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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi everybody, Stefan Molyneux from Freedomain\NRadio, I hope you're doing magnificently.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.82,0:00:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So recently, Emma Watson gave a speech at\Nthe United Nations dedicated to inviting men
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.42,0:00:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to join women in the fight for gender equality,\Nand made some excellent, excellent points,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.86,0:00:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while other points were, at least to me, somewhat\Nconfusing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.28,0:00:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, she says: "I was appointed as Goodwill\NAmbassador for U.N. Women six months ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.09,0:00:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more I've spoken about feminism, the\Nmore I have realized that fighting for women's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.18,0:00:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rights has too often become synonymous with\Nman-hating. If there is one thing I know for
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.36,0:00:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certain, it is that this has to stop."\NNow, I'm not sure if she means some feminists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.67,0:00:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hate men, which has to stop - or whether the\Nincorrect assumption that some feminists hate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.03,0:01:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men has to stop.\NAssuming she meant the former, kudos to Miss
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.83,0:01:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watson for naming the elephant in the room,\Nwhich is that certain elements of the feminist
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.47,0:01:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movement have become kind of virulently anti-male.\NNow, certainly, no movement can be defined
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.79,0:01:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by its extremists, but movements can be - and\NI think should be - defined by how they react
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.04,0:01:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those extremists. So for instance, I recently\Ngave a speech at a men's conference in Detroit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.77,0:01:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had to move venues, pay tens of thousands\Nof dollars in extra security costs, and was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.24,0:01:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost canceled as a result of radical feminist\Ndeath and bomb threats. I did not see any
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.01,0:01:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write-ups, any outrage or any condemnation\Nof the violence from feminists as a whole
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.14,0:01:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- even though a number of women speaking at\Nthe conference would also have been blown
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.18,0:02:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up if the threats had been made real.\NJust imagine if a feminist conference was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.57,0:02:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disrupted, and almost destroyed, by threats\Nof extreme violence from men's rights extremists.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.03,0:02:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The outrage would be universal - and I guarantee\Nyou that men's rights activists would loudly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.45,0:02:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repeatedly condemn such actions and threats.\NMiss Watson claimed that many people misunderstand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.09,0:02:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what feminism really is:\N"For the record, feminism, by definition,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.20,0:02:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the belief that men and women should have\Nequal rights and opportunities. It is the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.24,0:02:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,theory of the political, economic, and social\Nequality of the sexes."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.95,0:02:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have found it a generally wise policy to\Njudge groups empirically, rather than according
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.89,0:02:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their mission statements, their public\Nrelations texts, or whatever the dictionary
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.24,0:03:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens to says. For instance, if feminism\Nwas really about gender egalitarianism, then
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.01,0:03:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feminists would be working hard to correct\Nimbalances which favor women at the expense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.57,0:03:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of men. For instance, women now significantly\Noutnumber men in the halls of higher education,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.06,0:03:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in many countries, and girls are significantly\Noutperforming boys in many school. Feminists
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.70,0:03:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked very hard to promote the interests\Nof women in the field of education - now that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.41,0:03:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women are outstripping men, are feminists\Npromoting policies that help men and boys
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.19,0:03:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achieve equality? If they are, it must have\Nescaped my notice - with due exception to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.20,0:03:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wonderful Christina Hoff Sommers.\NFrom family courts to divorce settlements
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.33,0:03:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to alimony; from father's rights to child\Nsupport; from inequalities in criminal convictions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.91,0:03:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gender-biased sentencing, there are many\Nareas where women are generally treated better
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.32,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than men, but I have not seen feminists spend\Nany real effort attempting to promote egalitarianism
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where women have the upper hand.\NIn other words, empirically, feminism is generally
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.84,0:04:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more "that which promotes the interests of\Ncertain women" rather than "that which aims
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.59,0:04:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for true equality between the sexes."\NI'm sure that there are exceptions, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.13,0:04:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but reciting a dictionary definition and pretending\Nthat this somehow alters the accumulated evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.84,0:04:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of many decades is somewhat naive, to say\Nthe least.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.58,0:04:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Watson then provides some examples of\Nsexism that she has witnessed and/or experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.67,0:04:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in her childhood:\N"When I was eight, I was confused about being
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.45,0:04:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called 'bossy' because I wanted to direct\Nthe plays that we would put on for our parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.72,0:04:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the boys were not. When at 14, I started\Nto be sexualized by certain elements of the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.34,0:05:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,media. When at 15, my girlfriends started\Ndropping out of their beloved sports teams
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.28,0:05:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they didn't want to appear 'muscle-y.'\NWhen at 18, my male friends were unable to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.13,0:05:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,express their feelings; I decided that I was\Na feminist."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.23,0:05:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, I don't think I would have the\Narrogance to imagine that I understood everything
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.57,0:05:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a young girl had gone through in her\Nchildhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.21,0:05:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, as a boy, I had constantly told my friends\Nthat I was in charge, and they had to do what
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.45,0:05:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted, I would certainly have been rejected\Nas 'bossy,' but Miss Watson imagines that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.68,0:05:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she knows what all of the boys in her childhood\Ncircle experienced. Has she asked them?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.94,0:05:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also note that she does not talk about sharing\Ndirectorial duties, but rather wanting them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.75,0:05:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all to herself. In every childhood group, everyone\Nwants to try out being a leader,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.74,0:06:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to negotiate a hierarchy among equals is an\Nessential task that all children really need to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.07,0:06:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it goes without saying that the sexualization
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.11,0:06:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 14-year-olds is reprehensible, that certainly\Ngets no argument from me, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.60,0:06:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am confused when Miss Watson reports that\Nher female friends dropped out of their beloved
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.14,0:06:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sports teams because they did not want to\Nappear "too muscle-y." Did they imagine that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.14,0:06:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toned and muscled female bodies are unattractive\Nto men? There appear to be countless cheesecake
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.01,0:06:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shots of female athletes scattered around\Nthe web, and dancers are often considered
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.81,0:06:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have wonderful physiques - and women's\Nhealth websites are continually promoting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.90,0:06:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the value and attractiveness of exercise,\Nso I don't quite understand what this means.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.94,0:06:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps some of Miss Watson's friends were\Nweightlifters - but the unattractiveness to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.68,0:06:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people of extremely large muscles is\Nnot confined to either gender - many women
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.90,0:07:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find extremely muscled men unattractive as\Nwell. Thus if women were toned and healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.50,0:07:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would seem to be an ideal that most women\Naspire to - if they were excessively muscled,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.87,0:07:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a different story, not one really just\Nconfined to women.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.74,0:07:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Watson then sounded the clarion call\Nfor male involvement:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.62,0:07:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want men to take up this mantle so that their\Ndaughters, sisters, and mothers can be free
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.75,0:07:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from prejudice—but also so that their sons have\Npermission to be vulnerable and human, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.61,0:07:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We claim that there is part of themselves that they've abandoned
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.04,0:07:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in doing so, be a more true and complete\Nversion of themselves."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.19,0:07:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest, this troubles me enormously,\Nbecause she is basically saying that women
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.80,0:07:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot free themselves, they have nothing\Nwhatsoever to do with the cycle of oppression,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.20,0:08:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and require men to release them from bondage.\NI certainly applaud her encouragement of male
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.34,0:08:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vulnerability and emotional openness - one\Nsignificant way that feminists can help that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.78,0:08:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process along is, as I mentioned before, to\Nstrongly reject and oppose feminists who threaten
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.35,0:08:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to murder, bomb, and kill men for speaking\Ntheir minds and sharing their experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.10,0:08:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at - say - conferences.\NBut smuggled into this general statement is
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.07,0:08:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also an incredible condemnation of men and\Nexcusing of women. Men must get involved because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.13,0:08:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only men are bad - women cannot free themselves\Nwithout men saving them because women are
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.33,0:08:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only victims, never perpetrators. Men-bad/Women-good…\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.32,0:08:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a woman is drowning, and she needs someone
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.32,0:08:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,else to save her - yelling at her to save\Nherself is worse than useless, she can't instantly
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.06,0:08:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn how to swim if she doesn't know. Demanding,\Nor requiring, or inviting men to save women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.77,0:09:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strips women of any moral responsibility or\Nmoral agency in the cycle of violence that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.34,0:09:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so consumes the world.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.10,0:09:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But - but is that true? Are women always victims of men?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.71,0:09:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, well… Welcome to the underground world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.38,0:09:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of female violence, the great unspoken horror\Nthat drives so many of the world's evils.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.86,0:09:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women are responsible for half of domestic\Nviolence incidents, in many Western countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.78,0:09:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80% of British mothers hit their babies before\Nthe babies are even one year old. 25, estimated
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.12,0:09:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 percent of pedophiles are women. In a recent\NUS study, middle-class mothers hit their babies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.44,0:10:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and toddlers, on average, over 900 times a\Nyear. The idea that endlessly bashing toddlers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.45,0:10:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has nothing whatsoever to do with the perpetuation\Nof the cycle of violence is absolutely jaw-dropping.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.37,0:10:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, for one, would be thrilled to hear a feminist\Nsay something like the following:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.89,0:10:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Certainly there is anti-female prejudice\Nin the world, and we have been speaking about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.40,0:10:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that for decades, if not centuries - but ladies,\Nmy sisters, I invite you to turn away from
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.93,0:10:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men, and look inwards, towards yourselves,\Nand see what we can do - independent of men
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.22,0:10:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- to bring about a better world. Most mothers\Nhit their children - this cannot be blamed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.82,0:10:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on children, it is a moral failing of women.\NNo man stands behind us and commands us to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.59,0:10:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hit our children - men have their issues and\Nfaults, and evils, to be sure, but in this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.51,0:11:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instance, in this circumstance, we need to\Nlook directly in the mirror to find the source
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.78,0:11:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of so many of the world's ailments, evils\Nand catastrophes. It is time for us to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.99,0:11:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only blaming men, which merely disempowers\Nus and insults men, and accept the responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.80,0:11:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of becoming peaceful parents. This is, in\Nfact, our fight to win, and it will probably
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.25,0:11:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a generation or two at least to turn\Nthe tide of this female-fueled violence against
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.65,0:11:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children. Let us turn our eyes away from the\Nfaults of men, which has had our attention
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.92,0:11:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for far too long, and support each other in\Nfinding ways to be parents without being violent."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.25,0:11:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that would be what I would call empowerment!\NHer next point:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.72,0:12:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Men, I would like to take this opportunity\Nto extend your formal invitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.79,0:12:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen young men suffering from mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.68,0:12:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unable to ask for help, for fear it would make them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.18,0:12:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less of a men—or less of a man. I've seen\Nmen made fragile and insecure by a distorted
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.28,0:12:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sense of what constitutes male success.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.36,0:12:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men don't have the benefits of equality, either."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.32,0:12:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may seem nice for Miss Watson to extend\Nthe olive branch to men, and tell us that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.19,0:12:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men suffer from gender inequality - but frankly,\Nmen already know that, and we have known it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.56,0:12:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a very long time. Men around the world\Nare drafted into insane wars, work night and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.50,0:12:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day to provide for women and children, die\Nby the tens of thousands in horrible industrial
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.15,0:12:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accidents, are regularly barred from seeing\Ntheir own children,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.41,0:12:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no reproductive rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.23,0:13:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are forced to pay alimony to ex-wives\Nfor decades -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.71,0:13:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,die sooner, just to name a few!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.95,0:13:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It certainly is true that men often find it\Nhard to ask for help,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.74,0:13:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes do have a distorted view
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.44,0:13:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what constitutes male\Nsuccess - and I certainly do appreciate Miss
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.76,0:13:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watson for bringing these two topics up -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.60,0:13:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm afraid I must take issue with her reliance
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.72,0:13:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her merely personal observations rather\Nthan, say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.17,0:13:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking men what is important to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.16,0:13:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is speaking at the United Nations,\Nafter all, not to her tiny circle of friends
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.04,0:13:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and family. Women are supposed to be great\Nlisteners -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.28,0:13:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might not be a bad time to take that for a spin.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.43,0:13:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean if I were to do a speech addressing
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.88,0:13:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issues of Gypsy migrants in Romania, I\Ndon't think I would talk about a Gypsy I saw
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.98,0:13:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once in a fairground in Pennsylvania.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.00,0:14:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I want to speak to men about gender issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.23,0:14:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what should I do? Well, what feminists seem\Nresolutely opposed to doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.81,0:14:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, say, googling the term "top men's rights issues."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.84,0:14:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NI did just that, and chose the first result,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.12,0:14:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gave the following top ten list:\N"10.) The Male Gender Role (4%) That's right,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.65,0:14:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks, chivalry has got to go. No longer should\Nmen be expected to be the providers and protectors
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.91,0:14:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of society. There needs to be no shame in\Nshowing weakness, fear, and emotions other
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.71,0:14:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anger. No one should be expected to 'man\Nup' and internalize their problems until they
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.69,0:14:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go mad. We don't want to be conscripted and\Nsent over to die to protect the womenfolk,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.26,0:14:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or be expected to do all [of] the backbreaking\Nlabor on our own. Just because we have penises
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.21,0:14:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean we should be forced to abide\Nby additional societal expectations, especially
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.91,0:14:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when those lead to an early grave."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.08,0:15:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Miss Watson, in her attempts to motivate
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.92,0:15:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enroll men by addressing our issues, chose\Nthe very least important aspect of the very
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.41,0:15:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,least important men's rights issue. Also,\Nshe appeals to chivalry - “heforshe” - and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.04,0:15:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asks men to man up and be the providers and\Nprotectors of women,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.91,0:15:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is exactly what men don't want any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.17,0:15:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very essence of disposable masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.74,0:15:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- that men are faceless utilities only useful\Nfor delivering resources to women and children
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.19,0:15:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- is so ingrained in society
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.04,0:15:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a woman attempting to address men's issues cannot
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.04,0:15:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conceive of actually asking us what our issues\Nare!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.80,0:15:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only matters what she has noticed,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.80,0:15:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not what men have been desperately crying\Nout for… for decades.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.68,0:15:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number 9 Men's Issue:\N"Negative Portrayal of men in the Media (5%).
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.89,0:16:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tired of seeing dumb and deadbeat dads?\NSick of every man on TV being a sex-obsessed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.59,0:16:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,womanizer? So are we.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.61,0:16:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men are often seen as incompetent, misogynistic, brutish slobs with
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.88,0:16:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few redeeming qualities.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.74,0:16:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there is a boys vs. girls competition in a children's television show when scripted,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.31,0:16:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the girls always win and the boys are treated like fools.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.82,0:16:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When boys complain, they're expected to 'man up.'
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.73,0:16:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TV shows, commercials, and movies ought to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.73,0:16:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,portray men in a more positive light."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.34,0:16:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 8: Educating Boys (5%) Boys are being
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.34,0:16:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misdiagnosed with ADD/ADHD from the time they\Nenter grade school. They are falling behind
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.47,0:16:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in math and literacy, and the number of boys
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.48,0:16:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going for college degrees is incredibly low—something
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.48,0:16:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to be done about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.79,0:16:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By expanding help and assistance for boys' education,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.79,0:16:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can continue to help boys learn to enjoy school
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.37,0:16:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue learning, leading to better futures
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.37,0:16:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for themselves and society."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.88,0:16:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 7: Making Government Programs Gender-Neutral
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.45,0:16:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Accompanied by a Male Equivalent (6.2%)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.58,0:17:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether for single mothers, domestic violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.58,0:17:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or health research, tremendous amounts of\Ngovernment money goes to
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.19,0:17:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women's aid. Men have the right to the same assistance
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.86,0:17:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Domestic violence programs and policies that name women
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.65,0:17:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the only group that are abused—and therefore\Nthe only group deserving of assistance—
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.27,0:17:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be expanded to cover men as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.19,0:17:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men and women are different, and sometimes an approach
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.95,0:17:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will work for women will not work for\Nmen.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.66,0:17:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other aspects, such as health research,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.34,0:17:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot be gender-neutral all the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.38,0:17:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why a male equivalent is needed."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.38,0:17:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 6: Better Treatment of Men Regarding\NFalse Accusations (7%).
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.39,0:17:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, false accusations of rape and domestic violence occur.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.19,0:17:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men are publicly shamed and often face
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.99,0:17:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ire even after proven innocent. Court trials\Nfor accusations last too long,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.19,0:17:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a minimal sentence , if any,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.15,0:17:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a false accusation is discovered. A major goal of men's rights
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.37,0:17:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to expand anonymity for men accused of\Nrape, and for false accusations to be treated
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.84,0:18:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the serious crime they are."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.54,0:18:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 5: Reproductive Rights (7%)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.37,0:18:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tied with false accusations is reproductive rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.24,0:18:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no male pill, and there is no way
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.55,0:18:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid fatherhood at will. If a woman gets\Npregnant and doesn't want to have the child
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.92,0:18:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the man does, the man loses.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.59,0:18:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, if she wants to have the child and the
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.90,0:18:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man doesn't, the man loses.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.78,0:18:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal is not to let men walk away in the middle of parenting,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.98,0:18:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to have the choice if they want to be involved in raising the child in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.31,0:18:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a man chooses not to be involved\Nfrom the start,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.38,0:18:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's considered a deadbeat,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.49,0:18:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet when a woman chooses to give a child up\Nfor adoption
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.52,0:18:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or [to] not be involved, [or] to have an abortion, is completely [accepted].
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.58,0:18:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are countless options for women,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.87,0:18:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and none for men."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.68,0:18:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 4: Removing the Notion That All Men
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.22,0:18:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are Potential Rapists/Pedophiles (9%)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.85,0:18:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her 1977 novel, The Women's Room, author Marilyn
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.25,0:18:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French wrote a line of dialog in which a female\Nrape victim says,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.02,0:19:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'All men are rapists, and that's all they are.'
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.42,0:19:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This line has become\Na well-known quote among the Men's Rights
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.98,0:19:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Movement. Today, the idea is rather strong\Nin people's heads that men in the company
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.05,0:19:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of small children are, by nature, abusers.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.50,0:19:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have organizations such as 'Men Against Rape'
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.75,0:19:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching that women are afraid and we\Nneed to be careful not to rape women.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.69,0:19:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The overwhelming majority of men
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.17,0:19:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no interest or intention of raping a woman or being a pedophile,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.72,0:19:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet all men are treated as a threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.90,0:19:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to hold these few people accountable-
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.35,0:19:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the entire male gender."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.88,0:19:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 3: Anti-Male Double Standards (10%)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.53,0:19:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a widespread issue that's related\Nto #10. There seems to be the notion that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.25,0:19:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when men break a gender barrier,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.28,0:19:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as playing field hockey, they're being aggressive, bent
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.28,0:19:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on winning. At the same time, if a girl wants\Nto play football,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.21,0:19:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's a groundbreaking fighter
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.71,0:19:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for women's rights. An adult man has a relationship\Nwith a younger teenage girl?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.64,0:19:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a disgusting pedophile.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.92,0:19:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A teenage guy with an adult woman?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.100,0:20:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's lauded and called a cougar—it's considered hot.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.71,0:20:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While women seldom go unpunished in cases\Nof abuse,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.47,0:20:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sentencing is often nowhere near as severe as men's.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.79,0:20:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 2: Feminism (11%)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.96,0:20:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can debate whether the original goal of feminism to bring men down,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.08,0:20:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if it was an unintended consequence.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.16,0:20:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we started helping girls more in\Nschool, boys were pushed aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.09,0:20:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In recent years, we've seen protests
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.52,0:20:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against anonymity for rape accusations, denial of false accusations
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.61,0:20:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an issue, and fathers' rights groups demonized\Nfor wanting power
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.34,0:20:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of time with their children
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.66,0:20:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fair alimony/child-support payments.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.24,0:20:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't undo what has been done, but, by
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.61,0:20:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealing with the parts of feminism that are\Nanti-male, we can prevent further damage."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.39,0:20:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Number 1: Fathers' Rights (20%)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.16,0:20:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Winning twice as many the votes as the second-place option
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.16,0:20:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one-fifth of the votes overall,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.93,0:20:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father's rights reigns supreme as the top issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.39,0:20:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A father has the right to see his child after\Na divorce
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.59,0:21:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have his child in his custody more often.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.20,0:21:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accusations without support are\Nexactly that—accusations—
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.36,0:21:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a father should not be separated
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.39,0:21:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from his children on that basis alone. Child support payments
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.12,0:21:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are often extreme and unmanageable,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.75,0:21:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it a struggle for men to even meet the necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.32,0:21:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,payments while keeping a roof over [his] heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.30,0:21:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some states, rates do not change—even
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.73,0:21:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is a pay cut, unemployment, or a\Ncareer change involved."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.47,0:21:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Watson, if you want to speak to men,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.79,0:21:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you first must listen to us. The previous
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.99,0:21:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,list is just from some websites, it's not\Ncomprehensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.13,0:21:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not scientific, it's not perfect-
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.41,0:21:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not a bad start. Look,\NI'm sure you spent many days or weeks preparing
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.43,0:21:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your speech, but you clearly did not spend\Neven 10 minutes of that time actually finding
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.01,0:21:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out what men need and want, what our issues\Nare,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.66,0:22:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what our priorities are, what is actually
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.21,0:22:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destroying so many of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.07,0:22:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your speech in this area is the equivalent
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.10,0:22:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of me doing a speech about the needs and wants\Nof Native Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.15,0:22:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and earnestly telling
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.12,0:22:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world that I knew a Native American once\Nwho got drunk a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.79,0:22:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would rightly
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.76,0:22:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,castigate me for my complete failure to research\Nthe Native American perspective at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.03,0:22:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did you actually talk to a Native American?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.04,0:22:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ummm,\NI guess it never really crossed my mind…"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.92,0:22:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a feminist, and you want to enroll\Nand motivate men,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.67,0:22:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lecturing us about our supposed
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.48,0:22:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failings - while failing to ask us any questions\Nwhatsoever -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.50,0:22:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is mere finger-wagging narcissism.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.24,0:22:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anti-male prejudice is so ingrained in our\Nhive minds that not one mainstream or female
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.66,0:22:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commentator - to my knowledge at least -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.86,0:22:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has pointed out the blindingly obvious fact that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.86,0:22:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Watson wants to talk about gender equality
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.01,0:23:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the needs of women, and cannot even conceive
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.52,0:23:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of asking men what our needs are.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.03,0:23:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are thousands of passionate, committed
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.52,0:23:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dedicated men's rights advocates throughout\Nthe world - Miss Watson could have called
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.24,0:23:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any of them up to ask about men's issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.40,0:23:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure they would have leapt at the chance
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.31,0:23:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring men's issues to the forefront of\Nan international discussion.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.22,0:23:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine how powerful it would have been for men
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.01,0:23:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the world to see their most desperate and
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.10,0:23:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essential issues brought to the intention\Nof the entire planet? Miss Watson's speech
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.44,0:23:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a tragically missed opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.48,0:23:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to genuinely speak to men, and to genuinely motivate men,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.76,0:23:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to trigger an outpouring of relief and gratitude\Nfrom men at finally being heard - sadly, her
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.22,0:24:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speech contains no curiosity, no questions,\Nno men's voices or concerns
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.06,0:24:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- it was just yet another example of a woman lecturing
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.17,0:24:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at men without listening to us - and demanding
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.26,0:24:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we provide resources for the safety,\Nsecurity and comfort of women to boot!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.56,0:24:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about as retrograde a speech as can\Nbe conceivably imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.02,0:24:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it only served
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.18,0:24:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remind men just how far we still have to\Ngo to be heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.73,0:24:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So other than repeating the endlessly debunked\Nmyth that women make less than men for the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.98,0:24:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same work - in fact, women with the same education\Nhave been in the workforce for the same amount
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.52,0:24:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of time as men actually make a little bit\Nmore than men - Miss Watson had two last points
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.66,0:24:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wanted to make:\NMen suffer from gender stereotypes, too:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.93,0:24:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We don't often talk about men being imprisoned\Nby gender stereotypes, but I can see that
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.47,0:25:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are. And that when they are free, things\Nwill change for women as a natural consequence.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.37,0:25:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If men don't have to be aggressive, in order\Nto be accepted, women won't feel compelled
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.83,0:25:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be submissive. If men don't have to control,\Nwomen won't have to be controlled."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.41,0:25:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so here, she explicitly states that\Nwomen are helpless victims of male actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.51,0:25:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with about as much free will and moral autonomy\Nas your average shadow. This is standard feminist
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.19,0:25:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accusatory tone: when men improve, women will\Nnaturally improve as well - the idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.04,0:25:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the exact opposite could be possibly true\Nis so foreign and incomprehensible to people
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.91,0:25:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's like going to a physics conference
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.07,0:25:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stating that gravity actually repels rather
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.07,0:25:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than attracts.\NLadies, my sisters - let me lay it out for
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.40,0:26:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you as plainly as I can:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.50,0:26:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we are men, we are boys. When we are boys, we are under
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.08,0:26:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the command and control of women almost exclusively.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.25,0:26:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are parented by women, disciplined by women,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.68,0:26:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educated by women - we are raised by women.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.74,0:26:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those women scream at us and hit us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.75,0:26:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.71,0:26:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a recent study, as I mentioned, middle-class
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.21,0:26:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American women hit their toddlers - age 7\Nmonths
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.16,0:26:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to three years - over 900 times a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.16,0:26:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80% of these British mothers hit their babies.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.28,0:26:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African-American mothers are even more violent
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.28,0:26:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards helpless and dependent boys and girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.15,0:26:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In India and China - the most populous regions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.15,0:26:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world - hitting children is an epidemic,\Nand staunchly defended. Treatment of children
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.29,0:26:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Africa remains, in general, brutal.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.78,0:27:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feminists, are you concerned about male aggression?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.71,0:27:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3-5 year old toddlers spanked by mothers are\Nmuch more likely to break rules and act aggressively
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.35,0:27:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the age of 9 than children who aren't spanked.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.22,0:27:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Watson, feminists as a whole - do you
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.35,0:27:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want men to use their words, rather than act\Nout aggressively?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.07,0:27:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spanking reduces verbal
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.51,0:27:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fluency, and increases aggression.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.20,0:27:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mothers, in the West hit helpless children
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.47,0:27:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50% more than fathers do.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.71,0:27:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you really, really, really think that women
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.49,0:27:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do nothing whatsoever - other than lecture\Nmen -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.74,0:27:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end the cycle of violence in the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.36,0:27:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies, now, now, now is the time for empowerment.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.35,0:28:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forget about blaming others - empowerment\Nmeans focusing on
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.05,0:28:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you can achieve, right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.12,0:28:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today, without begging for their participation\Nof others.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.26,0:28:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mothers, mothers, mothers, stop
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.99,0:28:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hitting your children… Just stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.74,0:28:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't blame men, don't blame poverty, don't blame
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.59,0:28:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your children, don't blame some abstract institution,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.59,0:28:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't blame “the patriarchy…” Just stop
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.59,0:28:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hitting your children. You are individual\Nmoral agents.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.49,0:28:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't give excuses to men
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.12,0:28:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for hitting women; there are no excuses for\Nyou hitting children,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.91,0:28:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a far worse moral crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.93,0:28:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because children are completely\Nhelpless and dependent, and never chose you
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.15,0:28:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as their mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.98,0:28:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boys - and countless girls of course - are
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.100,0:28:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hit by their mothers hundreds of times a year;
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.63,0:28:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from babyhood onward they crawl forward under
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.52,0:29:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a literal hailstorm of female assaults.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.97,0:29:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For women to claim that they are helpless in the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.23,0:29:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face of male aggression, that they can do\Nnothing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.51,0:29:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the cycle of violence, is
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.04,0:29:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally madness - it's like planting an\Napple tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.76,0:29:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then railing against the apple
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.89,0:29:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tree for being an apple tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.55,0:29:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We reap what we sow.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.33,0:29:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is one thing that I know,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.67,0:29:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that women have the greatest possible power and
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.39,0:29:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influence over the cycle of violence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.87,0:29:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has forever strangled peace in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.43,0:29:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a stay-at-home father to a wonderful\Ndaughter, and I'm certainly sensitive to the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.96,0:29:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs and issues of women,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.24,0:29:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but really, ladies, my sisters: crying out that you can do nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.68,0:30:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end violence - and that men need to rush\Nin and save you from the patriarchy - turns
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.10,0:30:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women into hysterical Victorian caricatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.19,0:30:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fainting on couches and helplessly weeping
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.19,0:30:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.82,0:30:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, there's this old myth about the "rule of thumb".
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.54,0:30:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, that men could hit women
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.59,0:30:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a stick no bigger than their thumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.18,0:30:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has always been a falsehood calculated to\Nslander men
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.44,0:30:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was never true by the way…
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.69,0:30:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Massachusetts Bay Colony prohibited wife-beating\Nin 1655:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.95,0:30:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No man shall strike his wife nor
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.68,0:30:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any woman her husband on penalty of such fine
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.95,0:30:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not exceeding ten pounds for one offense,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.58,0:30:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or such corporal punishment as the County\Nshall determine."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.53,0:30:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hmmm, well, no rule of thumb there.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.31,0:30:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you get what that means, ladies, my sisters?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.74,0:31:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you get what that means?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.74,0:31:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,359 years ago it was illegal to hit your wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.74,0:31:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet mothers still hit their children,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.58,0:31:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and complain about the violence in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.95,0:31:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the violence they help create.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.56,0:31:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Punishments for wife-beaters in history could
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.74,0:31:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be severe: according to an 1882 Maryland statute,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.56,0:31:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the culprit could receive forty lashes at
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.57,0:31:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whipping post; in Delaware, the number\Nwas thirty lashes.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.90,0:31:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In New Mexico, you could
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.49,0:31:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be fined from $255 to $1,000 -
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.37,0:31:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one to five years in prison. Religious groups - especially
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.20,0:31:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Protestant, Quakers, Methodists, and Baptists
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.50,0:31:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punished, shunned, and excommunicated wife-beaters.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.35,0:31:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Husbands, brothers, and neighbours often took\Nvengeance against the batterer. Vigilante
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.16,0:31:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parties sometimes abducted wife-beaters and\Nwhipped them.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.85,0:31:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the kind of protection that women have\Nhad throughout history.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.63,0:32:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not perfect, but hitting
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.15,0:32:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children remains legal in most of the world's\Ncountries.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.15,0:32:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies, women, my beautiful sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.78,0:32:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can change the world - you are the most essential
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.57,0:32:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aspect of fixing the world, of healing the\Nworld.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.08,0:32:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it fundamentally has nothing to
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.59,0:32:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do with men, or the patriarchy - it relies\Non you,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.67,0:32:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your children, your fists and your conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.17,0:32:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hidden violence of the world is the violence
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.97,0:32:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of women - and the men they choose - against\Nchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.05,0:32:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop hitting children, and save the world.