#1228 Why men will be better off without the patriarchy
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 November 2018
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Air Date: 11/16/2018
Today we take a look at the system of patriarchy from the perspective of how it negatively impacts men in our culture, thereby demonstrating the need for feminism to advocate for all those negatively impacted by patriarchy, regardless of gender
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Ch. 1: What Is the Patriarchy? | Feminist Fridays - @marinashutup - Air Date 11-02-14
An overview of patriarchy with a focus on how it hurts everyone, not just women.
Ch. 2: Fight Club and Toxic Masculinity - Folding Ideas - Air Date 8-22-15
Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity - to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal talk, he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world tells him a man should be.
Ch. 3: Justin Baldoni: Why I'm done trying to be "man enough" - @TEDTalks - Air Date 12-4-17
Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity - to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal talk, he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world tells him a man should be.
Ch. 4: Do Videogame Stereotypes Hurt Men? - PBS Game:Show - Air Date 08-2-13
Games continue the cultural narrative of big and strong men, "manning up" and being the hero. As you play, you kill hundreds or thousands of other men, without regard for the emotional toll on one's psyche.
Ch. 5: What Men Do With Their Pain - On The Media - Air Date 5-4-18
Michael Kimmel, a scholar of masculinities studies at Stony Brook University, on the source of this shared frustration — which he calls "aggrieved entitlement" — and about the steps forward for a society that still misunderstands so much about gender.
Ch. 6: Tony Porter: A call to men - @TEDTalks - Air Date 12-10-10
Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other.
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Ch. 7: Thoughts on privacy and violence - Erica from Illinois
Ch. 8: Final comments om where feminism went wrong and why we need to fight for everyone hurt by the patriarchy, regardless of gender
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| 0:58.7 | learn about the system of patriarchy from the perspective of how it negatively impacts |
| 1:03.9 | men in our culture. |
| 1:05.8 | Clips today come from YouTubers Marina Shut Up, Folding Ideas, Ted Talks, PBS Game Show, |
| 1:12.7 | and on the media. |
| 1:16.4 | What is the dreaded patriarchy? |
| 1:18.0 | In the simplest terms, patriarchy is a social system that values masculinity over femininity. |
| 1:23.7 | The type of social system dictates that men are entitled to be in charge and dominate |
| 1:28.4 | women, and it implies that the natural state of gender relations is a dynamic of dominance |
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