Why feminism needs men - and men need feminism | Nikki van der Gaag | TEDxLSHTM

Why would a feminist want to talk about men? Because although feminism has changed the world, men still hold most of the power in the economy, in government, in religions, in the media and often in the family. While increasing numbers of men are questioning traditional views about what it means to be a man, feminist Nikki van der Gaag asks if there is a place for men in the feminist story and illustrates how men can become part of the solution.
Nikki has been working on women’s rights and gender in many countries in the world for the past 20 years. Since 2006 she has been the main author of most of Plan International’s State of the World’s Girls reports. She became increasingly interested in why so many programs only worked with girls rather than men, when the boys in the countries she visited for her research were often jumping up and down asking: why not me? Nikki was already aware of organisations like Sonke Gender Justice and Instituto Promundo and she wanted to write an engaging book that examined the issues around feminism and men and asked some key questions about why, when women and girls have changed so much, men and boys have not.
In 2014, Nikki wrote Feminism and men and has been speaking about the book's ideas at many event all over the world. She has also been working with both Sonke and Promundo to co-author State of the World’s Fathers (an idea she had in the swimming pool!) which they launched in 7 countries.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@funkydanieluk]

Her son is literally asking her why she doesn't care about him, and she's so oblivious she repeats this in public without noticing.

[@thenoobinvestor6930]

Lmao

[@viiichi]

😂

[@mmr4882]

Exactly

[@Feber2001]

That's really sad...

[@Unknown-fq6sx]

Ty for reminding me why I’m a misanthrope...

[@Knabenbube]

I wish women would stop womansplaining men.

[@MIS315]

Femsplaining*

[@firelordsusan555]

+MIS315 Cuntsplaining

[@firelordsusan555]

i just like the sound of it, it rolls off the tong and it has umfff!

[@JeSsE10mCcOy11]

Bitchsplaining

[@crimtheidiotgenius3694]

GUYS GUYS GUYS, we already have a term for it, it’s called NAGGING.

[@zero451208]

"Mom, do you care about me?" "Well, let me try and think about what utility you have towards women as a boy." This woman is a monster.

[@deyanstroughair5256]

Bit harsh to call her a monster. Her heart's in the right place.

[@SingingWhileDrunk]

Absolutely agree

[@davidmendizabal9892]

@@deyanstroughair5256i get what you are saying but ideology messes up with the brain. She is more like a manifestation of the ideology or a possesion by it, it's like a relogion only more unidimentional.

[@gamezfreak5296]

@@deyanstroughair5256 harsh. That is lightly calling her. To say that to your own child...

[@kv-2156]

She's a monster

[@cynicalape1015]

Wow! She completely ignored her sons question! He's right, she doesn't care! Her son is learning at a very young age about male disposability!

[@viiichi]

😂

[@koredeonanubi6359]

Broooo women think they know so much but as men we all know she misunderstood what he was saying

[@roopplatinum515]

Technically she never told us what her answer to his question was but she said what she was thinking as a responce when he asked what where he comes in with all the Feminism stuff. This might help 0:40

[@BJ-zd2or]

@@viiichi that's not funny. It's sad. I had to learn things in my 20s knowing that in this modern era you are just a predator and just a scrape of a provider with no cared value in this propagated society. Love is compressed by monsters.

[@ulizez89]

He definitely understood early that her mother doesn't care for him. At least he'll learn to be an independent man!

[@luisestrada1905]

My daughter once asked me "why do you care about men so much" and I instantly thought hmmm how can my daughter benefit men? I started traveling the world visiting men and boys while talking to women about how they can be part of the solution instead of the problem! All they have to do is devote all their life to men's problems while neglecting their own because as we all know they dont have problems they have the opposite of problems so it shouldn't be a big deal they're just naturally bad people

[@EducatedMoron_]

Dude, you really silenced Nikki 😂😂 jokes aside, do you really have a daughter?

[@ALJ9000]

👏 Outstanding sarcasm. You deserve an Oscar

[@demise6017]

I’m going to be honest, I was going to hate on you until I saw the replies. It’s hard to act sarcastic in text tbh

[@EducatedMoron_]

@@demise6017 lmao u r right

[@Arif_Raziq]

@@demise6017 yep

[@budd1331]

This women used her sons emotions to benefit women instead of being a parent and empathyzing with him. Thats just sick. Be a parent first not a feminist.

[@mysticstrikeforce5957]

We'll being a parent also means showing the kid your actually there and not there. I would rather have my parents just be in my life then anything else and i don't mind if they just said hi and leave either. Because kids only damage is when their parents don't see them every day thus changing their life around and thus having people hate that grown up child because of a lost parent connection.

[@nickdenman7480]

She taught her son that men are bad what a terrible person

[@ego5652]

The boy surely has toxic shame his early life

[@klachingmacgaming8400]

she chose femmeism first over her own son

[@viiichi]

😂

[@Smithkakarot]

Men "need feminism" like a fish needs a bicycle.

[@Smithkakarot]

+Mark Mullins It's a paraphrased version of a quote by an Australian feminist named Irina Dunn: "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."

[@HoneyBadgerRadio]

+Smithkakarot Men need feminism like a fish needs a hook.

[@Smithkakarot]

+HoneyBadgerRadio Good one. I like that response.

[@asaenvolk]

+Smithkakarot Men "need feminism" like a husband needs arsenic.

[@MIS315]

More like men need feminism like a fish needs a fish hook

[@TheGaryfox1]

Haha. She can't stop talking down about men. Her poor son is gonna be screwed up in the head. She can only blame herself.

[@pyrog7512]

gerald foster she isn't talking down about men

[@gwavitie716]

Pyro G Lol I think your profile picture says it all

[@somerandomperson7488]

Save that child

[@darrysim3716]

his mum probably tells him everyday that he should cut it and become a female, FORCEFULLY I just hope that he is ok

[@trevorc5424]

gerald foster Watch her son be one of suicide statistics of men when he asked for your help by saying what about me and you dismissed it. implying he needs to man up. Then she might cry and wonder what went wrong

[@Microbex]

We need feminists on the battlefront in WW3.

[@PatrickMenesesYTOfficial4945]

Yes send them all including Twitter people, 14 year white girls and damn race card idiots. All useless people to war yes please.

[@pixeltrash2661]

Agreed

[@starter9874]

They can't fight bro they just can cry in the back of men and trying to get don't know what they have more rights than men

[@pixeltrash2661]

@@starter9874 xd true

[@jonasribeiro2001]

Like in Ukraine, when all they left immediately when push comes to shove

[@mrcrabowski]

She literally said it...: "Men won't change unless they see they'll also benefit" Well, so I'm still waiting to see some of those benefits she *definitely* had in mind. Men won't fight for feminists when you see how hostile feminists are towards men... men will find women who appreciate men for what they are... and both of them will be happy and won't care anymore.

[@tee50252]

feminists are only hostile towards close minded men. if you’d rlly care about equality and justice, feminists wouldn’t be hostile towards you. you’re the problem

[@mrcrabowski]

@@tee50252 "feminists are only hostile towards close minded men" That's true... the problem is what's mine, yours and theirs definition of close/open-minded person... According to me, you're open-minded IF you're willing and able to start the conversation and/or start listening to their opinions with a clear mind and keep your posture even when they start with absolute dogsh*t stuff... whether you proceed to agree or disagree with them has little-to-nothing to do with being open/close-minded, that just your own preference or opinion According to them, you either agree with them and support them at all times = you're "open-minded and good" or you're against them and thus, you're "close-minded toxic, sexist man" etc. Sure, not all feminists are like that but A LOT of modern, especially western, feminists at least partially follow that logic... and the funny thing is that modern feminists are toxic not only to men, but also other women who happened to disagree with them so... The problem is definitely not on my side unless you agree with their logic... Edit: I'm for TRUE equality = equality of opportunity, NOT equality of outcome... unfortunately, that's not enough for feminists, they want both at the same time as long as they benefit from them (if there would be situation where men could benefit from that, then there's a need for exception) and that's not possible unless you make rules that will give women game-breaking advantages and benefits = NOT equality and IF we gonna go the "TRUE equality" route... feminists would lose their mind... they don't want equality... they wanna keep all the benefits and advantages they have from old days and then also get all the benefits and advantages of a modern day... that's not how it works... AND another problem is that feminists don't wanna work on 150 % and truly push themselves up to "become equal", no, that's too much work, they rather gonna complain and whine until rules that drag men down are put in place so they can start complaining about next thing... again, that's not how it gonna work...

[@tee50252]

@@mrcrabowski i agree with your description of open-close minded people. However, the “toxic feminists” aren’t toxic BECAUSE they’re feminists, that’s their character and they happen to also be feminists. i really hope you understand that we’re not hostile towards every men and i personally fight for men AND women. But when men don’t listen to us and do not want to understand our side, that’s when hostility is necessary.

[@mrcrabowski]

@@tee50252 I understand that not all feminists are toxic but a lot of toxic women (and toxic, bitter men) become feminists = a lot of modern feminists are toxic = whole group is perceived as toxic because, as it usually works, the most vocal group, whether they want it or not, defines the rest of the group for observers. "But when men don’t listen to us and do not want to understand our side, that’s when hostility is necessary." I disagree with that... they probably don't listen to you or want to understand you for some reason... maybe they're insecure, maybe they feel they needed to "fight for the meat" and they expect others to do the same, maybe they were hurt by woman/en and are in defensive position already, maybe they look at "equality" from different perspective and what you say don't make any sense to them and many more examples... and by becoming toxic to "push them where you want them to be" or "to convince/coerce them", you just make it even worse and less and less normal, smart people will join your side while more and more toxic people start joining your side = it will eventually snowball into absolute sh*tfest and nobody will take feminism seriously anymore = people who are mocking even traditional feminism starts to be the "cool guys" in their ranks = overall bad Idk about you but I'd just move on, skip all those who don't care and/or are not willing to listen, try to stay positive and "target" those who you can talk to openly and express what you *would ideally want* - that's another point, if you proceed to say something along the lines "I demand", "I expect", "I need", then that's automatically a minus point, if you'd say something like "I'd like", "I'd wish", "we could try", then it sound much less threatening to an average man and there's significantly smaller chance of him not falling into his defensive position where he won't give you much space to express what you want... and sure, he may still disagree with you but at least they gave you an honest chance. In my opinion, it should be as natural progression as possible, not pushing something by force, it basically never works...

[@tee50252]

@@mrcrabowski im not saying im pushing everyone to agree with me or be on my side. The one’s who think feminism isn’t “for them” can do whatever they want. Im just asking for men to not bash feminists and understand both sides.

[@julesraven7941]

When your kid asked you "what about me? he didn't mean " what can I do?" he meant " WHY DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT ME MOMMY? WHY I CAN'T HAVE MY MOMMY?"

[@CavemanSynthesizer]

I wonder what she thought he was trying to communicate when he couldn't even speak, but was just a wailing babe? This really illustrates a theory I have which has not quite coalesced about how certain progressive "intellectuals" use a flurry of misconstrued misquoted and out of context data to create "facts" that have little to do with reality.

[@julesraven7941]

+ChandraSekhar F what I con't believe is that she is going so against so against the mother instinct that she wants to sacrifice the happiness and future ofher own offspring for her idiology, that is just inhuman.

[@YayaUni8]

Exactly

[@onionpotato3396]

You are wasting your breath. Feminists are so deep into their hatred of men that they will never understand something as basic as the love between a mother and son.

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

@@onionpotato3396 And sexist are soo deep in their hatred against Women that they will never understand something as basic as love between Father and Daughter.

[@pauljackson2409]

That anecdote at the beginning says it all. Her son asks 'what about me' i.e. what about the rights of boys and men and it 'starts her thinking about men's role in feminism' i.e. what boys and men can do for women. How bigoted can you get, to deliberately misconstrue what you're own son is saying? It's not difficult to imagine why a 10 year-old would say that. This woman is obviously much more concerned about her daughter than her son and he is picking up on it. She ought to be ashamed of herself. What a terrible mother.

[@CavemanSynthesizer]

The sad thing is he WASN'T asking about the rights of men and boys in the abstract (although you could definitely infer that as a symbolic meaning). All he was REALLY asking was "what about ME, as an individual? What about ME as your progeny? What about ME as your SON?"

[@TheTimothydragon]

+Paul Jackson Thank you for pointing this out. I was thinking the same thing.

[@retnugnahte]

She's So tunnel vision and arrogant to realise men also have issues towards the way society looks at them

[@viiichi]

💖

[@wetwhistlinwillyjohnson5743]

They’re usually narcissists. Avoid them at all costs. They’re toxic waste.

[@MIS315]

Wait a minute, I just watched the entire thing. She never once established how men need feminism...except by giving a weak anecdote of a Dominican man telling her "gender equality makes me happy", which frankly couldn't have less to do with feminism

[@florin604]

+MIS315 Yeah, but the idea of this video was that she hates all men, including her own son. That's the purpose of her presentation.

[@Bob-fz7pd]

@@florin604 as the late great Rush Limbaugh said way back when feminism is a mental disease.

[@forcecaptainoverlordsuprem2964]

Thanks now I don't have to

[@roopplatinum515]

Give a 5 year old a stack of money and then see if he's willing to take care of you when you're seriously ill or hurt. The gender role of a man is what she used as an example. Many kids and people in general would fight for and take care of a mother who is there for them but and same thing would go for a father if that father did what she did. As it turns out most fathers don't typically have that role there for are not there for there kids other than providing money. The term for a mother's job is nurturer. The current a term for a fathers job is often called "Child Support".

[@xxXxXxGxXxXxx]

I'm gladly standing on the sidelines watching these brainwashed women die alone.

[@kyan8995]

''you're part of the problem for not joining'' ''you're also not allowed to join''

[@JohnSmith-pl4sf]

For all the boys and girls who disliked this video, Here, you dropped this 👑

[@priyenswiss2002]

😌

[@roberteugene7295]

@John_Smith And you may conduct yourself to the corner, where you'll find a stool to sit on and a cone shaped hat to wear.

[@aldaoroman]

Thanks Mate.

[@galagaarts3222]

Thank you.

[@ultron2-465]

KZbin be like: nO

[@MIS315]

She has a son? Was the abortion clinic closed that day?

[@Stormtrooper-dz]

Кто этой особи зачал ребёнка 🤢🤢🤮🤮

[@elephantdanceparty7917]

Lol needs to be top comment

[@MIS315]

@@elephantdanceparty7917 😊

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Get that poor boy away from her.

[@dy031101]

+Palace Of Wisdom Yeah. Sanity of KZbin can ill-afford another Steve Shives.

[@Ridnarhtim]

+Palace Of Wisdom Can this be considered child abuse? I think it should be.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

+Ridnarhtim I certainly consider it abuse for a boy to effectively have his mother tell him she doesn't care about him, and her remarks made it clear she now intends to conscript him into some version of He For She. Depending on how successfully she destroys his sense of self worth, he will either become a miserable mangina or a MGTOW, possibly one then the other.

[@yellowkindbud]

+Ridnarhtim It is child abuse. Absolutely.

[@rc3941]

Exactly. Did you notice the Freudian back hand? Standing next to the bananas and belittling her son. I'll bet every banana rotted with shame.

[@PsychosisFire]

Why is it always the most privileged people who constantly act like they're engaging in some just struggle against oppression? This woman is white, clearly upper-middle class, clearly well-educated, and more than likely is loaded. I see it at university too; the members of feminist societies at red-brick unis like Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Edinburgh etc, where more privately-educated kids go, are way more radical and have much more of a victim complex than at former polytechnics where more working-class people attend.

[@bebopbountyhead]

Guilty conscience. They're punishing everyone else for the ways they and their connections behave.

[@Jim90117]

You'll see it at protests and marches too, you'll have the absolute nutjobs and you'll have these rich kids and middle class people who are the most offended of all. My own theory (for middle upper class) is that their lives are so mundane and vapid, that they need a cause (almost a sense of purpose or something to live for), this is either done consciously or subconsciously but they develop almost a cult like attitude towards it whether its environmentalism, social justice, anti nuclear campaigning, socialism. If it makes them feel like they're "changing the world" that's their cause. Really their blind views usually snowball into the extremes over time and they literally become extremists over the years in whatever "Cause" they've dedicated their lives too. Students are abit different, usually it's the same vein of "changing the world" but not the same entry into it, the entry into extreme belief for students is ignorance, they simply don't know any better and if it sounds good they'll go with it (usually the majority grow out of it with experience/time and the extremist view is kept to a fringe minority) That's just my take.

[@ayayadied3005]

i dont think being white has any factor in this but i agree with the rest

[@KimPhilby203]

The Word Feminism is so toxic it makes Men run as fast as possible...well done

[@rikkidgermano9640]

"I am a feminst" - words that will NEVER come out of my mouth!

[@Aryankumar-yg8eh]

they'll never from mine either

[@4ever_reckless]

amen brother

[@ManlyServant]

amen! men is the head of women!

[@cosmictraveler1531]

same brother

[@Jojo_D_Northstar]

@Bryn you need lay off from cookies based on your pfp

[@vermillion8249]

Men don't need Feminism, But Feminism needs Men.

[@adw6894]

Women don't need men right, But men right needs women.

[@himrocks100]

Actually we do. This whole Independent women game has made a lot of women lose moral values. Never has been getting into their pants been easier, if you provoke them enough they will also start paying for dates. We just have to be smart enough to twist thinggs to suit us.

[@crimsoncourt9354]

@@adw6894 tf you mean

[@ManlyServant]

@@adw6894 actually,the only reason why feminism is here is becauss men were allowing it,in the past,there are only men in power (usa),so yeah,feminism NEEDS men,moreover,Men is NECESSARY for feminism,whether you like it or not,how does it feels like after being an independent human and yet you make yourself a part to a men-depended movement?

[@loxwashereas]

@@adw6894 Only simp men does

[@zorrobaggins3202]

0:18 Not really. I find it strange when feminists do NOT talk about men. I find it strange and a pleasant change. Mostly it's "Men are rapists. Men are pigs. Men have fart privilege." and a ton of other insane feminist misandrist BS. Please tell me you're going to either NOT talk about men or at least not demonize them for your entire speech. 0:55 Not trying to read your sons mind but do you think he might have been asking "What about ME?" as in "Why not pay attention to me and get me a candy bar or a new toy truck?" or possibly "What about MY rights when I grow up?" and NOT "How can I help your ideology? Can I obsess about women's rights too?". I don't know. Shot in the dark. 1:18 Got exact stats on both how many women face violence from their partner and how many men face violence from their partner and if you want to do the 'usually a man' bit, a break down of the sexes of all partners on both sides of the violence? Do you have that? And then you complain about lack of 'political representation' b/c, for some reason, a government just isn't good enough until women are forced to be in politics. Fuck their choices. Fuck the fact that most of the feminist women who make this 'point' (I'm betting you included) aren't running for office. Fuck all that. It's just not equality until the government is 50/50 and if women, with their quotas in place, then rise above that percent? Well, that's just MERITOCRACY! We can't argue with that, right? And when the government is COMPLETELY female (oh, and naturally, only feminist females who share your politics. Everyone else has internalized misogyny and are practically just men), what will your excuse be then? 1:32 Oh, Jesus Christ. You're a parrot. You're a living feminist tape recorder. Pay gap? Please. 1:50 Oh Christ. Here we go. You picked the 3rd option for what your son meant. Personally, I think he wanted a new toy. Maybe a hug. Maybe for mommy to care more about HIM and less about her insane fantasies of 1st world oppression of women. But no, you think he wants to be your little feminist soldier. Sigh... Pakistan. South Africa where they need free clinics. Yeah, NOT the first world. 3:45 Pretty sure that when you say 'involve' you mean 'use'. 4:05 So you open up with "Male feminists, you have to know your place. STFU and let the women do the talking.". Yeah. Heard this before. You even use the word 'mansplaining'. Gotta tell ya', you're not making a good impression. 4:18 Brainwash the little kiddies. Got it. Get 'em while they're young. Okey dokey. Still not making a good impression. Let me guess, you're going to segue right into "teach the boys not to rape". Please prove me wrong. Please. Please. Pretty please. 4:50 Thank you for NOT saying you want to teach little boys to not rape. But now you're on housework. Right. Men go and bust their ass at their jobs, do most of that unpleasant DYING at work stuff and ... they have to come home and do housework. What will the women be doing? 4:59 There's also no country in the world where men outlive women. There are TWO where they live AS LONG as women. 5:08 I'm not really sure I trust a person like you to lead a revolution. You seem, well, insane. -Ideologically- Religiously compromised. Has feminism ever TRIED it's little utopia out in any real world setting (other than Sweden which seems to be dying of cultural ebola or something)? Maybe these countries you're toying with don't need YOUR approach to 'fixing things'. 6:22 So you want powerful men to do YOUR bidding. Has it occurred to you that this is exactly the mentality that keeps women from bothering to run for office? They don't HAVE to run for office if they can just manipulate MEN who are in office. In fact, this might very well put the lie to your entire 'patriarchy' (as if all the evidence against it and your total lack of proof hasn't already done this). You want MEN to change more to benefit WOMEN? What, our lower life expectancy isn't lower enough for you? Maybe we should double the disparity? Triple? If none of us made it past 20, would that be OK with you? Or did you have some other change in mind? What, you want us to be more like women? Fine. Then women can step up and be more like men. What are YOU doing? Are you... mining? Working on a deep sea fishing rig? Hauling garbage? Fighting in a war? No. Your job right now is to give a talk. Wow. You're really stepping up to the hard work so that men can give it up and change diapers and do housework. Sorry. INDOOR housework. Who mows the lawn? Probably a dude. Who fixes the roof? Probably a dude. Who cuts the wood? Probably a dude. Who tunes the car? Probably a dude. 6:54 Yes. Men die earlier than women. Men ARE in touch with their emotions. They're just not crying all the time. We're not women. We're men. And yes, the courts also see to it that we're not in touch with our kids. Tender Years Doctrine anyone? HeforShe, sexist as hell when it first came out. I do believe they've since changed the wording on their commitment but the focus is still on helping women, still painting women as the victims. You're not on TED. You're on TED ... X. You then go on to basically rehash Heforshe's original commitment wording which was for the least safe sex to do more to protect the most safe sex. You can give me all the anecdotes and cherry picked facts you want but the life expectancy data and YOUR OWN SPEECH tell a different story. So, basically, you're another feminazi. I should point out that only HALF of that is 'nazi'. The other half is 'feminist' as in 'feminine' as in 'happy kittens and rainbows'. Just b/c you ACT like you're a harmless little female doesn't mean you ARE a harmless little female. The other half of you is straight up Nazi. Also, to any feminists who've read this far, just b/c I think SHE is acting like a 'harmless little female' doesn't mean that I think of women as harmless or little. I think they're just as dangerous as men, easily. I do, however, think they tend to attack with smaller weapons or with proxy violence. The 'harmless little female' is just an act feminist women love to put on. One moment they want you to feel sorry for them. The next moment they're claiming to be just as X, Y and Z as any man. Well, we've met the men that feminist women are like. We fought them in WW2.

[@auberginebear]

+zorro baggins That was beautiful, thank you for sharing.

[@zorrobaggins3202]

***** Anytime. HoneyBadgerRadio has also just recently ripped her a new one. I'm watching it now.

[@Yumenga]

zorro baggins - You make good points. I enjoyed reading this.

[@pollol3020]

Thanks And have a baguette 🥖

[@Wilbur-em1hw]

Nothing but facts and nothing but love for a guy who spits it.

[@savagepaul-]

no one needs man hating

[@shurik3nz346]

Thea Moller Larsen clearly that’s what she’s saying... she’s a bad mother

[@somerandomperson7488]

@Thea Moller Larsen feminists are man haters

[@Adam9844]

Thea Moller Larsen that is the definition of feminism so it is what she's saying

[@seventy18]

Just look at the stats between men and women. Suicide 80% higher in men Lifespan Court decisions Workplace deaths 97% And the list goes on a long way... But men take it all in stride because of one fact... Men dont play victim like women do! 99% of all victims are women real or not

[@patriciax3677]

@@somerandomperson7488 you've swallowed the kool aid ....sad, so sad... borrowed from another man who doesn't think or learn...another man-baby

[@frecklefingers]

Actually, I do need feminism. It gives me something to laugh at.

[@viiichi]

You are funny 2

[@himrocks100]

Spoke from heart.

[@sayyedazainabrajabali2118]

Who do you think you are? Just because you don’t believe in a particular movement doesn’t mean you should invalidate people’s opinions. Grow up

[@sayyedazainabrajabali2118]

@George Smith Patton Jr. Damn. You still hold onto this petty belief for two years. And also, if this is a comment section, then who's to say I can't give my own damn opinion.

[@nuzlock2024]

Yooo true.

[@jesusmcphuck6510]

As soon as she dropped the bogus "1 in 3 women are abused by their partner" claim, I stopped watching this tripe. That lie has been disproven time and time again. Find another fallacy to complain about, Nikki!

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

Woman: I want to buy this $500 purse. Man: I think you shouldn't really do that. Woman: He abused me!

[@longbeach225]

Same thing with the gender pay gap. That is BS. No gender pay gap, they are paid the same. Men make more because men do lot more hours than women do and do more dangerous and high skilled jobs. I been in the workforce for some time and women use far more time off than men do. See it all the time.

[@Theonewhoneverlies478]

@@mathisnotforthefaintofheart Yeah in general when that happens, the man goes to prison and the woman gets all the money and all the credit! Ignorance is deadly and destructive!! Fortunately there are many men and women who actually do respect each other and that type of BS doesn't exist among them in their families in relationships, thank god for the fact that there are many people waking up!

[@francoistombe]

And the pay gap.......

[@Ridnarhtim]

Wow do I feel sorry for her son. His mother doesn't care about him, she is teaching him his only worth is in what he can do for women. He will probably grow up really resentful of women. Congrats, Nikki. You are actually raising a misogynist.

[@drilonkennedy-gorne2049]

Well for generations, women have been taught their only worth is what they can do for men. Feels bad, doesn't it? Feminism is about fighting that for *everyone*, not just women.

[@4evahodlingdoge226]

@@drilonkennedy-gorne2049 Lies!! women were taught what is best for the family unit, not for men.

[@drilonkennedy-gorne2049]

@@4evahodlingdoge226 interesting. You're equating full-grown men to children, for whom women have historically done everything from cook their dinner, wash their laundry and bolstered their confidence.

[@4evahodlingdoge226]

@@drilonkennedy-gorne2049 They've done that because historically men went to work in order to pay the bills hence the job of women were to take care of the home and nurture the children. You act as if wives in the 1900's were slaves to men.

[@davidregi7571]

@@drilonkennedy-gorne2049 the scientific inventions and technology. The buildings ,roads are made by men. You are typing your opinion on a device invented by men.

[@Jim90117]

Actually couldn't believe her reaction to what her son said to her at the start, but i guess it makes sense to react to that in that way if your world is shaped by your blind ideology. Such a shame and genuinely scary.

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

Patriarchy followers kills women and even their daughters for asking equality or questing men superiority

[@real_smilegamez]

@@Aditi-mb3qm us men don't even have superiority anymore...

[@masterlight2]

@@Aditi-mb3qm grow up and stop it with your "it's the patriarchy".

[@real_smilegamez]

@TRUE SUPER PERFECT CELL SSJ4 I'm not talking about our capability to kill humanity.. I'm talking about our rights as man against woman alone

[@awardwin]

how was it possible from toxic masculinity to exist without toxic femininity? I would like to see women stand up to other women and say enough using men for their resources and enough with the overly emotional behavior.

[@daze77gaming]

you'll never see that..from any woman

[@mmr4882]

Men were never toxic

[@firstlegend5105]

@@mmr4882 well, you can't believe the amount of MISOGYNISTS there are in the comment section...

[@munkqiking7207]

@@firstlegend5105 Ah. And what misogynistic comments are those exactly? Dont be vague, be specific. Where are these misogynists? What did they say that was so bigoted?

[@Lightflames85]

@@daze77gaming Roma Army Mens Rights does that here on youtube.

[@stephenpaltoo7083]

Your son deserves a better mom

[@Maniac742]

'So my son was like, "Mom, why don't you pay more attention and care about me more?" and I was like, "Wtf? I always thought of my son as a potential rapist, but now I see he can also be a tool to push my agenda!" Then child services came, thank fucking god."

[@florin604]

+Maniac742 qed :))))

[@viiichi]

😂

[@efraim3364]

LOTS of money to be made in this victim narrative right Anita?

[@Lightitupp1]

+Robert Jones pbs.twimg.com/media/CTTmC4aVEAAxGpj.jpg:large

[@vtgaming9204]

Done. Everyone is eating this shit up. Feminism in todays society has gone to far. Time to take it into our own hands.

[@AM-gm5jg]

Men need to act like men, not act like doormat to your political propaganda

[@Slaaneshy_Concubine]

As a man I clearly dont need feminism (a movement that focuses on female problems and ignores male problems). What I need (or want) is egalitarianism.

[@faivana_]

Yes!!

[@ManlyServant]

wrong,what we need is traditional patriarchy

[@Slaaneshy_Concubine]

@@ManlyServant wtf? I hope that’s irony :b

[@godnyx117]

@@ManlyServant I hope this is a joke....

[@kingkai7981]

​@@godnyx117 nope

[@seybertooth9282]

The woman holding a speech on the stage complain about men "mansplaining" while women being left out. That's rich. LOL.

[@rizon72]

Yes I need feminism which broadly sweeps me as many negative things just because I'm a male.

[@suqma]

ikr hahaha

[@Wen6543]

Agree, in reality nobody needs feminism to live better, specially women.

[@coatoil8671]

I used to think like this because i didn’t understand how i was biased against women. it’s completely subconscious and it takes work to get away from it. look into feminism from a fresh set of eyes. it’s worth your time if you want to be a better person

[@rizon72]

@@coatoil8671 This is interesting because I arrived at this after coming from feminism.

[@fknsick888]

@@coatoil8671 so you were once level headed an now your brainwashed congratulations 😂

[@rg0057]

5:30 "the one point in a man's life where change is really possible" No, men are a lot more than just fathers, and it's a man's choice whether to be a father (or at least it should be, even if he's married, and even if he had an orgasm one day). Men change over our whole lives. I know this always shocks a feminist to learn, but men aren't actually just props and furniture. We're people.

[@throwaway5926]

Feminists fundamentally do not see men are people; they see us as brutish animals that require domestication.

[@zieda5689]

@@throwaway5926 those are self-claimed feminists. Feminism is not about discriminating men. Its about human rights; having equal rights and equity between both genders

[@mcdream7701]

@@zieda5689 well since feminism has such a bad reputation because of the people in it, others think of feminism as bad which is fair so I reccomend calling yourself an egalitarian which really does mean equality

[@zieda5689]

@@mcdream7701 cant deny. Its unfortunate though that we need all these labels bcz some people have no values

[@vietnammg]

@@zieda5689 there is already a word for equality, and it's equality.

[@LORDARIES100]

Your title makes me dislike this right off the bat, women no longer are oppressed. Bull statistics women aren't in parliament because they don't put in the effort, and the pay gap is an avarage over all men and women which doesn't take talk about what they decided to do for a job. Engineers make more then nurses. And before you start on the stem job stuff no one is stopping women from going into them they are just choosing not to. Hell no, why do you have to just talk about the importance of women? Men are important too and feminism seems to just seem like men are stupid brutes that steal all the money and power. this is stupid. If feminism was really about gender equality they would address the sentencing gap (something that is real) and the bias in divorce courts. Their isn't a long way to go for women the things that need to be changed are small. if you are about equality then you would look at the biggest things for each gender but you don't. so you can just stop

[@hellogoodbye4061]

Preach, brother!!! Every single thing you covered is accurate.

[@hellogoodbye4061]

Preach brother.....alas, feminists have no time to dedicate to unfair divorce courts and sentencing gaps, as they have to conquer the epidemic of mansplaining and manspreading.

[@annikasengupta9085]

@@hellogoodbye4061 misogynist

[@annikasengupta9085]

It Is due to misogyny

[@hellogoodbye4061]

@@annikasengupta9085 I'm man-spreading right now as I mansplain to you about my toxicity. Hope that cheeses you off!

[@tazzz1783]

As a 34 yold man I have never in my life so far sit down and say to myself ''I need feminism''. WTF she talks about?

[@luiseduardomurillomartinez]

@Tazzz • The truth is we don't need it.

[@robertlucky781]

Men need MGTOW, ASAP!

[@quantomic1106]

Wow that's so cute. Teaching men how to change baby diapers and and other household work. I'm sure women would love to learn how to change their own tires, re-roof a house, build railroads, oil drilling, pay child support and alimony. I love how this feminism thing is so open to equality.

[@patriciax3677]

women do need to learn some of those things and many men can't do all of them..My daughter's been paying alimony for years to an ex who works in construction and can hide his income and does...so here you go

[@Joeblogs263]

Patricia: Fair point. However it is overwhelmingly men who pay alimony. I am sure that it is only because this affects you'r daughter that you are able to see how unfair these laws are regarding alimony. If you had a son, then you would certainly have no problem with him having to spend the rest of his days in indentured servitude to his ex due to an archaic medieval law. Much like how this vile woman, is ideologically posessed to such a degree. That she oblivous to how she is being a bad parent, as she can only relate to her son through the prisim of her inane gender based world view. In which her son is demonised and dehumanised simply for being born. If feminism was about equal rights then i would be all for it. However women have had equal rights for about 40 years, and i am not sure if feminism has ever been about equality. The actions of feminists and the content of the books they write differ greatly from that nice sounding dictionary definition they wrote for themselves. Communism also has a nice sounding dictionary definition, and like communism feminism is marxist poison.

[@rhea776]

Yes I would, I'd love to learn all that

[@viiichi]

💖🙏🏼

[@Hoodicaat]

Doing that is considered supression nowadays...

[@davidspraguedragonman6479]

So basically men “need” to be harassed and assaulted by feminists is what she’s saying. Yeah, I don’t think that’s what we need.

[@thegothking894]

"Not in touch with their children" how can she say that with a straight face? Does she have no self awareness whatsoever?

[@JonathanChappell]

Is to to late to call child protective services on on her? Her son would be better off raised by raccoons down by the river. No one who sees men as a 'problem' should be raising children at all. He asked her why she doesn't care about his rights and well being. She interpreted that as asking why she wasn't making him help women more.

[@Jeff-tv8qc]

No, the younger generation are calling themselves feminists less and less. Look at the statistics. You couldn't be more wrong.

[@girlwriteswhat]

+Jeff D In the west, yes. I'm guessing more and more in developing countries, the movement is burgeoning.

[@jakie4444]

+karen straughan wow I'm happy she is not my mother will be dammed if I'm in it your going to the world worst retirement home hell I'd pay them to treat her worse

[@cubecast1]

+karen straughan I only hope that it's true equality

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

@@jakie4444 I'm glad I am not your child or else even worse would have happened to you.

[@jakie4444]

@@Aditi-mb3qm wow comments from something years ago

[@TCSyd]

That poor kid, having a mother like you.

[@pnl8705]

do women really not realize their "power" in a relationship? For example, men are "expected" to be "a gentleman" and take care of her and "not make a woman cry"? If it happens you went into a abusive relationship (in your own definition), why don't you just leave? I understand in some societies women are really powerless, but I am referring to this white middle class feminism activists. They are only interested in their own power! P.s. Get that poor boy away from her!

[@jackhhun2698]

They do and they don't. For some women they understand this completely and abuse it for others this is sooo normalized to them they can't realize it is a privilege's because they've never even thought of what its like to be treated like a man

[@robertlucky781]

MGTOW didn't come into existence for no reason at all...

[@DanielMartinez316]

And she is not willing to do anything to help in the problems of her son. The only thing she wants is to turn her son into an useful apliance for women.

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

Like you want women to turn into an useful appliance for men right?

[@DanielMartinez316]

@@Aditi-mb3qm It should be equal. Both being useful for each other.

[@marianiordan5972]

@@Aditi-mb3qm When, where, who told that?

[@laserbeamchaser]

well the vote is 32 likes and 694 dislikes.. There is actually hope.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7747]

4.8 K now🤣

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

Oh people started disliking your comment there is still hope

[@eddiecheese1442]

@@Aditi-mb3qm youtube doesnt show dislikes there is actually hope

[@kenysulivan95]

feminism is such a waste of time it comes first like a good idea when ur a teenage girl but when ur married and u have kids and u make your little boy feel bad about himself for being born as a man...I rather send child protection after u at that point

[@artzreal]

she ended up exposing the reasons NO ONE needs feminism

[@AlexandruValentinCubaniti]

ENOUGH WITH MOTHERS TREATING THEIR BOYS AS SUBHUMAN.

[@potatowarrior8128]

No one cries feminism during hard times

[@larrylarson6946]

video: has more dislikes than likes me: I'm so proud of this comunaty

[@mrcarrot455]

lol

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

snekey boi so ashamed that people like you exist in my generation

[@andrewchatzidis3924]

The amount of dislikes this video got gives me some hope for the world

[@Theonewhoneverlies478]

@@andrewchatzidis3924 Am I missing something because there are no dislikes on this video during this time, meaning your comments are from a year ago, did they take down all of the dislikes or what?

[@luiseduardomurillomartinez]

Men don't need feminism. We were perfectly fine before it.

[@tutaleniilonga7306]

Men never needed feminism to be honest

[@ShinobiGambu]

Why would Men ever need a phenomena that would work against their own interests?

[@pravinrajar8410]

I just came for the comments

[@halosainswavvy9202]

pravin rajar my man 😂

[@retnugnahte]

Innit

[@richotim]

Yes, I can see what meant at 3:50. Imagine if we started wasting resources on men! Men's mental health, homelessness, lack of employment and such. Be terrible to spend any money on that when it COULD go to women!

[@alejandrovallejo4330]

Yeah, the pay gap exists, but it’s not because of sexism it’s because of difference in choices. Men and women are paid the same for the same job, women just tend to chose lower paying jobs and dedicate in general less time to work. Not because a result isn’t the same does it mean is based on inequality.

[@crusher5605]

this is why youtube removed dislikes

[@Tinman20737]

I hope her kids read these comments.

[@m31vin]

The fact that it is called feminism and not humanism, don't lie to us that you want equal rights. You want men to submit to the will of woMEN.

[@bon-bonxoselfimprovement9812]

@@3103-q6z the women that want equality are not feminists

[@Caczx]

@@3103-q6z if i am correct i am not a level any higher that the queen

[@PNN_ParodyNewsNetwork]

"Nikki van der Gaag" Sounds like an onlyfans account 😁

[@georgehorne4466]

Stopped watching when she mentioned 'mansplaining'. Really highbrow academic stuff going on here.

[@matthewwilkin5744]

Whilst she explains to men and women why we should all be Feminists. Spot the hypocrisy.

[@SeriousBurnsUnit]

When don't feminists talk about men? They never shut up about men. They are obsessed with men. Then this woman's child asks "Mommy, do you love me too?" and his mom hand him a pick and says "into the coal mine, slave".

[@Andy-gq5hb]

I have an idea for teaching men to be good guys. How about like an outdoors program just for boys where they learn self discipline and caring for society. Oh wait that already existed in boyscouts and feminists stole it from them

[@Memerproductions]

andy do you want a ticket to De Fuking GuLaG?

[@bevinthomas1120]

@@Memerproductions u 1 v 1 me lol i'll send you to the gulag haha

[@spottyblanks5199]

No thanks don't need a group who blames me for everything they do.

[@dirtybutwhole7503]

Never trust somebody who tells you you're what's wrong with the world based on factors which are out of your control

[@StuJones-gn7te]

Yes. Its tempting to set up a secret society of men only and call it ,"The Patriarchy," since so many feminists seem hellbent on believing in one.

[@mikevale1000]

It must be a nightmare to live with this woman

[@Keara113]

She is so OBSESSED with women's rights.

[@3103-q6z]

you expect her to sit back and watch injustice and inequality and do nothing?

[@matanthewizard4525]

@@3103-q6z well both sexes deal with equality problems ...

[@ethanross6157]

Women want the rights of being a man, not the responsibility

[@Aditi-mb3qm]

Men want the right of being man like not doing household work giving children his name when he doesn't even give birth to them and talk nonsense when women want the credit for the work women do .

[@syedharis1906]

@@Aditi-mb3qm not giving birth doesnt make him less parent... plus, this is 21st century, everyone does household work, and if men arent doing, they are doing doing hard work outside of house...

[@marianiordan5972]

@@Aditi-mb3qm But the men's money are soooo goood before merriage, during marriage and especially after the divorce, his house, his work ,everything are by far merited by women.

[@user-pv7cf3ye6n]

women dont want to be men, we want equity so that the responsibility and rights are balanced based on the needs of both parties. it makes things easier for everyone

[@revanthganesh3808]

If you dont care about your son and all you care about is womens rights.. A humble advice: pls give away your son to someone who cares for him being himself!

[@saturnusislovesaturnusisli3032]

The problem with feminism is that women have all the opportunities to get into higher positions and make more money, but they are often too scared to ask for a raise and fill those spots, so then a man with more testosteron and generally more courage comes along and he does ask for a raise and he gets the spot in the company that the woman could have. And now that she has lost the place she blames the man for taking it? She blames the boss for choosing the man above her? Life isn't easy and being successful isn't something that will be layed upon your lap in order for you to just accept it. You have to work hard in order to get those jobs, but women are worse at fighting for what they're worth than men are. I'm not saying that men are better than women. I'm trying to say that because of biological differences in things like testosteron levels between men and women, men generally have more courage to take risks and then get better jobs.

[@thomasgronlund9186]

When Ukrainian was attacked. Only women where moved out. Men between teens and really old people weren’t allowed to leave

[@MrThirstybull]

Theres already a name for equality... its equality. Saying feminism is equality is saying masculinism is equality.

[@danieljamesbray]

As a male Any women ive treated with love and respect have treated me back like im weak.....any women ive treated with indifference seams to respond with wanting to sleep with me. I now feel contempt for all of them

[@BJ-zd2or]

You just want love and affection, intimacy. And that I know it's not your fault how you feel. Its this brainwashed horrible, apathetic, artificial idealogy that has done this. Thing is there is so much love there in the world, and yet the idea of it while it preaches stamps on on love or friendship. There is going to be resentment, the stereotype of its judgement will fade and show what people have done. Only thing is they want empathize for anther. They feel sorry about themselves becouse feminism were in the wrong. I wonder how many hearts had been broken and distoryed by a seemingly good idealogy?

[@itsasetup8652]

Without men, you wouldn’t have some else to blame. No thanks, I opt out.

[@3103-q6z]

you opt out of equality?

[@simpbeforeusleep]

@@3103-q6z yes

[@marianiordan5972]

@@3103-q6z I'm sorry but I am the equality

[@blindmouse7796]

This women needs to get her son taken away from her, she is a horrible mother

[@user-bw8yn3zr1s]

Wth, why?

[@blindmouse7796]

@@user-bw8yn3zr1s because instead for caring for her child she tries to think how he can benefit women as if he had no other value, if roles where reversed people would be horrified.

[@user-bw8yn3zr1s]

@@blindmouse7796 he asked her a qn, related to the topic, she gave him answers. The truth is none of us know about them, personally. so, this kind of harsh comments on their life is too much.

[@blindmouse7796]

@@user-bw8yn3zr1s the question was unrelated, he just wants his mom to care for him but she is incapable of doing so. When you post something on internet people are allowed to judge.

[@user-bw8yn3zr1s]

@@blindmouse7796 yeah that is people's entitlement, obviously, to judge.

[@Rahul-ml2xb]

4:45 “There is no country in the world where men and women do the same amount of unpaid home work”. 😂 lmaooo Some can say - “There is no country in the world where men and women pay the same amount of bills when it comes to mortgage. These women wanna have all the benefits and no responsibility!!!!

[@andie672]

and there is no country in the world where women and men are paid equally for the same work done. As fathers y’all get free childcare cooking and cleaning and don’t think that is a benefit? You view housework as easy yet none of you do it and claim men and women both having jobs while you do none of the child rearing and chores is 50/50. Your kind wants all the benefits and none of the responsibility!

[@sethus458]

@@andie672 yet you get alimony and child support from us men without doing anything and majority of the taxpayers are men so we deserve all the benefits and you don't so shut up

[@brodygentry9379]

@@andie672 First, and perhaps obviously, more men than women work in the fields with the highest rates of occupational injuries. The occupations with the highest rates of death are loggers, fishing workers, aircraft pilots, flight engineers, and roofers. In 2018, 97% of loggers, 92% of fishing workers 94% of pilots and flight engineers, and 98% of roofers were men. The workplace fatalities in these professions are caused by falls, exposure to harmful environments, and injuries by work equipment. Differences in choice of profession explain only part of the disparity in workplace deaths. Over 40% of all work-related deaths are from transportation incidents. This statistic aligns with the larger trend over twice as many men as women die in motor vehicle accidents each year. Homicide and suicide are the third-leading cause of workplace deaths. Nationally, 77% of homicide deaths and 79% of suicide deaths are men. The ways people that get on the job offer insight into the state of men’s health. Overall, men in the US are three times more likely to die of injuries than women. The gender disparity in workplace deaths cannot be attributed to biological differences between men and women. Rather, gendered norms in job choice and behavior place men at risk in and out of the workplace.

[@BERSERK263]

She looks at the actual evidence and says, No this doesn't prove my narritive, my made up numbers sound better, gonna go with the figures I've made up

[@jowo8862]

What she does is cherrypick. She ignores 99.9% of the true data and picks out some data that proves her point. For example, the gender wage gap which has been debunked multiple times.

[@takyc7883]

600 likes, 4 thousand dislikes. Ah I love democracy

[@stijnvdv2]

Yeah well it's feminism on TEDx which both are as obsolete as it can get. Not watching it but I'll bet you it's about getting rid of the genderroles till it's that time at the bar when the bill needs to be paid. The mythical non-existent paygap and how much they try to deny that they have such a hate for men that they want it out if the dictionary. And how the vast majority of feminists fail to get a family and become the 'crazy bitter cat-lady' The usual boring blabber.

[@Microbex]

Love to see all these strong independent feminists on the battlefield. Equality goes both ways.

[@sccotty5723]

Good joke BRUH 😂🤣

[@orekihotarou6574]

tell that to femnists: if they didn't create discrimination, hate campaings, marchs only for women, etc...then men may cosindering supporting it

[@ItachiUchiha-fq9yj]

She did not talk about the "why men need feminism", all she said was men die younger and a little boy told her that gender equality makes him happy. I guess men don't need feminism after all.

[@rubenhayk5514]

Feminism need men to make life worst for men. Men: No, thank you.

[@drooleybob]

Reporting this video for child abuse.

[@marianiordan5972]

I'm not sure that interdicting idiots to speak is a good thing. I hope people will realize that this communist marxist ideology named feminism is a poison for the entire society.

[@jackass992]

the last thing men need is feminism

[@scatton61]

I'll check what privileges i have (oh i see no more than any one else in the UK) and you check your facts before you speak. You are wrong about so many things. How much must you be doing this stuff at home for a 10 year old to ask you about it. And how shameful that it took a 10 year old boy to get you to think about men.

[@3103-q6z]

there are certainly privileges you can be born with. for instance, white privileged, male privilege, straight privilege and cis privilege. these are all very real issues mate

[@scatton61]

@@3103-q6z So all white people are the same, all men are the same, all straight the same and all cis are the same are they?

[@HDHD-hi2ty]

@@3103-q6z biologically, maybe, but you can't say that.

[@malvoloren4832]

As far as i can tell. As a man you don’t need nor whant this new feminism. Its not about equality but supiriority.

[@erikjohnson8031]

I LOVE feminism! I don't have to care about women's feelings, listen to their boring stories, laugh at their jokes, open the door, pay for the date, pull out the chair, lend them my coat when they are cold, comfort them when they are sad, help them move the sofa, fix their flat tires, repaint the house, or help them out in ANY way. - I can behave and treat them EXACTLY the way I would treat a male construction worker. And if the women don't like it, I don't have to care at all! It is GREAT! :) Modern feminism has made my life SOOO much better. :)

[@moedog]

she told her son only if you make everything about women can you join

[@revspinnaker1932]

I love women as much as women love men. Because equality, look it up!!!

[@kronos3366]

783 likes 5k dislikes Me: I love democracy

[@sadochrist8534]

Hey TEDX I just want to say something to you in relation to why these videos get so many thumbs down I'm sure you have some idiot there in your office that is saying something like "well we get so many thumbs down because of online misogynists" No. The actual fact of the matter is that you have some one like this speaking about how she neglects her son. You have people come on and speak about how they hate men. No one likes bigots yet you keep having bigots on your channel. I think it's about time that you realized that this dinosaur called feminism should be left to the fossilization it should and move forward. This woman spoke about how she neglects her son, when she shouldn't even have children if that is her outlook on life.

[@Theonewhoneverlies478]

You know what's interesting is how there aren't dislikes in this video on this very day as it's my first time watching it, I can see that there are only likes on the video, yet in all the comments it talks about dislikes!

[@bigfreakingape6690]

There is no such thing as equality, but there is such thing as people being TREATED equally. The difference: Imagine an average person, and a super strong and smart person who is better than them at everything. Will they ever be equal? No, the average person will never be as strong or smart as the better person, BUT the same 2 people have to be treated equally. That is kind of the situation between woman and men.

[@Gabkicks]

wow, i feel bad for her kids. her poor son D:

[@Noob-zi2ce]

It's worrisome that people only see more men in power and crave it. But never want to have more women in prison, doing deadly jobs etc. Why reserve all suffering for men but share the juicy positions without earning it. You have the freedom to earn what you want nowadays. Whats the whining about?

[@nezmustafa4271]

A man needs Feminism like a fish needs a bicycle.

[@annikasengupta9085]

A man needs feminism like a fish needs water

[@Artiste04]

dear lord please protect that child

[@inscrutablemungus4143]

Full disclosure, I don't have kids. But if my son asked me why I was so obsessed with my politics/work to the point where I wasn't focused on them, I'd have a rethink of my priorities.

[@pranshusharma3]

I feel pity for the son