Isabel Allende: Tales of passion | TED

[@lenuma65]

Great speech, it touched me and I'm sure touched many people. By listening to her I'm proud to be a chilean

[@DebCawley1]

A Woman after my own Heart!!! Very Inspirational!!! Love her Message!!!

[@fernandosolanovalverde8467]

unquestionably!!, the best speech ever.

[@azukita18]

I love Isabel Allende. I started reading spanish literature after having read La Casa de los espiritus. And I can say with all certainty that I have not read a more beautiful, impressive and unforgetable novel. I highly recommend it. Isabel Allende...una de las mejores escritoras de America Latina y del mundo entero. I wish I could meet her one day.

[@reivilo]

standing ovations aren't given out. they are inspired by the listener. Seems her speech is as powerful as any other presentation. This is due to her articulation providing the mental visuals.

[@Bjzou]

By reading all the misogynists comments below, she's totally right. We need to educate our children, the new generations, to not tolerate any kind of disrespect, violence or abuse against women. This is all a matter of the patriarchal education we have all received, but it's in our hands to change it. Feminism is more necessary than ever!

[@nadiaTeeze]

I think she is a great speaker. What a powerful speech.

[@ines0036]

She and her stories are compelling and impressive!

[@quirklyquibble]

Deeply touching speech, my respect to this woman.

[@afroditerodrigues]

Que vontade me deu de mudar o mundo AGORA! Nunca li os livros desta escritora, mas depois deste discurso preciso urgentemente ler um deles.

[@cuddlebuttons]

i just love her. i love her absolutely and without question. she is a formidable talent and enlightened soul.

[@KARIN777777]

love her!!!!! And so proud! She makes me to remember how much brave we women can be

[@booorderline]

"So nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me" lol ahahah. A breathtaking speech, how can you do not love this woman! :D

[@patixy]

Good, that's why I love Isabel Allende. She really inspired me

[@jpbernie72]

I pray that these injustices to women and children are ended. In the meantime I will continue to treat my wife and children with love, dignity and respect.

[@LANICACSM]

Greatest writer!!! love her!

[@VanessaVerduga]

I don't understand all the hate-filled comments. There is nothing hateful in her speech. She speaks the truth of the realities that exist for women who are less fortunate than others. Why is a speech in favor of these women a bad thing? She speaks the truth. Thank you Isabel - you're a true heroine!!!!

[@khunnithmeng7777]

I wish all old women die off and without women we wouldn't have all these problem exist in this world. Sound heroine? No I think it would be sexist

[@wauleee7297]

What are the mains point she is talking about

[@martinava4172]

I love you so much, Isabel!!!

[@hannahskm]

Beautiful speech.. beautiful woman!

[@boydism08]

Really inspiring. Major influence in my artwork. Thanks so much.

[@dianniah]

Strenghth of a different nature arose when tying the umbilical cord with hair or watering a tree drop by drop. This passion and strength is born of survival and there are very few women who have the opportunity to access this youtube site that can speak from that perspective.

[@MrAndryist]

What I'm saying is that most of the time, the men are not the ones "displaced" - which means those who flee a war, etc.... because the men are the ones who are FIGHTING in the war which the "displaced" persons fled.

[@misstmemrs]

In so many fundamental ways, women have only recently been accorded 'human being' status in some parts of the world. It's not about blaming men, it is about understanding the nature of power and control, and how a society that respects women is better for all concerned.

[@KSangel180]

That was so beautiful.

[@Rosazuly7]

Even when i like her a lot as a writter, beside the fact that she is a woman, comes from latinamerica and is a feminist, (I'm a latinamerican woman, feminist and love literature), I have to say, the thing isn't about if men rul the world, the thing is ONLY men rul the word, this isn't about who will do things better, this is about equal rights, this is about your voice making a difference when you speak up as a woman. let's put aside all the hate and prejugements, they won't take us a anywhere

[@elcamaleon1]

I don't see how you can perceive her marvellous speech like that...I really don't. She opens up for males to participate in a strife for an equal society..in terms of condition. I think this is an excellent video.

[@santoshchawla]

you make me feel strong,our time is almost here

[@relym66]

One of the best!

[@LaShawnLatera]

this is amazing!!!! and interesting!!!

[@booiggers]

@gummybrain I already did..I don't care whom she is but what she said has a lot of truth in it.

[@nemesis1ization]

hey i remember you!!amazing videos you put.kudos

[@Flopa20]

I love her.

[@floy81]

jaja i am reading her book "La Suma de Los Dias" and i had just read yesterday the part of her 4 minutes of fame. hillarious!!

[@StephenHardyMusic]

If you've read her book House of the Spirits, you should be familiar with the protest songs about the Fox and the Hen. I actually wrote what I think one of those songs would sound like for an English project a couple years back. You should give it a listen and see what you think! Great book

[@hijadelafortuna]

Unicamente sensacionalmente maravillosa humanidad...ole...ole...ole..Señora Isabel

[@nunzilco]

Outstanding!

[@santoshchawla]

wow,she is sure electrifying.

[@gjfanatique]

I haven't seen where the blurbs on her books mention her wonderful whimsical humor. I have laughed aloud more often reading her books than any I can recall, save maybe Truman Capote or Jorge Amado. It's not like she's trying to be funny; it's her portraying herself, the narrator, as over-the-top breathless about what's going on in the story. She is The Master of the whopper.

[@ndayisabajeandedieu8863]

very interesting speech

[@barnabas65collins]

Great writer!! viva Chile!!

[@whatsarahsaid3]

amazing.

[@voladora92]

love her

[@YouTubeJen]

SHE WAS JOKING! A lot of men got all crazy calling her the opposite of a misogynist, but you have to realize she's reading an excerpt from her book, The Sum of Our Days, which is very tongue in cheek! She's not really actually short enough to fit in between Raquel Welch's legs, either, genius! If you read anything about her life, or her non-fiction books, you'd know she definitely adores men. She's Latin dude, she doesn't want men w/manginas, just not macho a-holes.

[@khunnithmeng7777]

What is all of that have to do with what she said. She can adore men all she want making sexist jokes toward men also considered sexists. Have you seen how females got all crazy when a man making a sexists joke?

[@akoanani]

It's really great....

[@loretosport]

wow... no words...

[@heyitsellie616]

It astounds me how most of the commenters have a limited view of what feminism is.

[@lilsmiley16840]

I agree, it is true.

[@70Paola]

Meraviglioso❤️

[@gkdrummerboy]

the house of spirits was a good book

[@RizVicious]

I want to know why this woman got a standing ovation after her final statement

[@scrabbleking1965]

@sashaleem YES I was wrong, her father and Salvador were 1st cousins, that make her a "1st cousin once removed" from Salvador. Salvador also had a daughter Isabel, who would be this Isabel's 2nd cousin.

[@ednasilva7399]

Bravooooo!

[@DavidBall67]

Bravo, we need interesting characters. We need rebels and misfits. We don't need killers. We need good people willing to live lives of passion. We don't need people willing to die for a cause, but people willing to live for one.

[@chilenozo]

I do want her in Chile, and judging by her books success in Chile, lots of people think the same. Besides, the ones who governs the country now are as sold as her (capitalism protected by socialist), which tell you the political views of THE MAJORITY. She is, first of all, a writer, not a politician, she lives out the money produced by the books, it is her choice, as any other human being. Respect that. As a you respect a nurse or a janitor doing and living just out their jobs.

[@Atomsk]

i just don't get the whole fear of women thing. i'm a man and i LOVE strong women.

[@lunatir]

respect allende

[@aldanamichelino]

Just one simple word... passion

[@comitechilenodv]

I like it!

[@robinperez]

Very nice talk by Isabel Allende :)

[@Deusrexmachina]

Thank You, Madame. @-->----

[@sararojas9035]

Excelente

[@BerthaMcFee]

Reason is a tool. What do we choose to use it on? Passion and reason are orthogonal to each other. Men run the world, and things DO improve every year... so long as you remember that one of the ways in which things improve is in gender equity. What she says about the correlation between gender inequity and other social ills. She may hyperbolize a little, but the amount is insignificant.

[@dojohansen123]

Allow me to recomment a very interesting book that is highly relevant here: The Red Queen - Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley. While I can certainly not say Ridley's convictions are necessarily correct, I can attest the book is entertaining and fascinating and provides a lot of food for thought. Without giving anything away, I can say Mr. Ridley believes sexual selection has played a crucial role in the evolution of our nature, and not for no reason.

[@St37One]

Fortunately for everyone, Political Correctness is self-contradictory, and eventually gives way to truth. As more awareness is spread about the realities of intimate partner violence in lesbian couples, and in gay couples, people will see that there is much more to the picture than "wife beating" and that it is really not a gender issue, or one of good vs evil. The way i see it, its an issue of TRUST, self-control, and the decision to tolerate ANY violence in an intimate relationship.

[@yxuyuan]

source please? not to be antagonistic, but genuinely interested.

[@superdavid002]

I mention Allende in The History Song.

[@De4sher]

I'm just saying that every one of us should be (should feel) responsible for our own lives, and try to do something about it. I'm not suggesting we should all go around blaming everybody else, that wouldn't help at all. Furthermore, couldn't passion arise in everyday situation? Do you really need extreme conditions for it to develop? Also, if you reply, please try to use shorter sentences, i'm not a native speaker and it took me almost 10 minutes to understand what you were trying to say :)

[@dojohansen123]

First off, thanks for the reply, and your sources. I fail to see why comparing full-time working men to full-time working women is unfair or any reason to expect biased results. I also don't see how women choosing lower paying positions do anything to explain why women still earn 20-30% less than men working THE SAME positions. That said, I do hope you are right. If sexual discrimination really is a thing of the past, that's certainly something to celebrate.

[@yxuyuan]

I'm telling you to look up a specific article (with reference to a specific section) because youtube doesn't allow links in the comment section. -.- You still don't address my questions of domestic work, and what I cited are still government-reviewed stats, which you are free to refute if you could.

[@WFiIK]

Enlightening, passionate and valuable talk, among other wonderful things .. can be so much more powerful without disrespecting a gender. What is the difference which gender you disrespect - it still damages the message.

[@KAIJUFREAK116]

They don't know what it is and they go by the what the media shows them.

[@NahirBonet]

i wanna a translaton, i speak spanish,i dont know much of english!!! thanks!

[@imagine1231989]

I read "Dos Palabras" :]

[@muffinproject]

And what I'm saying is that the distribution is so perfectly equal between the male and female gender that it is a distribution of 49.48% and 50.52%. In other words, neither men nor women are displaced significantly more than the other gender. We are talking about an imbalance of ~20.000 people on a scale of 8 million.

[@De4sher]

that would be a little hard to accomplish, but hey! it's our world, we're responsible for it. Nevertheless changes are beginning to happen, especially, as always, within the young generation. No time to criticize the mistakes of the past now. We've got to view the world in a positive way and act accordingly.

[@yxuyuan]

I'm not saying that men do not undertake jobs that are risky (ie. resource extraction). What I am saying is that upper-class men have more institutional power, which is something even the Warren Farrell recognizes. With institutional power comes the ability to make policy, decisions, and create a cultural discourse. The author you cite considers domestic women's work "voluntary" and consequently insignificant, so I'm not too tempted to engage with that kind of bigotry.

[@fourkero1]

I see that still we have a lot of macho man in the present century ( XXI ) and they feel very bad when listen the truth that Isabel tell us . I`m proud be a chilean like you Isabel Allende.

[@khunnithmeng7777]

So you actually agree with her that men are the cause of the problem that happen to this world ?

[@De4sher]

I think I was saying the same thing, in a more destructive way :) Yeah a lot of things are human constructs, and I think it would be a good thing from time to time to remember that. I daily come across people who tell me "i have no right to this and that", and I just laugh. Obviously I have the "right" to do everything I can. It doesn't mean I would be stupid to do things that are not in my interest though :)

[@gg_rider]

I believe the stats Isabel Allende describes on how women are abused and subjugated, however I also know of situations where men are abused and subjugated unfairly by women with a degree of political power and enforcement. Or children abused by women. I support what Allende stands for, I'm just saying ... avoid broad blanket prejudices.

[@scort8888]

Isabel Allende thus being first cousin, once removed of Salvador Allende, President of Chile.

[@pacoiec]

"Los escritores chilenos, con alguna excepción, no quieren tener ningún problema. Sólo quieren que se les quiera, que de ser posible un día se vean instalados en una agregaduría cultural, que hablen bien de ellos. Escalar, escalar siempre, buscar y conseguir el éxito, aunque el éxito sea tan pequeño como Chile mismo. En esta feria de vanidades, en este baile de salón entre los siúticos y los cuicos, brilla todo, menos la literatura". - Roberto Bolaño

[@sashaleem]

@scrabbleking1965 She is not the daughter of Salvador Allende, her that was Allende's cousin.

[@Loverwinners]

Wow!!! Patriarchal society is alive and well in America too.

[@CUMBICA1970]

Well, just between the two of us, definitely I see more advantages being a man, at least in my workplace. We get around 30%+ than female workers doing the exact same job and only men are allowed to do extra-hours (a very important factor to us.)

[@ivan1977alex]

@lilsmiley16840 ella nacio en Lima , Peru..........she born in LiMA ,PERU you can see in wikipedia

[@dojohansen123]

Argh. Love YT's utter lack of editing features... That was of course supposed to read Allow me to recommenD a ...

[@lilsmiley16840]

@vanlex100 I saw an interview where the host said she's from Chile. But it doesn't really matter. No big deal. I think she even mentioned on her speech that she's from Chile.... Anyway, I like her work. NP

[@z3iro383]

Even in our privileged society feminism is not dated. All over the USA people are trying to take away women's rights and make them subservient. We can't give up, even if just to hold on to what we have.

[@Bjzou]

Excellent speech! What she's trying to say is that in most of the world men don't respect women. it's not about "we hate men"... it's about, if women were more respected by men in any country of this goddamn world, there will be no more prostitution, sexual or physical abuses against women, the same opportunities in life, justice, etc. So, you people are getting all this wrong... and it's sad that you can't see the point in all this great speech... that is so sad.

[@lucianaalmeida1471]

Quando crescer quero ser do tamanho de Isabel.😊

[@De4sher]

What do you want then? What do you have to offer then, and what do you want to receive in exchange. Ok, I agree that sometimes, women can be more "powerful" than men. Now what? We just leave things as they are, or what? Because if you don't actually want anything, then this conversation is pointless. So give me a suggestion, what to do or how to think, to make the world a better place. Respect women? I already do that. Respect myself? checked; What else?

[@platypus544]

I think you misunderstand. She is saying that if given the equal opportunity, women would be able to help lead in technology, science, etc. and that because there isn't this opportunity, so many things which cannot be discovered will not be because there isn't an opportunity for women to do such things.

[@biakuya]

It's sad that in this day and age, one can give a sexist speech based on ignorance, hate, lies and discrimination and be applauded at the end.

[@uber301]

They made us watch this in English I.B.

[@cesartolico]

You might be right. Please help, tell us what feminism really is and what most commenters think it is.

[@muffinproject]

My point is with the misleading statistics often used by "raging feminist" rhetoric. Mentioning 80% sounds like a very unbalanced ratio of 1:4, so it's a very powerful statistic to throw around. But is not exactly honest and straightforward because it is sampling two different sized pools. If you have 30 red balls and 10 green ones, do you expect a 50% chance at either when picking at random? No. You expect a 75% or 25% chance.

[@80sNoize]

nacida en PERU!

[@janiobsb]

Hola La Kami... Non solo en ton idiom, pero en más de 20. Visite: TED.COM (y busque Isabel Allende) y tu teras a complete trascripción (in more than 20 languages), Ex.: Muchísimas gracias. ¡Qué miedo estar aquí entre los más inteligentes de los inteligentes! Estoy aquí para contarles algunas historias de pasión. Hay un refrán judío que me encanta. ¿Qué es más más cierto que la verdad? Respuesta: La historia. Yo soy una contadora de historias...

[@dianniah]

It is not those who have 'not' experienced the necessary act of compliance for survival that contemplate the opinion that followers should be blamed. It is NOT every one of us, and blame THE VICTIM is unecessary and worthless as it is a power position that considers that every one of us is to blame.

[@tylerorban09]

rare woman.