoes of male (entitl?)

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I bet you're scared and [br]I bet she doesn't even wanted to go"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And that behavior is not attributed to[br]patriarchy in the first half of the movie

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
which is confusing because it[br]definitely should be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi, Barbie"[br][grunt]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi, Ken"[br]"Hi, Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The thing about being obsessed[br]with control

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is that it traps men in a cycle of fear

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi, Barbie"[br]"Hi, Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The more men value control,[br]the more they're afraid of losing it

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This leaves men riddled with anxiety[br]about not measuring up to other men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
which means they can never truly feel[br]secure in their own masculinity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I made a double bet with Ken and you can't[br]make me look uncool in front of other Ken"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ken's not cool"[br]"He is to me"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In the movie the patriarchal battle[br]for dominance

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
culminates in an absurdest dream ballet

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but in reality the consequences[br]can be deadly serious

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Most violence in the real world[br]is perpetrated by men against other men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This Grim reality is part of why the[br]Barbie's plan to overthrow patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by tricking the Kens into fighting[br]each other is so wildly misguided

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"You play on their egos and their[br]petty jealousies"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"and you turn them against each other"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
While the scene is undoubtedly funny[br]and the song choice, absolutely perfect

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
aggressive competitive male behavior is[br]a core feature of patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Not a bug that can be exploited

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"And now they destroy themselves"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And for the record, men's violence[br]is definitely not something

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that women manipulate men into doing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Something else the movie doesn't show[br]is how the enormous pressures patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
places on men can lead to self harm

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Either directly or indirectly through[br]addiction and other risky behaviors

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The prohibition on expressing vulnerability[br]compounds the problem

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by making it difficult if not impossible[br]for men to ask for help

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or build emotional support networks

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ken?"[br]"Oh, hey Barbie"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Hi"[br]"How much of that did you see?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Of course all people need love,[br]intimacy and nurture

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But since patriarchy devalues caregiving[br]and labels it as feminine

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
many men feel compelled to sacrifice[br]their emotional sides

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in order to preserve [br]their identity as real men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
As a result, many guys, especially[br]straight guys

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
falsely believe that women are[br]somehow responsible

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Oh, but I don't want you here"[br]"Is it Ken?"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Ken's just a really good friend"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Goodnight"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That being rejected is tantamount to[br]women holding emotional intimacy hostage

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when in reality it's not women[br]but patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that's blocking men's access to[br]emotional and physical intimacy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So when Barbie refuses Ken's advances[br]he becomes resentful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
he lashes out

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"No you failed me"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And he ends up harming everyone[br]including himself

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[Cry]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Don't look at me"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In her excellent book: The Will to[br]Change

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Bell Hooks doesn't mince words when[br]describing what happens to men

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
inside of patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Teaching boys to despise their[br]vulnerability is one way to socialize them"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"to engage in self-inflicted soul murder"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's no wonder then that Ken isn't really[br]happy living in patriarchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In fact in Kendom land he was even further[br]alienated from Barbie

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
From his own feelings and[br]from the other Kens

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Part of this interview with Julia Fox

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
where she's hooked up to[br]a polygraph machine

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
became a viral meme on Tik Tok

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"I hate the patriarchy there's[br]a lot of really good men"

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Answer the question"[br]"Do I hate men? No"

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"That's a lie"

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The viral audio snippet stopped there

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But when we play the rest of it her answer[br]is Illuminating and nuanced

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"There's a lot of men that benefit from[br]the systemic oppression of women"

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"In our culture and society [br]and religions and I do wish that"

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"more men could stand up for us"

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She explains that she obviously does[br]not hate all individual men

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What she hates is the fact that most men [br]do absolutely nothing

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to help end the oppression of women

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So what can men do to make a difference[br]in ending this system?

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"The Kens"[br]"They found us"

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Let's use Allan as our proxy for this[br]part of the discussion

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since he's the only guy who joins[br]the Barbies' revolution

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Well, aside from these two brief cameos

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"Sugar daddy?"[br]"No no no no, I'm not a sugar daddy"

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"This is sugar and I'm her daddy"[br]"And I have an earring, a magic earring"

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Notice that all three of these[br]characters are queer coded

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and despite being men, [br]they're marginalized

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in the hierarchy of masculinities

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Allan in particular, embodies a bunch of[br]common mistakes

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that men make when trying to disentangle[br]themselves from the system of patriarchy

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The first thing Allan does is nothing

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He is a bystander who is nonetheless[br]still afforded

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a measure of privilege in Kendom Land

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that the Barbies are not

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"And Alan likes to help me give[br]all the Kens foot massages"

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"No, I don't, I don't like that"

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"We love it"

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Like some men in the real world,[br]Alan might not be actively or consciously

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participating in the oppression of women

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but he doesn't speak out against it either

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The next thing Allan does is[br]try to escape

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As soon as he spies a way out for himself,[br]he tries to take it

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"How are you?"

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"I'm Allan.[br]Don't tell the Ken I'm trying to escape"

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"I cannot sit on one more leather couch[br]it's going to break my spirit"

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The problem is man can't just[br]opt out of patriarchy

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because it's been woven into the very[br]fabric of our whole society

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"What, what do we do?"

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"Just get in the car and keep it singing"

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The next thing Allan tries is to engage[br]in displays of chivalrous violence

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After learning the extent of the[br]injustice women face

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some men try to distance themselves[br]from the problem

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and from any personal culpability[br]by going after particularly, bad men

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But, patriarchy isn't a person

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and you can't punch a a social system[br]in the face

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as much as you might want to

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"Guess what happened?"

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"I, I got into a fight I'm fine but I..."

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"I think we solved feminism"

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"Yeah! once and for all"

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"It was just like a a total melee,[br]like on the news"

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And most of the time men lashing[br]out in violence isn't helpful

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as it simply replicates[br]the core values of patriarchy

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Allan fumbles around for a while but[br]eventually he joins the Barbies' revolution

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Notably though, Allan never tries to[br]confront the Kens

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about what they're doing

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And that's unfortunate because[br]the most important thing

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men can do is challenge[br]other men on their behavior

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and encourage them to rebel [br]against patriarchal expectations

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Despite all the harm it does to women[br]and to men's well-being

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the system of patriarchy remains[br]invisible to most people

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And the Barbie movie for all its flaws,[br]makes it visible

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This is I'd argue at the root of why[br]so many right-wing pundits

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Were so extremely threatened[br]by this cartoony fantasy land

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Not only does the film acknowledge[br]the existence of patriarchy

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it dares to suggest that it's not a[br]natural or inevitable institution

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And in doing so it lays bare the[br]fundamental truth about all social systems

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they can be dismantled

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"No Barbie or Ken should be[br]living in the shadows"

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"Or Allan"

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Choosing to confront such an[br]entrenched system

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can be risky for men and[br]extremely dangerous for women

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Nonetheless, all over the world women[br]are challenging patriarchy

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like never before in modern history

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And the reality is that every day[br]more and more men

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are choosing to stand with those women[br]to join the struggle for liberation

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and to reclaim their full humanity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
"Thank you"

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