The Boy Crisis: A Sobering look at the State of our Boys | Warren Farrell Ph.D. | TEDxMarin

What is causing a worldwide Boy Crisis and how do we resolve it. A sobering look at the current state of Boys in our society and what we must understand before we can help them.
Dr. Warren Farrell is an American educator, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues., including the international bestsellers, Why Men Are the Way they Are, plus The Myth of Male Power. He is the only man in the U.S. to be elected three times to the Board of the National Organization for Women in NYC. and he is Chair of the Commission to Create a White House Council on Boys and Men. Warren has appeared on more than 1000 TV and radio shows, including numerous “ratings periods” for Oprah. GQ calls him (2015) the Martin Luther King of the men’s movement. Warren is currently co-authoring with John Gray the forthcoming The Boy Crisis.
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[@jrgolub3087]

"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth" - African proverb

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

tru

[@trentlightly4561]

Whoah. That is powerful

[@jesunifemiale8619]

Soooooo deep

[@suryanshsingh4533]

Africans are great man

[@akshy471]

"if I'm bad at being good, from now on, I'm going to be good at being bad." - cheeseballs movie

[@seanwhatstone8880]

Lack of purpose, addiction to video games, motivational issues, and bad grades. Wow, he is literally talking about me.

[@lavauntrated1709]

sorry to necro this comment, but I was in that same position a few years ago. This was before I realized that as a man, you need to look out for yourself because nobody is going to give you any special consideration, unlike women. I went to my country's military university studying aerospace engineering and am now an officer. Things get better. MGTOW.

[@patricioansaldi8021]

@@lavauntrated1709 I agreed with everything you said except for that finally "mgtow", we don't have to go from one extreme to the other here.

[@antlerman7644]

I'm in the same boat. Has anything changed?

[@M.as.e]

Lava Untrated you failed. You got indoctrinated into a hateful ideology. From one extreme to another

[@totallyaploy1824]

Me too wtf

[@sabre6969]

I remember in 6th grade I told a teacher a girl was copying my test answers and she said “be a gentleman, don’t snitch!”. Transferred schools straight after that

[@r_se]

I bet you wonder why nobody likes you you fuckin snitch

[@AzureQuality]

@@r_se Hey buddy, maybe learn the difference between a snitch and somebody who is right about telling on people.

[@jitpatel9648]

I can only envision how the teacher would react if the roles were flipped and the girl told the teacher on you.

[@vividlantern8854]

I wish I could see dislikes on comments.

[@sabre6969]

gr33dy would you like me if I shared my chicken tendies with you

[@appearoutdoormediaadvertis2476]

For all the FEMINISTS:- He is not saying that "girls should not have any rights" But he is saying that MEN also need some rights and that men also suffers

[@FazeParticles]

women will lose their rights because men are growing tired of communism and i'm not trolling. step 1: no property rights. step 2: no civil rights. step 3: no bodily rights. lastly: redistributed wealth. sounds good if you have nothing.

[@fcdmfddcfy2388]

@@themayqueen666 name something men can do without triggering the feminists (obviously apart from everyday stuff like getting a coffee or crossing a road)

[@ccchefccheffchefff]

@@fcdmfddcfy2388 idk about you but all i've seen is triggered teenagers complaining about strawmen they've been brainwashed to believe exist on a large scale

[@havesexwyomomtonight]

@@khalidsuleman4124 incorrect

[@khalidsuleman4124]

@@havesexwyomomtonight Insert assassination joke here

[@lucasliam8238]

I love how uncomfortable the crowd looks.

[@fivefive9638]

Most of them were divorced.

[@joesneesby5807]

People tend to do that when you challenge male disposability

[@HMBRTOABLE]

Floda Brin damn.....

[@curtisowen3233]

Of course their uncomfortable. It's an asinine speech. It's like a bad joke with no punchline, makes everyone upset. Talk about jumps to conclusions with no causal evidence whatsoever.

[@acedeuce4709]

@@curtisowen3233 Just because he quoted the beatles at the end, which admittedly was a little bit touchy feely for me. (Almost like what he was talking about, no?) The facts remain, boys are falling way behind in terms of education and prospects due to....what would you suggest? When you have glaring issues like this, is it so wrong to want to jump to conclusions, or even talk about the statistical evidence? But no, dismiss the essence of what he is trying to talk about because it makes you uncomfortable or upset.

[@warriorhobo3935]

Guy: has pressure Society: *man up*

[@kyled1673]

Society is full of dipshits, ain't it?

[@jackshill8700]

Ancap Perspective ain’it?

[@natetoland7537]

@@jackshill8700 ain't it?

[@Jdabomb93]

THE LUCKE CHARMER Ain't it?

[@isaacearl1557]

@@Jdabomb93 ain't it

[@swanskababa515]

When I did an internship at a primary school I worked with a class with 16 girls and 4 boys. These boys had never had a male teacher and I noticed that 2 of them were feared as bullies and the other two were very quiet and lacked in social skills. After about a month of being at that school I started to get some janitorial jobs, fixing lamps, cleaning up the play area, fixing cupboards etc. So I started asking these boys for help and telling them we were going to do some manly things. They were overjoyed to have an activity only for them and with a male teacher and at the end of the year their own teacher had noticed their growth and told them she noticed it. I like to believe that those boys went to high school with a lot more self confidence

[@John__-ie3od]

Unfortunately, in modern society, no one really seems to care for boy's/men's issues. Of course I don't mean it's true in all cases but generally. Unfortunately, I'm quite sure even if things get worse society will still not change.

[@theturniptress805]

wow, that ratio is really unhealthy. Makes me wonder why there were 4 times more girls than boys. Where I'm from, boys are usually a bit less than double the amount of girls in a class.

[@BeanOfBean]

@@theturniptress805 huh, all my classes have been balanced or had more boys

[@aliciabyul9550]

I have baby brothers and a few nephews. I really wish I could give them something but I appeal to my uncles to help them figure out how to be a man. I'm researching stuff for my baby sisters and my niece but I'll just be a listening ear for the boys.

[@swanskababa515]

@John Smith I think you might be missing my point (or maybe I should have put quotation marks around manly things). The point was not to deprave the girls from a learning experience. The point was to uplift 4 boys who were lacking behind. Lifting up some people doesn't put others down.

[@cristhianmlr]

As a mexican white boy, I was raised by "short-fused" mother, uncle and grandma. That's all the "father" figure that I needed, but my lineage is one from failed relationships and women rising children by their own. I am the last children of that linage. I want to be the thing my family lacked for generations: A FATHER.

[@sofly7634]

All the best to you.

[@jaycekaragon58249]

I feel u, stay strong homes✌🏼

[@adammichna5175]

You go, boy! :-) Seriously, I am happy to read that! And thankful that you intend to make better choices than the generations before you. Hats off!

[@Josuemf8]

Terapia me ha funcionado a mi

[@braiansingh9730]

Good luck man!

[@TheRacheakt]

"Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison." --Tim Allen I don't see that changing anytime soon.

[@azzaman171]

+Joseph Spears As long as it's not another fucking christmas movie.

[@johnfoley4023]

+azzaman171 "not another fucking christmas movie...from Tim Allen" ========================== What, no more XMas movies!? A guy's gotta work ya know! Or he's gotta go to prison.

[@CuriousCauliflowerX]

+Joseph Spears well, there's homelesness and suicide too.

[@baronessax2114]

+Joseph Spears It seems like you all are sort of lost. It seems to be this whole gender war all the time. What men lack, is blamed on women. But, I've been to places in this world where men and women work together for survival. Funny enough, these people had less access to education, and yet knew more about why their lives were so bad. They knew that its was the corruption of the elite. The irony is, they are probably smarter since they dont have TV and internet access, and thus lack a constant stream of mind control attempts. History seems to repeat itself. The poor white man, controlled and abused by the 1% elite, blames his problems on blacks. The disenfranchised man, burdened by society, blames his problems on women. The elite, stand back and laugh, their greed & mass manipulation never recognized at all. Mission accomplished: A scapegoat found, the puppets now have a false enemy. I guess fluoride IS really dumbing down the masses after all.

[@Ultimime]

And women not having every last one of their hearts contradictory desires fulfilled is blamed on men.

[@SourceCodeDeleted]

3:18 I worked in a prison and I can say this is totally true. If you wanted one word to reduce 95% of all crime. Fathers.

[@edaboodie6346]

Actually, to prevent that great of a percentage of crime, we'd have to address poverty. The stats on 2-parent households versus single-parent households are pretty solid, but the most responsible studies suggest the genders of those 2 parents don't really matter.

[@williamgarayua5878]

Dear "@@edaboodie6346" : A study done on 2,000 twins adopted, found that the one given to a poorest household acheived more success than the one given to wealth family. RICH DAD POOR SON. wgt

[@Supiragon1998]

@@edaboodie6346 Communism doesn't work, and it's father that turn boys into men.

[@DCkogsch]

Akira Kush That's not what they do and I found that out googling for 3min. If anything, it would prevent from fathers leaving early on.

[@hendrikroux4596]

@@edaboodie6346 Hi Chaz.. would you mind sharing a link to such studies. Many Thanks

[@pastagreyhound]

As a male elementary school teacher, none of this surprises me. After 22 years of teaching, I've been saying this for two decades. We've raised two generations of girls. There are only four male teachers in my school--three are special area teachers (art, P.E. and band) and only ONE is a homeroom teacher. The rest of the staff, including administrators and educational assistants are all female. Our boys are out of control. No direction, no respect for themselves are adults. It's heartbreaking.

[@seanfinn1046]

When I was in the 3rd grade, I had my first male teacher. It was absolutely huge for me as a boy. I could look to my teacher as someone to model myself after. He also understood a lot of the playful competition that boys do with each other and did not punish us for it. That was the first year in my schooling where I felt like I could be myself. Today's boys not having a male homeroom seems like a hug opportunity wasted.

[@christianxxx9393]

I didn’t have any male figures in my life and I almost killed myself.

[@rebekahmontesdeoca565]

@@seanfinn1046 when I was teaching, I often felt like some of the friendly wrestling and risky play like climbing trees were really healthy, but I felt I had to stop them in case it left us open to a lawsuit. :(

I went to a boys-only school with only male teachers (in the UK). There was only one teacher I liked and none of the male teachers had personal qualities I wanted to emulate. I actually wish we'd had some female teachers. And it would have been nice to have some female pupils too!

[@sianpearson9927]

Excuse me but if you did some research it's usually the MOTHERS who discipline the children in the home , usually because men are out working and not there as much. I think time has proved that we have made a bloody good job of it,even when mother's have been working as well. So don't blame the female teachers for what is going on in your school.

[@ngashjr]

My Dad came back into my life when I was 9. The immediate result was I stopped getting bullied coz he encouraged me to stand up to bullies and some boxing so I could fight back. I also got better at sports, art and socialising I wouldn't be the tough guy I am today If he never returned. I also vowed that I will never have kids If I'm not there to see them grow up.

[@kingofAwsomness]

That's a righteous vow you've made, sir.

[@red00dragon42]

That is a great Idea.

[@rookiesuy9254]

Much respect.

[@qwertyuiop9060]

Respect

[@JokerCat9]

I'm happy for you man. Some of us are not so lucky

[@jaredj9170]

As an 18 year old American male, this has really inspired me to be a better father to my future children than my father was for me.

[@mgtowbooboo8530]

Good for you Jared

[@setgesrgsergsdergergsrg6543]

For a second there, I thought you were 18 with multiple children already, probably wouldn't be the wisest decision.

[@variablespeed3298]

May our Lord bless your selfless work for your children, Jared. The next generation of boys and girls are counting on wonderful fathers like you!

[@kimobrien.]

@AmazingPiggy You want justice and an actual change than you need to overthrow a system profit maximization. The capitalist say to themselves why hire a family when a single worker will do. Then they have these educated fools come on youtube to who talk all nice and fuzzy completely ignoring the root of the problem.

[@eddenoy321]

@@kimobrien. Well Kim don't hold your breath We are going to see a lot of misery before the human either goes extinct or improves it's lot.

[@CarefreeRambler]

Here how it resonates to my personal experience: My son was an average student during the Elementary School. He mentioned hated going to school as it never resonated to his needs and interests. We were told to have him checked for ADHD, since he hardly followed the crowd during the classroom. Step forward grade 6... I see him more involved in school activities, spending more time doing homework or reading and less playing video games; and all these w/o being told to do so. High grades followed, with the lowest being a B+, so far... My daughter who always was an excellent student, 1 year older than him, tells me he's asking her way more questions about school activities and subjects. Again, all by himself. It was a complete surprise to me when he told me he enjoys going to school now. The reason?! He's got his first male teacher that actually listen to him and never pretends he's non existent during the classroom. So...

[@superleaf6518]

Thanks for sharing. I hope your son continues to do well in school with more male teachers ;)

[@freddyjumpandrun7484]

@@themayqueen666 ok boomer

[@nsn7973]

@@themayqueen666 k

[@jasonkimler7272]

I had that happen too. My first male teacher was in 6th grade and it was unreal the experience. I'm pretty sure it kicked off my love for math. It's so sad that this is the reality we are all facing.

[@dmitriy9985]

@@themayqueen666 Галю вот тебе лишь бы что спиздануть не подумав, ей богу!

[@Freight_Train]

I'm one of only two male teachers in an elementary school. The female teachers complain almost solely about the problems of boys. Even in faculty meetings. They wonder why I don't have the same problems with the boys, but they'll never listen to how my approach is different, and they always just say, "it's because you're a man." So, yeah, I agree with his statement about the feminization of education.

[@akshy471]

Yes, male teachers are always saviours for boys. Girls always compain that they need female presence for expressing themselves more but they don't think reciprocally. I remember all my female teachers siding girls and saying stuff like "we (girls) know girls are better than boys" and defend girls for some actions. As students we couldn't respond and we didnt knew how to respond. But our male teachers will always roast the female teachers and it just felt like an angel came to save boys, making us wonder, "why girls hate boys?" (Because they were laughing at us always). But now I realise that I got that view from my female teachers, and now I know girls dont hate boys.

[@darrenjones2933]

My mother in law came from a family of girls. She had 3 daughters and no boys. She has 2 grandsons now. My nephews are drawn to me because I'm a traditional man and I had a great Dad. The MIL asked me what my trick is. I told her "I treat them like boys should be treated". Sadly neither my wife nor I could have kids. I try to be a darn good uncle though.

[@mr.b7486]

I was a school teacher. I was pushed out by my female colleagues. My students are outperforming theirs.

[@theodenking169]

Thanks Mr B

[@sudhanshutiwari7376]

Don't give up brother. Stand up for yourself.

[@scarestudios5541]

What School Are You Teaching At? The Same Thing Happened To A Teacher Of Mine By The Same Name

[@nadirwoodson9321]

you go Mr.B keep at it show them how great of a teacher you can be

[@--..__]

My school had a teacher with the same name and we all wanted him, I got stuck with the shifter teacher

[@Adrian-qr6gk]

I'm 19 at the time of this post and in high school I had an English class in my freshman year composed of 28 students, 6 were boys, the rest girls. my teacher was a woman and always gave us material to read pertaining to social injustices towards women. I didn't think much of it as I was brought up being told that men and woman were equal. however oddly enough all 6 boys sat in one group in the corner of the class and we all had near failing grades. she was always eager to hear the girls speak out their opinions but always criticized a boys opinion. as a result all us boys grew to hate her as a teacher and all the girls likes her. makes me wonder if any of my other female teachers ever showed preferable treatment towards girls. anyone else have a similar experience?

[@Nillowo]

Adrian Diaz dude I had the SAME experience in a sociology class I had! There were roughly 25-30 kids in the class and there were 4 boys. All the class was about was general things and injustices towards women. Nothing about boys whatsoever. The boys had poorer grades than the girls, as I oversaw in the way the teacher handed back assignments, ugh... I’m so glad I’m out of that class. I hope others don’t experience it or at least try to do something about it.

[@SV-bx5lr]

@@Nillowo I'm in that same situation...except I found a trick to the whole thing...say one thing to the class, and write another thing on the paper. Say what they don't want to hear but write what only the teacher will see...

[@massivegat5087]

It happens quite often I imagine. I remember one time in like 5th grade my friends and I had to do an improvised presentation for our music class and we talked about musics importance and why the class should be kept in school, because at that time our school system was about to get rid of the class along with many others. The group of girls that presented after us literally did acrobatics for a minute with no spoken words and the teacher gave them a high mark while we got an average one. It didn't ruin my academic career but it's an example of the hypocrisy and favoritism that teachers exhibit

[@minnesotafire_8624]

Every female teacher in my school does it exept my computer teacher because shes not a leftist anti semitic like every other female teacher

[@dr.winstonsmith]

Happens all the time and administrators do nothing about it.

[@jacobgalvez4363]

“Just man up.” That’s all they say...

[@jeanpaulgartier3404]

What is the alternative? This fabbot talks a lot but nothing is going to change

[@anonwhisper6633]

@@jeanpaulgartier3404 but he said about alternative. Give males more options, what they can be.

[@calebreutener870]

If you want to know how to be a man read Wild at Heart by John Eldridge.

[@calebreutener870]

@@anonwhisper6633 options isn't the problem. This is 2019 you can be whatever the fuch you want to be even if that's a 6 year old girl... The way culture prevents men from being men (and the daddy issues) is the real problem.

[@patrick101ducoing4]

That’s the only way i know to react to something when it doesn’t go my way

[@TusharSundarka]

I hate how all boys are just expected to be strong and capable of sustaining any form of physical pain. In my school, my maths teacher would always hit and pinch boys as a "joke", and she made fun of me when I said that it hurt when she pinched my ear

[@nadirwoodson9321]

that's messed up on ten different levels

[@aryeng3004]

If I was you I would rally my friends as witnesses that she started and them I would punch her

[@JR-hh8js]

That’s hilarious cuz a male teacher at my school got expelled for touching a girl on the shoulder...

[@raemora8776]

Your teacher seems like a miserable wine mom who takes her frustrations out on children, I hope you see her as just a pathetic individual, because most teachers (in my experience) would never do something like that.

[@ReeN1995]

@Ken Reyes When I was about 8 after leaving the class I don't know what provoked it or what I said to her but I only remember that she picked me up by the neck and slammed me against the wall a couple times. That happened in front of my entire class. I didn't even cry I was just so shocked I didn't know what to think and on my way home two girls that saw this told me to tell someone, even they were shocked looking back on it. I never told anyone tho, I don't know why but I never did. I just didn't think I was supposed to. For context, this happened around 2003 so times were a bit different back then...

[@atis9061]

My father was so macho, he easily intimidated anyone with his ideal of what a man should be. I was sensitive and intellectual and to my shock, he recommended (even pushed) that I take up nursing. He could see beyond himself and see me, as I was always a nurturing, caring, and helpful boy. I never really gave him enough credit for his empathy.

[@abdullahrizwan592]

Thanks for sharing the story!

[@jeremyvann2864]

You should now?

[@suscrieforsubscribing1146]

nobody cares

[@suscrieforsubscribing1146]

@@yrdeft9774 yeah subscribe to the channel

[@BeanOfBean]

@@suscrieforsubscribing1146 when you are so deprived of attention you have to beg for pity subs

[@rumikhuwaja8708]

You see feminists the difference is, he doesnt blame women for the problem. Rightly so. Take notes.

[@bobsonbobbybobson6888]

@@seeyouneverp9158 women didnt want to vote

[@fieryeurochick3194]

Read ABook And many of the most horrendous serial killers in history have been abused by their mothers.

[@mattfehl3794]

@@bobsonbobbybobson6888 better not tell the suffragettes that

[@ilikemetal2910]

To be fair, feminists don't blame women either. They just blame everyone but themselves, like spoiled, entitled children

[@Supiragon1998]

@@seeyouneverp9158 "Everything is men's fault."

[@idolsrule4678]

I remember in my schooling the past decade. My school would have “girls only” study events and networking field trips....the boys were expected to do everything by themselves. This was 2013-2017 mind you.

[@einzelwolf3437]

My middle school brought all the girls to university one day to sit in on classes to encourage them. Funny since there have been more women in college than men since the 80s

[@giantclaw138]

My medical classes in high school have also had female-only field trips in fields I'm interested in. I asked a lot of people if I could go, and they all said *Sorry, that's just how it is*

[@samc9156]

​@@einzelwolf3437 My son's science teacher sent out an email about an all girl outing to a research corporation to get them interested in science. I asked "what about the boys?". Nothing, they simply ignored me. I knew our society had a problem at that moment. When your own government organizations are sexist (against males), they don't stand a chance.

[@SommerSen]

This gets to mind an important problem: most "solutions" to discrimination involve pulling a Uno Reverse Card. Even the logic for this assumes that white men are so bigoted that discriminating against them is the only solution

[@mikomikasa3958]

@@Bicyclechris That is because the number of women in these fields are so low. These programs are there to encourage women into fields they feel traditionally locked out of or not as encouraged in as men. The funding for them usually comes from programs to encourage women to go into tech fields. Men dont have those programs bc these tech fields are already FULL of men.

[@adammichna5175]

I love how he empowers men to go into traditionally "female" professions, such as nurse, caregiver and teacher. We need more empathetic men in these positions.

[@theodenking169]

I had the opportunity to be a teacher, but chose to transfer to CS instead. Adults around me in my childhood always emphasized getting a high-paying job.

[@MojiMikato]

That sounds weak af.

[@SeanConneryPimpShlap]

If teachers were paid fair salaries (higher), judged on performance, and it was a more respected profession....then we'd get more male teachers (which would be wonderful for kids).

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@@SeanConneryPimpShlap I feel like male teachers might have a better impact on students especially on boys

[@darrenjones2933]

The emergency room nurse that treated me when I blew my patella tendon was a man. Awesome dude, super professional, empathetic, comforting, and very funny. I left feeling like I had a new buddy.

[@Razor773_YT]

I love how you can see some of the women in the back shaking their heads at the notion that men have problems.

[@EE3rd]

@Dream Dream Serene Yes they do, but they don't give them the time of day. Hence why this video is a thing.

[@justadummy8076]

Dream Dream Serene women don’t care about men, no one does

[@jalvinpena]

What superpower do you women have that allows you to always somehow make yourself the victim in any situation

[@Razor773_YT]

@Dream Dream Serene "Sure men have problems, but those problems make it harder for us." Quit playing the victim and own up to your mistakes.

[@Razor773_YT]

@S R This has nothing to do with men's lack of options.

[@dmx1721]

what makes me laugh is when i hear some women say where have all the good men gone

[@Maldoror2112]

A bitter reaping of what they have sown.

[@WakefieldTolbert]

@@Maldoror2112 Agreed.

[@WakefieldTolbert]

Right?

[@sidlove5798]

The men have gone hiding because the women wanna use them for their money....

[@willtack9441]

I need a hero

[@tosgem]

When i was like 20, a young computer guy, I worked for a couple of months in a primary school in their computer lab. I wasn't even a teacher. I was one of the only men in the school and all these kids (girls and boys) wanted to come and hang out in the computer lab with me at recess and lunch. One little girl asked if I could be her Dad.

[@38Fanda]

bro you're inspiring me to be an intern there, I also do remember myself that there were almost no masculine men(amongst the very few) in my primary school when I was little. maybe become a pe teacher for little kids and teach them how to be jacked. awesome!

[@Jenkkimie]

That is so sad but also beautiful. So sad that these children had no male role models in their lives that they could trust and that one girl especially really needed one. Beautiful that you did your best in any case and shows how innocent those children were and how much they wanted a father-figure in their lives.

[@aureliagolden3038]

She probably lacked a good dad or she was raised by a single toxic mother.

[@asandax6]

@@aureliagolden3038 It doesn't even have to be a toxic mother the mother could be the greatest mom in the world but the lack of a father is noticeable. I know this because I also have a single mother.

[@casmyocne5433]

so true

[@knutenniopelagalli3817]

when i went primary school, there were posters inviting girls to this after school club called "girls group". I asked my teacher if there would be any such group for us boys, because it sounded fun. she answered "toughen up, girls need the group to talk about and do girls stuff".

[@pebblepod30]

I hope your parents had a word with her and put in a complaint.

[@TusharSundarka]

jesus that's harsh, we have similar stuff in our school

[@pebblepod30]

@@TusharSundarka Well thst sucks. Did you or your parents make a complaint about double standards on gender at the school?

[@TusharSundarka]

@@pebblepod30 nope, my parents just tell me the same things that my teachers say

[@pebblepod30]

@@TusharSundarka Oh sorry to hear that Tushar =^( My parents, esp my Dad was quite a bad influence on me and I didn't realize the consequences at the time. He was quite crazy indeed, but on a different topic completely. Though you can also choose who you take after too; or even look around for better role models.

[@fabreez8109]

I had my first male teacher in 5th grade. He was so much easier to talk to and socialize with than all the female teachers I had before. It was crazy because I’ve never connected with a teacher like that before.

[@nadirwoodson9321]

same the male teachers are so much easier to connect with but we barely have any nowadays for any of us to look up to

[@BeanOfBean]

Sadly my experiences with male teachers have all been mediocre. All the PE teachers that have taught me have been mediocre And a male math teacher in 8th grade was short-fused an boring. Although, my new math class has 3 teachers, and even though I haven’t really interacted with the male one a whole lot, he seems like a really likeable guy.

[@outsidejive3]

As a boy who grew up without a father, this instantly made me cry. I remember having so many difficulties stemming from this fact, but never realized how big of a positive impact having great male teachers had on me. I can be thankful for that. Let's applaud those male teachers instead of bashing feminism.

[@mgtowbooboo8530]

Why don't you want to bash feminism? Is feminism above critique? Should we not want to correct major errors if they help women even at the expense of men?

[@annaallen7252]

outside - do both, they are both right...

[@goldenfloof5469]

lets do both

[@baggsRbroken]

It made me cry too. Instant tear jerker. The moment about parents fight and the dad disappeared. Story of my life.

[@kimobrien.]

@@baggsRbroken You have all missed the big elephant in the room. Its called profit maximization. Now tell me this are profits bigger when they can hire a worker with or without a family. That is what is breaking up families not feminism. Tell how many bosses want to pay for the extra cost of a family if they can hire a worker without one.

[@TheWP120]

Boys' three options: Earn money Acquire funds Furnish wealth

[@Nick-wt9rz]

get paid get laid gatoraide

[@ryantoomey611]

MGTOW

[@jameson1239]

You forgot join the military

[@hunterojustice7236]

This was the first time I experienced a sad chuckle.

[@justadummy8076]

Boys have to either earn money or die

[@jacegallagher8589]

I was one of the few blessed to have a good female teacher. She was aware of the issues boys face and made sure to keep us engaged and interested. She was the reason I did not drop out.

[@laustcawz2089]

Lucky.

[@bencarlson4300]

There are a lot of good women teachers, but there are an equal number of bad ones. Watch out for female English teachers, they’re either the very worst or the very best you’ll ever meet.

[@BeanOfBean]

@@bencarlson4300 except for me i guess. In fact, almost all of my teaches have been mediocre

[@umno9830]

Me and the boys going through a boys crisis.

[@jahoto818]

me and the boys going through an existential crisis:

[@kylemontera5180]

Me and the boys creating a revolution!

[@kylemontera5180]

@@l_k_ yea

[@kylemontera5180]

@@l_k_ No underestimate Bois

[@johndawson6057]

@@kylemontera5180 me and the boys overthrowing the regime!

[@chewface]

After watching this TED talk, I did more research about this man. Imagine my surprise when I found out a lot of women hate him.

[@weaselsoup3105]

I don't know why. His proposed solutions are exactly what feminists have been saying. I just don't think treating boys like girls will work though

[@hellogoodbye4061]

Correction: "a lot of FEMINISTS hate him. - Not women, big, big difference.

[@honkhonk8009]

Of course. I really hate to be sexist but i feel like that vocal minority of women that hate him are just feminazis

[@adammichna5175]

Why that? What else does he say?

[@greengame9713]

Well, yeah all lives matter but we are right now fovused on men, if you have a lot of problems, start with what seems to be the biggest and most urgent

[@Theweeze100]

He is obviously going to take a lot of heat for saying some of this stuff, but it's about time somebody said it.

[@borp6912]

He's been saying it for decades, look him up.

[@thepainkiller4939]

The fact that there is any outrage over what he is saying is complete bs.

[@leadslinger49]

Men have been saying this for decades. But, it seems to be getting worse. Then ask yourself who or what is causing it.

[@TCFieldInspection]

My son stopped talking to me 2.5 yrs ago when I had to be a tough dad. He was 15. I have not seen him since that time. I don't know where he lives because his mother does not want me to know. He just turned 18. I reach out to him by text, email all the time. Words of love and wisdom. I try to be relevant in the face of absence. Once in a blue moon I get a 1line response. Since I have not seen him, I have lost my brother and my mother. I love him so much. Yet he continues to deny me the chance to be his dad. It hurts more than words can express. Tyler, I love you, and I miss you. Please come back to your father.

[@argenta7658]

I don’t even know what to say. I-I’m sorry but I know this probably won’t help. I wish you luck in reconnecting with him.

[@warrenfarrell2755]

Your communication with him despite no response is likely to be sinking in and creating internal security at some level that he will ultimately recognize even if it is only when he has children. Is there any way you can persuade the mom to do couples' communication with you?

[@clawedmist6893]

As a girl honestly got tired of just female teachers,I've had them most of my life in school but last year when I got a male history teacher.He made history fun,he was engaging to everyone in class. The whole class had chemistry it did because he cared about the subject and showed us how fun it can be. So yes,more male teachers in schools please.

[@mhdix7838]

Here in Iran schools are separated so we only have male teachers. And guess what? boys on average are doing a better job. But I can still see the lack of motivation in boys in my generation

[@user-ol5bj4dm2v]

​@@mhdix7838 There are just too many digital distractions that desensitize boredom. Boredom is the major source of novel motivations. And if you can't be bored, then it is hard to be motivated by things on the outside.

[@DragonRider-cx7br]

Yep same here, and people assume that female teachers naturally prefer girls or are more empathetic, yet for some reason the only teachers i ever had severe issues with were women. Thats not to say women cant be good teachers, but we really need to stop with the whole “women are kind and empathetic” because its not good for anyone.

[@deivisony]

Wait was he a history or chemistry teacher? WAIT... The chemistry was in you right... *wink* *wink*

[@Biscuit9891]

then pay more and it might happen.

[@sharp78htdc61]

All way through middle school 5 years old til 10 years old (in the uk), only had female teachers, every year bad reports "could do better"! Couple of teachers in particular made it clear they preferred teaching girls, in my final year we had a male teacher (only one in the school ) the connection he made with the boys was fantastic, he wanted the boys to be proud strong young men, needless to say my parents were shocked when I received a excellent school report. Strong male role models in the education system, especially in the early years, will do wonders for a boys confidence and development in life and education!

[@thesimpleanswer2264]

Through out elementary and middle school i had all female teachers and my grade stayed around D and C, im in high school now and almost all my teachers are male and my grades are almost all B and A. Male teachers really do make a difference, i feel much more engaged in my work and i feel happier and excited to go to school.

[@TheNamloc100]

I did really good in all my history classes because most of the teachers I had in those classes were men

[@count7340]

I'm a male primary teacher. I've introduced rough housing for all on a Friday morning. So much fun.

[@rdg760jr2]

I Always Liked Male Teachers Than Female Teachers When I Was in School, They Were Really Cool Teachers

[@TheRixtah1]

@@count7340 You're a godsend.

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

We lost our father when I was 11 and my brother was 7 and I can, without the slightest doubt confirm that what this man is saying about fatherless boys is true.

[@philtwowheels]

Sorry for your loss bro, however long ago.

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

@@philtwowheels thanks, I'm kinda over it now (even though I still feel pain when I remember him), my little brother though is still suffering the consequences...

[@rockyp32]

Mine passed at 9 I think the true growth would’ve happened after that.

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

@@rockyp32 I'm sorry for your loss. Did you feel the absence on a father figure and how did you keep up? I was very hurt and to this day, but being a woman I think I wouldn't need for my growth a father figure as much as my brother does.

[@danielschwartz3782]

My condolences sir

[@frontlinetactical6038]

An unknown yet wise person once said, "Feminism used to be for equality. Now it's for domination."

[@alexnorth3393]

Nah, but cry more about feminism.

[@unitedfools3493]

Feminism was never about equality. If it was feminists would be concerned about male rights now.

[@classified7619]

Feminism used to be for equal rights, now people just use it to be hateful

[@TheClassicDoomGuy]

@@alexnorth3393 true feminism is dead bruh. Just accept it.

[@TheEyeball37]

That sounds like communism.

[@PhilMante]

"Boys who hurt, hurt us." That was me as a 17 year old aspie with no hope.

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

That quote isn't specific to any gender. Anyone who has been hurt has the capacity to hurt society, boys and girls. Does Lisa Montgomery ring a bell?

[@Matt-vz5wy]

@@AnonymousReader-er4eg emotionally wounded men are more likely to resort to random acts of violence. Emotionally wounded women who act out violently do exist, but to a lesser extent and with smaller impacts to society.

[@Matt-vz5wy]

@Galaxy Guy the day i abandoned the idea of being saved was the day I started to become a person who experienced hope and purpose. Religion is not for everyone. I know that’s inconvenient for pastors incomes, but it’s the truth.

[@walterismydog7284]

@@AnonymousReader-er4eg this isn't a competition, it's raising awareness

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

@@walterismydog7284 i never said it was a competition. I'm just saying, people of both genders who are psychologically hurt are both more likely to hurt others, but yeah, boys more so.

[@mwalker150]

How could anyone protest this man like they did in Toronto?

[@thewhatorwhy]

+Matthew Walker Somehow I'm not surprised that would happen in Toronto. Most of the people there seem to be somewhere between evil and pure poison. You can include Vancouver to that, as well as some other parts of Canada - there is seriously something wrong going on there.

[@joejones9497]

People were told he was a rape apologist. So they beleived it. In actual fact all he said some time before that once was that the politics was getting to the point where sex was no longer fun.

[@giraffesinspandex]

Joe Joeseph he is a rape apologist: "if a man ignoring a woman’s verbal “no” is committing date rape, then a woman who says “no” with her verbal language but “yes” with her body language is committing date fraud. And a woman who continues to be sexual even after she says “no” is committing date lying. And a woman who continues to be sexual even after she says “no” is committing date lying. language but “yes” with her body language is committing date fraud. And a woman who continues to be sexual even after she says “no” is committing date lying." - warren farrell

[@edgardavid1653]

giraffesinspandex I've seen you posting exactly the same quotation un ecery comment I've checked so far. Are these words the only reason why feminists hate Farrel?

[@drrydog]

Feminists hate truth.

[@acatfrompoland5230]

I have a single mother, my parents broke up when I was around 9. I’m still quite lucky that my father didn’t want to leave me so he bought a house close by where I would go to everyday after school.

[@dreglanoth3320]

If it was your mum, she wouldve bought a house in another state just to spite your dad

[@zain6008]

@@dreglanoth3320 bro you don't know that. Divorce is sometimes necessary and no person has to be in the wrong. We don't know his mom, she could be a great person.

[@mentlinc]

@@zain6008 being that the dad moved so close I DOUBT he was the one who filed for divorce.

[@mentlinc]

That shows you how much he loves his family he still wants to be close. Self centered men move far away as the next woman requires and start another family.

[@zain6008]

@@mentlinc not saying he was a bad person marriage doesn't always work out no matter how good both the people are.

[@Alistair]

those gun sound effects while showing all the school shooting locations though..

[@mickbethful]

I know, that really got me. So sobering and chilling.

[@dmitriy9985]

Pretty cool, right?

[@jackmeoff625]

@@dmitriy9985 Omfg this had me rolling 😂🤣 you are a legend. Thank you sir 🙇

[@neweden2359]

mickbeth65 Really? Felt rather unnecessary for my taste

[@Alistair]

@@neweden2359 yeah kind of sick tbh

[@Tacticaldave1]

Dad's make the world go round. Be a good Dad.

[@leojanuszewski1019]

This is THE most urgently-needed message in Western civilization.

[@brown-eyedcheese5440]

Akira Kush Thats not how it works. Just because the country is rich doesn’t mean everybody in the country is rich.

[@Burningsteel]

@Fire and Ice This is the first time i hear something like this About Turkey thx for sharing..another reason to kick MSM in the nuts

[@veljastojanovic9388]

@Fire and Ice how? Explain please, i'm really interested.

[@leojanuszewski1019]

@@jesusiskingofkingsz Have you lived in America? No? Ok then.

[@fetilu0975]

It's one of them. The destruction of the environment and the faith in perpetual growth (*laughs in Lavoisier*) is far more dangerous for everyone.

ATTENTION: note how much he says "we" when he speak about ignoring boy's problems. It's very rare to hear narratives os social problems that do it these days. Also notice how he doesn't deny injustices toward women. Doesn't it sound strikingly different from "mainstream" feminism?

[@alpinoterran]

it also sounds way different from all insecure men that blames everything on feminism

[@JakkFrost1]

alpinoterran ~ You ever think maybe they're insecure because feminism has molded them that way?

[@DwynTwo]

alpinoterran He said mainstream feminism, and he's not wrong. During almost ALL conversations with feminists about gender equality, you'll hear "I wish men would experience what it's like to be a woman because we have it so much harder" and they'll only talk about the injustices that happen to them while at the same time making it sound like their injustices are much worse and much more important. Go to any comment section of a video talking about female injustices and you'll see it's full of people who think men don't have ANY problems. Now granted, when it comes to mens' rights activists, they are just as bad. Pretty much every political movement makes it sound like they are more important than everyone else.

[@mgtowbooboo8530]

that's why they hate him

[@Carlo42]

@@alpinoterran Anyone with an ounce of intelligent and an objective viewpoint would know that men are not insecure as claimed in the comment, but are genuinely concerned about the situation . Feminists are getting the world they want and they will hate it. Not all of us are emasculated by 3rd wave feminism and will have our say. I have seen the results first hand.

[@bipinbaburajt]

The fact that this channel has 33 million subscribers and this great a video on it only has 1.6 million views haunts me.

[@headhonchotheone9041]

Same, it deserves more views .

[@akshy471]

@@headhonchotheone9041 duh, it's a about men. Who cares. Lol.

[@LatinDanceVideos]

Actually surprised this talk is not better known. I've seen other Ted talks promoting junk science by questionable academics who are still undergraduates. This guy deserves a larger audience.

[@nashvilleoutlaw]

You should check out his interview on the Mindpump podcast. It was very interesting

[@kanishk2643]

Ikr. Some of the Ted Talks aren't worth sharing. 22 year old chicks giving dating advices smh

[@jose2226]

"controversial" topics get hidden by youtube and overshadowed by dating advice videos ^

[@giantclaw138]

I once saw a TEDtalk that initially touched on areas where people lived the longest, but then tried to conclude they lived longer because of TINY RESEMBLANCES TO COMMUNIST VALUES and not something factual like their diets

[@theQuestion626]

It’s not better known because it’s utter nonsense. Virtually nothing this guy says has any proof to back it up. I dare anyone to provide me proof that backs up to anything this guy says as concrete fact.

[@davidhayden9336]

NOW I KNOW WHY MY HEART HURTS. THANK YOU. AND IT'S NOT JUST ME, I THINK IT'S MOST MEN.

[@lbesavant]

Max Smith I’m supposed to be going to “the most prestigious high school in the state” but all that happens is this process: 1. Start off with good grades 2. When struggling and asking for help, nobody answers 3. “Wow, what is this? I thought you could do better!” 4. Miss out on much higher potential grades 5. REPEAT

[@potentiallyvalid9906]

And we are very sorry for hurting your fee-fees by stepping out of the kitchen.

[@odoggow8157]

OF THE CURRENT GENERATION NOT OUR GRANDPARENTS

[@mathormeth8897]

@@lbesavant that's surprisingly accurate to my life. Frick.

[@adammichna5175]

Knowing is the first step for improvement. Best wishes!

[@yeetus_reetus_deeleetus]

When I grow older, I wana be a teacher and empower my fellow dudes!

[@pratikshatiwari7011]

Best wishes are with you sir 😊

[@spencerwasson5877]

As good as your intentions may be, the rest of the world may view you as being sexist towards the girls and women.

[@hectormackie3654]

@@spencerwasson5877 empower everyone equally . The 3 E’s

[@mechanicalengineerturbo]

I'm going to finish these schools once and for all. Record sessions and homeschool kids, so that they aren't indoctrinated by the education system to consider themselves disposable.

[@deviljho4260]

Good luck dude, just remember that you will be seen as the villain no matter how good your intentions are.

[@sarcastic_slob]

If i remember right: I think they did a test in Sweden (or usa?), that they take job applications for a job (or "job") and they said those who searched for that job, shouldn't write thier name, where they came from or what gender (something like that), so they could take the people who was most suiteable for the job, hopeing for healthy mix of people. 100% of the people that came for the interiew was male only... So they called it off 😂😂

[@patricktorrance7124]

Australia I think

[@rebekahmontesdeoca565]

Do you have the link to this study? It sounds interesting.

[@SryBut]

This is now standart in the skandinavian countries and a few more. I wish we had it too.

[@sarcastic_slob]

@@SryBut Didnt know it was a standard here when i seached for job a few mounths Ago 🤣

[@SryBut]

@@sarcastic_slob Well, what ya didn't know :D Jokes aside. Maybe it's just in some countrys. I've read a few years ago that in some countrys it's normalized that you can apply for a job without photo and just the first letter of your name.

[@jpwalmer9021]

Excellent talk. My father told me many years ago that the media had done a disservice to fathers by casting them as fools to be ignored or laughed at . I think this combined with the pressure to limit their commit to the family by making money as the way to show love.

[@omshree2448]

And still the fathers tolerate it in order to just keep it going . Salute to Dads !

[@michaelalguire419]

I noticed this quite a bit in the show, " Everyone loves Raymond." We need to have more shows like Married with Children.

[@sloaiza81]

Like Homer in the Simpsons, Al Bundy, and nowadays there aren't even any traditional men on TV shows like Modern Family.

[@notverysur3rightnow145]

My dad was abusive but I wish I could have a dad that was there for me it would have saved so much pain

[@Greatscott-gq5xm]

I'm reading through all these comments and seeing alot of people that have struggled without a dad or father figure, I'm sorry you had to go through that, but I want to tell you that you do have a dad and his name is Jesus Christ and he loves you very much and wants to be in your life. I don't know if you believe this, but I wanted to tell you anyway.

[@acedeuce4709]

I mean, obviously I have love for you mate, but hold my dog while I bust this guys teeth in.

[@jurassicthunder]

@@Greatscott-gq5xm I don't want to break anyones heart by disillusioning but he is just a figure that doesn't exist. Instead let's find mentors in life that actual goes through what you could go through and that is great examples of a man. Maybe this guy who made this Ted talk would be a great start.

[@sarahthomas2922]

@@jurassicthunder Why do you deceive yourself by rejecting history? Historians agree that Jesus at least existed in the past tense, which you refuse to accept. Seems more like denial to me.

[@peterbrown6867]

Some years ago, my son was little around 7- 8 years old. One day, we got a request to come in and see his teacher. We (parents) came in and she stated that there are issues/concerns that our boy is too energetic, and active. (Despite being good academically). She(teacher) suggested to see a psychologist for my son.The teacher did stir up a storm on herself. My wife's first reaction was to the teacher " Why don't you work in the green house environment and take care of the flowers. If you work with kids, you have to know they can't sit several hours on one chair". My response was to the teacher, how can you hurt a young child for life , if his/her memories like at a young age, already had to see a psychologist. I don't have to tell, we (parents) had more issues with this teacher, that we laid them out for her on the spot. She wasn't ready for that for sure. I made it crystal clear for this teacher, if she is not happy in the school environment( Canada) my son is not the root cause. At home I told my son, the teacher is not a good one, and my son did not do anything wrong.

[@InTecknicolour]

most teachers are morons. they blame everyone but themselves for why their students aren't performing. it's the students, they're too lazy. it's the parents, they're too uninvolved. it's ADHD, they can't focus. no. it's teachers who can't teach.

[@jacquesmesrine3244]

Male teacher deprivation in school. Wow! This is spot on. No one ever talks about this.

[@PolarBear21]

Wow, this is the second Tedx talk on boys and men's issues. I like where this is going.

[@mgtowbooboo8530]

Talking about men for once, or twice. Well it is better than it was.

[@dr.winstonsmith]

Compared to hundreds on women’s issues.

[@pauljackson2409]

The most shocking statistic for me was the one presented at 6:43 , which showed that boys are actively discriminated against in education, with teachers actually giving them poorer marks because they are boys. What a sickening betrayal by people (mostly women), who are in a position of trust. This is happening on a huge scale too. Anyone caught doing this should be fired and banned from teaching for life but nothing gets done.

[@gregcarlson8438]

I don't think the the teachers know they are doing it. I think our society has ingrained certain things in our society that cause boys to be treated that way.

[@MWcrazyhorse]

+Greg Carlson From my experience they know very well what they are doing. I switched schools at one point. The 2nd school had a very different set of teachers. My grades went up by 1 mark. The first school had several teachers who were very vocal about feminist topics. I see a correlation of this fact and the discrimination against boys.

[@Jellytube22611]

+Paul Jackson Then they'd have to fire basically every female teacher there is.

[@pauljackson2409]

Jellytube22611 A more workable solution would be for parents to become more active and ensure that teachers who are abusing kids (because that's what it is) are held to account.

[@classicalconspirator3345]

Well, it isn't helped by the fact that the gold standard of good behavior in most schools is a well behaved girl. And if a boy does not act like a well behaved girl, then there is something wrong with him and he needs to be labeled with ADHD, ADD, Autism, etc. Oh and the percentage of male teachers in K-12 schools has dropped from 13% to 7% for anyone who was curious about that.

[@Sklir942]

As a girl, i wholeheartedly agree with Warren Farrel

[@aaronleung8809]

I cried listening to this . when i will ever have a child of my own , i will know what to do

You probably won't.

[@MegzeeR]

This man is so right! Men really do need more for a sense of well being other than material success. No matter how successful in their job and wealth accumulation there's always someone else with "more, bigger, more luxurious" stuff which makes men feel somehow not the man he should be. 10 years after our divorce from our 20 year marriage, I found out that's why my husband basically checked out of our marriage. We had EVERYTHING we could possibly need or want and I refused to go into deep debt for bigger, better, newer when what we had was nice, paid for and plenty of it. Several tvs, vcrs, video game consoles, a nice home, we both had cars, our kids were healthy. I was very happy but he kept pulling away in our last years. I never could figure out why. He finally told me it was because he started working with very wealthy men who drove expensive trucks and cars, had small mansions, expensive everything and he felt that he had let us all down by not being able to provide that kind of life for us. He was a wonderful husband, father, provider and I never rode him about our "lot in life" because we wanted for nothing. After this talk, I realized he's right. The ONLY expectation for men is make money and lots of it. When you can't, I imagine it's almost like being castrated. Interesting talk.

[@gvis3880]

@Ca11MeZed if a place happens to be all male feminists will be complaining and call for more women in the place. It is simply not allowed to have all male places anymore.

[@godsperfectfailures796]

You sound like an amazing mom and wife, but the only thing that sounds left out is verbal appreciation. Explicitly telling him you love him and everything he's done. Especially from the kids.

[@evorider3689]

Well said!

[@loganweaver8030]

Look at how they massacred my boy....

[@shillian4770]

*boys

[@frotusrwa]

@Tarık Mengüç movie quote, i cant recall wich movie but i remember the quote

[@frotusrwa]

@Tarık Mengüç what? *samuel jackson voice*

[@wqrrfewihtwehtoewihtoeewar6576]

@Tarık Mengüç Greek Yogurt is stolen? Wtf please provide proof that it is stolen.

[@giantclaw138]

This is a Godfather quote, it's what Vito said when he learned about how his son was ruthlessly machine-gunned.

[@ReasonNotFightFlight]

"Upload, a child with no father Download, no respect for authority Upload, a child with no mother Download, a hard time showing love" O(+>

[@Quranjourney432]

Mother and father together both have a vital role in children's upbringing .

[@aaronrichards19886]

Another issue men face is struggling with talking about our issues. Men are always taught to not show emotion and that leads to holding in your feelings and not asking for help when you need it.

[@canyoufearme1]

Jack McCabe that is true but society has taught boys and young men that caring and feeling is weak and we must never be weak. Show me 3 examples of men being encouraged to feel and share those feelings in mainstream media or society for that matter. Go ahead I’m waiting

[@parsizaban1]

This is true with barbaric anglo culture only. I haven't seen it anywhere else.

[@oWMatt]

The problem is that in a lot of cases if a men shows too much emotions to a women she won't like him so much more or even worse...If girls are more emotional then we men have to be more rational.

[@acedeuce4709]

@@parsizaban1 What do you mean by barbaric anglo culture, exactly? Are you talking about america? The UK? Any of the commonwealth countries? What superior culture do you belong to, so we are on an even footing here. As I am a scottish australian and I see a lot of barbarism in the cultures of the world.

[@acedeuce4709]

@@parsizaban1I can only guess, but do you think men in Lebanon, Russia, china or India are noticeably more sensitive to their own mental health and emotional needs? Or are you just talking absolute shite, because all cultures on earth face the same issue of a disposable male culture in that no nation on earth was sustained or grew without young men shedding one another's blood.

[@JarekStrzelczyk]

This talk is nearly 4 years old, but it's so relevant today... A lot of people now claim that they want to solve "problems' of today's world and concentrate on identity politics, victim statuses etc and neglect at the same time the foundations which are good parenting and building a healthy family. If we all (or at least some of us) focus on rising our children, having good and healthy relations with our family, friends, colleagues at work and being responsible human we wouldn't have time for all the nonsens. Cheers :)

[@Bludongle]

Can you imagine what our country and world would be like if we put the same effort into our children as we do our status, jobs and politics? If adults didn't have to scrape every single minute to make sure there was food on the table and a doctor to depend on they might... just might... have time to read to their kids, hug their kids and not have to turn their kids over to strangers who become closer than a parent ever has the chance.

[@oscar598]

Now it's a year later, it's even more relevant

[@BeanOfBean]

Still relevant as of March 9th, 2021

[@d.bcooper2271]

It will be forever till the west returns to traditional gender roles

[@koden530]

And still relevant on Nov 18, 2023...

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

This makes me appreciate having both my parents more.

[@man-observing-world]

My father will always be my favorite person. I admired him so much throughout my childhood that after one semester of college, I told him I wanted to just quit and go work for him on his farm. Best descission I could have made. He died of a massive heart attack just a few years later. I was so great full to have been able to work side by side with him during his last few years of adventures in this life. I really miss you dad.

[@sloaiza81]

You get it. Hope you pass that wisdom down to your kids and community.

[@stufoo]

i went to an all boys high school and joined a fraternity in college. best decisions of my life.

[@SongsoftheEons]

When I had my two children, I was relieved to discover that they were girls and not boys. This talk here is vindication of my feelings. I get so sad when I think of how Warren Farrell doesn't have a meaningful presence in gender studies, mainly because he's treated as a pariah for having perfectly reasonable positions.

[@JKTProductionzIncNCo]

Why were you relieved that you had girls and not boys?

[@lc1279]

@@JKTProductionzIncNCo I dunno if OP is male or female but I'm assuming female. The point being made in the video is that children need role models in their lives, both men and women, so if you were a single mother, it would be less difficult accounting for a role model.

[@LineOfThy]

@@JKTProductionzIncNCo might be a single mother

[@hoardajam5619]

THIS MAN HAS DISCOVERED OUR WHOLE WORLD PROBLEM AND EVERYONE IS IGNORING IT AS IF ITS NOTHING

[@doge3707]

hes not saying anything new lol

[@RunningGod11]

We need Warren Farrell now more than ever in our current political climate. This video is as relevant now as it was 4 years ago...

[@PaulElam]

Warren on TedX = step one. Please like and share this video for a shot at the standard TED. The more views the better the chance.

[@nutt1674]

When is TEDx going to give YOU a platform, Paul? I’d like to hear it.

[@nuelle2361]

ttlkhaoz I would have to disagree.

[@Whaylie]

Paul Elam, what a guy. I'm a pretty big fan, keep it up.

[@antoniusthylanius5087]

What is this nonsense about feminists? Why are you even giving them attention? It are the unions that provided the people with human rights. And it are inventions like the washing machine that allowed women to join the workforce. Unions consist of both women and men. Workers and employers. Immigrants and natives. Scientists and athletes. They are the ones who are supposed to find a way for a sustainable increase in better living conditions in cooperation with the government. Not some power hungry one-sided group! What you should be worried about is the ignorance among the youth concerning the unions. And the decrease of their memberships. Here are a few things they should be informed about: _ It's not a mafia thing. _ It's not communism, It's a social part of capitalism. _ Everyone can be a member. _ Everyone's voice is used in statistics. _ Unions use a sensible form of egalitarianism by for example seeking balance between productivity and well being. The disproportionate funding is just ridiculous and together with insufficient positive media coverage they're just not going to last.

[@guillaumveilleult9595]

Done 😉

[@Sam-hu3nm]

He’s right about the feminisation of education. My two highest performing subjects are male taught. And my two lowest are female taught.

[@Ethan-jd3qt]

Just noticed the hardest class I had to understand in college was taught by a women. It's not that I didn't like her it was just the way she taught

[@brettquinn9040]

Lmaooo ur just excusing the fact that u need to study more or try harder

[@Ethan-jd3qt]

@@brettquinn9040 me?

[@alexispalangeo8643]

@@brettquinn9040 idk person. All I had were female math teachers and I didn't learn how to divide till I got a male math teacher, which was grade 7. It's just sometimes men explain things in a more simple, understandable way. Don't get me wrong, female teachers are good but sometimes, a male teacher's explanation is easier to understand.

[@animazing4221]

Mine were as well.

[@batmank234]

As a single-parented child, I feel extremely grateful and lucky with my uncle. He was my father figure throughout my whole childhood, since he was the youngest of five brothers, he and my mom where the only ones still living with my grandparents, and as a newly college graduate he had quite some free time, and so we spend a lot of time together: he would frequently help me with homework, take me to swimming school, showed me his favorite music, shows and movies, and of course he scolded me when I deserved it. Over the years our relationship grew apart, since eventually he met her wife and had children of his own, but it's still strong to this day, and recently we both had a conversation where this subject was brought up and he said that, in a way, I gave him purpose during that time. Now that I'm hearing this, I'm tearing up just thinking how much we both helped each other, he gave me a role model to pursue in absence of my "father" and prevented me from becoming a confused and unstable young man in the future while I gave him something to occupy his mind during unsure times, essentialy preventing him to fall in the same scenario and preparing him for future fatherhood. I swear I'll give him the longest, whole-hearted hug next time I see him.

[@ziplokk1453]

"Friday" is a great movie that relates to this. The character played by Ice Cube is a good kid and has both mom and dad at the house. He's grown up in a community where the young men around him don't have fathers at home and gun violence is the order of the day. His dad tells him to be a man and to fight without using guns but to step up and use his fists. You risk getting hurt but not dead. He ends up fighting the bully on the block and brings out a gun but his dad looks so disappointed in him that he puts it down and fights like a man. He gets hurt but ultimately wins the fight and is a hero to all present. It's one of the funniest movies ever with the power of a serious message along with it. If he hadn't had his dad, he could have ended up dead or in prison. It did all this without being preachy.

[@surftyko]

We just had our first school killing yesterday in Sweden. Our nation is in turmoil and great sorrow. The inability to see boys vulnerability leads to a vulnerable society. The only way to handle this issue is to address and prevent the vulnerability among boys. The vulnerability that is behind all violence and all suicide. Thank you Warren for your continued work to address this topic

[@victorsundin2057]

That was a grown up man though...

[@matthewsmith4647]

T0lvis he was a boy once. With no knowledge of the shooter or the case id lay money his problem started in childhood.

[@BnMProductions11]

That will probably start happening more with the way men are treated over there with all the genderfluid nonsense which is just a front to feminize boys.

[@imthatone3758]

@Dj Nichols Both problems are big.

[@AngTheCanadianPilot]

I’m in my 50’s I know what’s it like not having a dad- attempted suicide in my early teens - they placed me in a psychiatric hospital - I felt broken all over. I was tested in every sector , I developed a temper. I started using drugs at easing my pain. Thankfully I never hurt anyone , I joined the Catholic Church began counseling in my late teens. The church became my father , I joined The Air Cadet program, helped with my social skills. I met my wife - now been married for 30 years. I have my son , I left my occupation 20 years ago, my wife became our provider- she understands. I took odd jobs to contribute. My son and I do everything together, although he’s much older now and attempting at being independent- I’m available to help him. I had a dad - abusive, hit me a lot , but I never turned him in. I’ve learned to forgive, move forward. Very true ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.

[@fearnsa]

I love you. Thank you for sharing these events of your life.

[@autumn1231]

My father was deaf and, had a massive stroke when I was 11. Wonderful man, WWII vet but very absent as a father due to aforementioned circumstances. He was hospitalized for most of the next 6 years following the stroke when he passed away. I want to stress he was a very kind man. If you look at my report cards I was a straight A student with comments from my teachers saying the kindest things about me. "Class leader"! "Everybody likes Doug and he likes everybody". "Hard worker"! " Work is very neat" "Great contributor to class discussions". You get the point. When the stroke came the grades became C's with comments that weren't so complimentary. "disruptive" "fools around" and more. I started my senior year in high school at 128 lbs. There wasn't much food at the house and my Mom was at the hospital until very late most nights. This story could get very long but just to reiterate what this guy says, boys need a Dad.

[@gabevandenhoeven4546]

I find it quite sad that 7 years later, not much awareness has gone to the boy crisis, and it is still greatly negatively affecting boys all around the world

[@coranewbold7096]

It is sad that there are people who 'dislike' this presentation as if he said something wrong. I mean all he did was present factual information and requested compassion and understanding. Whoever 'disliked' this video is either too arrogant to accept the facts presented or heartless, maybe even a combination of the two. Well if they go straight to the end...listen to that round of applause, there are A LOT of people who agree with him! And from the look of them... they've got the moola to make a difference

[@rolandixor]

+Cora N (MensRightsQuincy) hi.

[@joejones9497]

+Cora N (MensRightsQuincy) Unfortuinately the people who disliked seem to have infiltrated the corridors of power (the education system, the justice ssystem, the narrative about how to evolve society, the media, the impression that politicians have about what agenda points will have the most response from the electorate, etc. etc.), I don't really know why they have so much clout. When I think about it... I could point to any group out there that has hateful ideas and notice there are natural checks and balances that limit the traction they get. But not for the anti-male zeitgeist. That seems to have some kind of teflon magic automatic support from all quarters... no matter what. I don't get it. So I don't have any answers about why this happens or what could be done about. Certainly Warren's work is stellar and I have great respect and hope for his efforts. It's slow going though clearly because of what I've said above. It's been a proposal for 7 years I believe. They have asked for a million dollars for a whitehouse boys and men council. And they can't even get that.

[@evakaye5897]

To be fair every video on youtube has dislikes.

[@tubebility]

_" _*_I don't really know why they have so much clout._*_ When I think about it... I could point to any group out there that has hateful ideas and notice there are natural checks and balances that limit the traction they get."_ Lookup #Gynocentrism

[@Loribyn]

He does in other works and speeches (this one was about boys specifically).

[@charliehurd654]

A voice in the wilderness. Hopefully, someone will listen.

[@HorkSupreme]

+Charlie Hurd Wilderness? More like a wasteland of our own making.

[@Maluhia808]

voice from the desert

[@theinsfrijonds]

Feminists are God damn s*** heads it'll never allow men to get any kind of support from anyone ever

[@terencewho]

Who's stirring the mac n' cheese while he talk

[@KingDayDayDay00]

Why'd you do this to me? I cant unhear it now

[@TheClassicDoomGuy]

God dammit I cant I hear it

[@kishenvashi2421]

LMFAO

[@liokin229]

Best comment on here

[@yuvarajsinha3491]

Shut ittt. Dam . cant unhear it now.

[@iwanttodie7199]

The way this guy talks the sooth in his voice so nice to listen and think about what he says

[@camerontripet6720]

Damn this made me cry , This was my childhood.This Is a very important issue you have brought up , Bravo sir!

[@etienneracine-hebert9870]

Tears went down running all night for me. 😢

[@TimBitts649]

Warren Farrell is a genius.

[@TimBitts649]

Dr. Farrell, I heard you on the radio, when I was driving my truck, when you toured North America promoting your book "The Myth of Male Power".....it changed my whole view on life. I still remember that interview. Thank you.

[@PaulJohnsonM]

+Tim Wiebe Warren Farrell, more importantly, is a steadfast and hard worker.

[@TimBitts649]

Paul Johnson Hard work plus lots of talent.

[@halcyon_echo42]

Given how few male teachers I had, most of my favorite teachers were men and allowed me to be more honest and open to new ideas during class and helpful even during study halls.

[@penndawt]

Even in South Korea, this is true. There were female students placed in higher level English classes and male students placed in lower level classes. Several of the boys seem less motivated. And when I mentioned a couple of the students were on lower levels, the principal seemed shocked.

[@MartinBrossman]

Great job Warren. We keep trying to ignore the crises of our Son's and blaming it on anything else, guns, knives, etc. School shooting are boys acting out we keep ignoring! A Father deprivation at home to a Male teach deprivation at school. Will any politician have the courage to stand up for this. If they do they will have my vote.

[@Culwhickbeocca]

Martin Brossman And if a man wants to be a pre school teacher, mothers raise their eyebrows.

[@dr.vonslifeinvesting6485]

Martin Brossman I’m becoming a middle school teacher and this is something I know is important

[@perliva]

Huh? How did that slip through the TED feminist filter?

[@38Fanda]

lol

[@TuttifruttiNinja]

There are alot of tedx talks about this issue. Don't make the same mistake as many feminists do and fight the other side of the coin. If you really care about this, do something about it. Volunteer to work with young boys, if you plan on being a father be a good father to your kids, no matter if they are girl or boy. I understand your frustration though with society and media bias. It's changing though.

[@funny.gon-12]

sure

[@josephmcdonald9933]

That is what made me watch it. I had to see what he was saying why he was allowed to be on Ted's snail trail platform.

[@onurornek3159]

The name did the trick. It sounds like males are the problem again

[@ilikesnow7074]

In my robotics team we were forced to change our logo because the knight in it scared women away…

[@saiff1315]

lmao what🤣🤣🤣

[@matt309]

Maybe thats a good thing considering the reaction

[@ancientfinn3738]

😆😏😏

[@SLA-yo4is]

wtf

[@mei4755]

this is one of my favorite tedtalks. no one speaks about these topics and even boys i know would rarely be open to discussing these things and it’s really sad

[@novatalks350]

very interesting. I'm a girl and my favorite teacher was a male and i feel that because he was a male he had more of an influence on me. because i didn't have any good male figures in my life and i distrusted men due to past experience, this teacher made me feel more trusting towards men. there's almost no recovering without a mother but kids still need their fathers.

[@jukeboxjey5035]

He surely was aware of those facts and tried to balance it.

[@snarzetax]

"there's almost no recovering without a mother but kids still need their fathers. " The actual science says the opposite of this to be true. Children require love and structure to excel. In the vast majority of cases, structure is uniquely provided by the father and love is provided by both parents.

[@odoggow8157]

I CAN STILL SEE THE DAMAGE IT HAS DONE TO YOUR FRAGILE MIND, A MOTHER IS ONLY A WOMAN WITHOUT A FATHER. THERE IS NO FATHER WITHOUT MOTHER THERE IS NO MOTHER WITHOUT FATHER THERE IS ONLY MAN OR WOMAN OTHERWISE THUS THE HARM THAT IT EMANATES

[@carstonnyenhuis7645]

I wrote a paper on the need of father's last year, and now I'm finding more and more people saying the same. Coming from a home with an amazing, loving, thoughtful, smart, and dedicated father I was an anomaly among my peers. To this date all my close friends lived in a house with absent, dead, or divorced father's. Luckily my friends and I all turned out for the better, but it's awesome people are talking about this.

[@SK-vk9jf]

Love that. That's a great talk. Boys need more compassion. Boys problems need to be addressed, they are the future of society. If we want healthy society we need to finally start carrying for our boys.

[@thsvobblitz524]

Man: cry’s Woman: man up Also woman: why don’t men show their feels

[@adammichna5175]

Women are made weak. So much so that it hurts them when others show vulnerability.

[@TusharSundarka]

Exactly. Damned if you do or damned if you don't.

[@abdullahrizwan592]

Actually, I think it's other men who tell their peers to "man up", it's quite toxic either way.

[@thsvobblitz524]

@@abdullahrizwan592 well your correct there too

[@MoviezGames]

@@abdullahrizwan592 No, it comes almost exclusively from women.

[@seriaz3630]

So this is the evil man feminists hate? How?

[@babalaksa]

feminists hate him because reasons.

[@SlyNine]

Because he doesn't hate and blame men.

[@Edbrad]

Don't believe him!! Everything he says has a sinister motive underneath! If you play it backwards he says I LOVE RAPE AND SODOMISING CHILDREN! And if you put UV light over his skin you find he's actually a reptile... :OOOOOOOO

[@giraffesinspandex]

"If a man ignoring a woman’s verbal 'no' is committing date rape, then a woman who says 'no' with her verbal language but 'yes' with her body language is committing date fraud. And a woman who continues to be sexual even after she says 'no' is committing date lying. And a woman who continues to be sexual even after she says 'no' is committing date lying. language but 'yes' with her body language is committing date fraud. And a woman who continues to be sexual even after she says 'no' is committing date lying." - warren farrell

[@giraffesinspandex]

for quotes such as the one i just left in this thread

[@etho7351]

I like how when it shows the audience they all look uncomfortable and nervous like it'stheir fault. The ones who don't seem like they aren't buying it.

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

I think I noticed a Woman crying in the audience !

[@yagentblueberry1144]

@Shakespeare_Hall timestamp plz

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

@@yagentblueberry1144 I haven't got 15 minutes to watch it all again to give you a time stamp so why don't you watch it again and work it out for yourself!

[@indicatoker420]

The truth hurts

[@yagentblueberry1144]

Shakespeare Hall 🤔

[@laurahamdi9697]

Bravo! I love this. I'm totally one day going to make a change in my country for the better future of our boys. They are so worth it. They deserve a good life, a life that has purpose, a life that they understand they are in control of. They have so many good qualities but we just need to start telling them that. And also, no child deserves a life without a good father. Dads are so underappreciated.

[@joress]

Thank you Laura. I’m just 22 years old, but in the future I would love to be a dad!!!

[@topsidety5249]

This one boy in my class used to be loud and disruptive but now he is quite and the male teachers have stoped yelling at him but the girl teachers are yelling at him still for things he didn’t do. For example a girl was touching him in class and he yelled at her to stop touching him the teacher (a girl) yellled at the boy and he got in trouble not the girl

[@jasonarmstrong8879]

Being a young male, I feel that I have a lot of pressure on me. I mean you have to be strong, emotionless, and always have to push yourself to the total limit. Anything short of that and you get completely ostracized. I hate to say it, but at a middle school- high school level, girls have it a lot easier.