Words Speak Louder Than Actions: Jeff Perera at TEDxRyersonU

Do you believe in a future without violence?
Jeff Perera is a student in Ryerson University's School of Social Work. He is a workshop facilitator for the White Ribbon Campaign, the world's largest effort to engage men in ending violence against women, he is also founder of the Ryerson White Ribbon Campaign.
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[@ToastedRose]

Anyone else watching for Columbia?

[@vajiha14]

A very powerful video. Looking forward to hearing more from Jeff. Your openness and authenticity are very refreshing in today's world. Thank you for sharing your words.

[@soccerfreke13]

Love the way you invite men to revisit the regard they have for the women in their lives!

[@MackeyDeez]

6 years later this guy still gives me the bubble guts just listening to him.

[@jabba1919]

Your words are extremely powerful and inspirational.

[@KeithPoore]

Amazing talk! Jeff, you are great person! Your words are inspiring change.

[@dreaminginnoother]

if you greet a group of women by saying "hey ladies" instead of "hey guys" you take a much bigger chance of being viewed as creepy. There's more to his first bit than just equality issues.

[@ashfiquerizwan4726]

Excellent!!!!!

[@bushwhacker2k]

I hope you're not referring to the video, almost everything I heard him saying was that men aren't raised to understand things and that we, and the people around us, suffer for it. I quite agree with what I heard.

[@gothique11]

Awesome video!

[@LastPerson2Join]

Great video, heard him live at Queen's University. Awesome speaker.

[@MackeyDeez]

I felt bubbling in my intestines from hearing this mangina. I refuse to sit here and listen to another man trying to tell other men how to be men that feminist want them to be.

[@quentonwillis3846]

This felt like a bait and switch. It went from the power of words to some spiel on gender.

[@FashioningMan]

killer. jeff, keep doing what you're doing.

[@farouqnimer]

amazing introduction

[@benjaminzheng]

Wonderful video.

[@rickz3543]

Waste of youtube memory space

[@jonjon72886]

nice video

[@Bumblybee256]

@DiwataMan Neglect also occurs for reasons such poverty, depression, lack of role model. Who perpetrates the most violent and deliberate abuses? And also why is it only abusive men who you're pardoning due to their upbringing and not these so-called 'abusive mothers'? Did they not have an upbringing, potentilly a great deal more damaging than that of the boys due to the disproportionate number of GIRLS that suffer incest?

[@Bumblybee256]

@DiwataMan The majority of abuse is neglect, maybe so- where does it say it's mostly due to women? The majority of lone parent households are mothers- why aren't you criticising the men who leave and leave the mother to cope with that stress and responsibility alone? What have you to be defensive about- unless you're beating up women? How you were raised doesn't entitle you to mistreat others.

[@danna1459]

this is why I am mgtow

[@Bumblybee256]

@DiwataMan and btw- the funniest part of this was your complete failure to understand that, unless one parent is dead, any neglected child is neglected by both parents. Women just generally have the decency to actually stick around. Well done on avoiding my questions-bye bye dear.