Happy Birthday, #HeForShe!

Hey look at that Sargon classic but this video isn't about me it's about hitha XI which has recently celebrated its second birthday so let's catch up with professional feminist activist Emma Watson and see how things have been going gosh I'm so overwhelmed thank you to everyone that has shared their story tonight and has contributed to what has been the most heartwarming moment of my year good evening being a part of HEPA she for the last two years has been an incredible learning experience for me there have been some really hard moments and a lot of amazing ones ones I never could have imagined well it's nice to know she didn't give up acting go on Emma tell me about who you've got on board the UN secretary-general the entire EU Commission the NATO secretary-general the president of the International Olympic Committee numerous heads of state and politicians from around the world including those that you've heard from tonight and everyone from Usain Bolt's to Tom Hanks and now all he the she Wow with a crew like that you'd think you'd really be able to get something done wouldn't you so why don't you tell me miss Watson exactly what he for she has achieved in its two years of existence we've crashed the UN website on multiple occasions we have lit up the Empire State Building seen here fishy in Times Square and made it a term in the urban dictionary call me a cynic miss Watson but have you actually helps any women because what you've just described there is naked self aggrandizement for a millionaire s's pet project and look at look at your term in the urban dictionary just look at this the top and only definition for he for she is a new word for the male feminist popularized after a speech by actor Emma Watson went viral he for she is the global social movement initiated by UN Women that calls for men and boys to support women and girls in the fight for gender equality Obama Matt Damon and many more male celebs have pledged their support of the new feminism through Eva XI after watching Emma Watson's UN speech James decided to support women and girls in the fight for gender equality as a he for she which sounds like a movement for men who are going to become transgender but you'll notice it is written by he for she on March 29th 2015 it's the most ridiculous Norma thing I've ever read and I honestly cannot see the good that he for she is doing for anyone after two million media impressions 1.1 million pledged heap she's have made practical commitments as have some of the world leading universities and companies to make gender equality a priority in now in their work and within their communities it's called the said big thing I have ever heard if I were a woman I would hate he for she surprisingly though it was during the hard moments that I made the best discoveries about what it means to be part of this movement there is genuinely a spectrum of amazing feminists out there I hope your I hope you're listening to this mic I hope you are listening cause out of love of you I'm not making a joke about the spectrum of feminists I'm not gonna do it but look how perfectly she's setting it up come on just you can't be mad at me Shirley who have not only given me invaluable advice but also broadened my perspective and reinforced my belief that we are all linked that's like so profound man let's have the privileged millionaire s white actress go in front of all those powerful people in the world and tell us about how we're all linked we all belong to a long history of people who have made sacrifices some groups much more than others in order to make indefinable large contributions to our modern lives how right you are miss Watson some groups have made much bigger sacrifices than others do you think that chap at the front who's ducking down to avoid bullets whizzing by ever made it home we've seen seismic shift in culture recently I couldn't believe my eyes when I turn on the TV to see that Bud Light was plunging gender equality and equal pay as part of their current advertising campaign that's absolutely fascinating I'm sure that's helping women all around the world he already have some amazing things happening some amazing female leaders but I don't know if I would have believed you if you had told me two years ago before I made my he fishy speech that we might have the first female president of the United States [Applause] her only appeal to you isn't it vote vag 2016 signed Emma Watson why because it's about time there was a vagina in the White House that wasn't sucking a dick a female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom whose politics you probably deeply disagree with but that literally doesn't matter as long as she has a vagina well it's to nail up for the Conservatives and possibly for the first time in history a female UN Secretary General Wow that's so meaningful while women still only make up such a small percentage of political leadership to quote the awesome Michelle Obama because of these women girls and boys all over the world we'll have real-life examples that women are leaders it's so cute that she kind of ferb so draw a grip surface like where they will see that women are real leaders you could have mentioned angler Merkel why didn't you is it because she would be a terrible example of a female leader in the last two years if I have learned anything if they have shown me anything it is that nothing nothing is impossible and that's why tonight as well as thing thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done I ask you to recommit yourself to be a part of gender equality I genuinely feel that we are closer to a gender equal world and certainly closer three by two years ago and I know that each and every Heba she has played such a huge part in that I am proud to have been part of lots of amazing things in my life but there is nothing that I am prouder of them being part of this thank you so much have a wonderful well that was fascinating I do love hearing how Emma Watson feels let's see how Justin Trudeau feels Shinzo Abe a who had to leave he and I sit around the g7 table challenging each other on who can be better feminists Oh to be a fly on the wall in those conversations but come on Justin let's hurry this up we haven't got all day gender equality gender equality man up so on behalf of all the men and women and boys and girls of Canada and indeed on behalf of all people in all nations I thank all of you for your incredibly hard work we are all so much the better for it jesus christ Trudeau how big is your egos to think that you could speak on behalf of everyone on the planet you lunatic so this has all been fun and games but I actually want to talk about Samuel Stanley the president of Stony Brook University who also gave a speech there here's his little little bit now before I let you take the stage so I think this is really admirable a lot of people don't know this but Stony Brook University is the only campus in the United States that houses a center for men and masculinity and this is truly exciting because he or she is working closely with the center on redefining what masculinity looks like and honestly I'm sure that mr. Stanley will have some interesting thoughts on that so it is an honor to introduce you thank you isn't that interesting the only University with a center for men and masculinity we'll have a look at that in a minute we'll just go through his little speech first so I'm really honored to appear night on in support of you and women's movement for gender equality I'm we had a press conference today and at that press conference I mentioned that this is a matter that really matters to me very much personally I've developed a deep commitment to gender equality that's really rooted in my knowledge of the obstacles and barriers faced by my wife Ellen in her career as a physician scientist the same career I had she faced obstacles and barriers that I never faced at all and now one generation later I'm seeing those same obstacles and barriers being confronted by our two daughters as they progress in the medical sciences would you can't name just one of these barriers I mean why are you running it's clearly sexist University what is preventing these women from going into any of these things like I said they're in the medical sciences what more do you need I'm not willing to wait another generation I don't think we should be either we need equality now see people don't seem to realize I think how scary it is when you raise a concept like equality to be the highest concept that you're fighting for it's not truth it's not justice it's not freedom no no it's equality a lots can be done to people in the name of equality that is a very very bad thing to have done to you so that's why it's so important to me that Stony Brook University be at the forefront in the struggle for gender equality and being one of the ten key for she University champions provides a powerful platform to achieve that goal and like with all of these speakers they will never tell you what they are actually going to do in the service of achieving that goal I have to tell you that I'm invigorated every day by the work our students faculty and staff are doing to surmount and eliminate those barriers and obstacles as we try to move to a more promising future at Stony Brook University we're taking bold steps towards closing the gender gap in matriculation and graduation rates integrating gender equality into all of the academic and the social experience so correct me if I'm wrong but that sounds like infesting every curriculum in your university with SJW am I correct on that and as Trevor mentioned building upon the outstanding work that's coming from our Center for the study of men and masculinity to help drive a global understanding of the role of men in achieving true equality helping them recognize that it is so beneficial to men that men benefit more than almost anyone in the drive to true equality well that's a big claim I think we'd better look at the outstanding work that's coming from your center of men and masculinity I'm sure it's going to be tremendously helpful for men and it's not going to be some sort of tumblr right sjw at all Stony Brook University's Center for the Study of men and masculinity sponsors a blog called masculinity s101 masculinity is 101 is a forum for activists scholars in the field of men and masculinity to draw connections between social science research and everyday life we aim to support activist work by providing a scholarly context to contemporary issues of gender race sexuality and class we promote critical race and feminist explorations of men and masculine seas in order to engage activists and scholars and necessary conversations for social change my balls are tingling at the very thought I'm particularly looking forward to seeing about the scholarly work that's going on here in the realm of critical race and feminist explorations of men and masculinity I mean this isn't going to be accusatory at all is it so let's check out some of the editors of this blog let's see just what kind of career paths they've embarked on Amanda Kennedy is a PhD candidate Stony Brook University her BA is in Women's Studies and feminist science and technology studies from the Harriet L Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University her main areas of interest are race gender sexuality and the body issues she approaches from a critical race / post-colonial feminist perspective dissertation focuses on the inter activist movement in the United States through interviews and content analysis of organizational materials she is exploring the gender dynamics of a movement aimed at ending male circumcision she is also actively studying feminist engagements with pornography she teaches courses on race gender sexuality media and technology she's been a teaching assistant as well as a managing editor for the men and masculine T's journal she now there is a biography that just screams impartiality Maka's gurke is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University working primarily on issues of race class and gender and masculine disease more specifically he completed his undergraduate work at George Auguste University in göttingen Germany and is also in the process of finishing a master's degree at York University in Toronto his MA thesis deals with constructions of middle-class white masculinity in newspaper articles about the so called boys crisis and education in addition to the issues of gender and education his work also explores the intersections of whiteness and masculine see in right-wing politics in the US and Germany as well as the intersections of masculinity and sports these buyers are brutal honestly these are just the worst advertisements for anyone on anything ever tarah Fannin is a PhD student at NUI Galway she received her MA in sociology at the University College Dublin her main research interests are gender disability and the body self connection her dissertation research uses feminist disability theory to investigate narrative accounts of identity and diversity specifically the ways in which blind and visually impaired men claim contest and adapt dominant masculinity and disability narratives to construct a sense of self why Tara teaches courses on contemporary society and sociology of health and medicine she's the acting news editor letter of the disabilities division of sssp and occasionally contributes to metro Iran thesis talk endangered bodies Island and endangered bodies NYC where she served as a board member and chief blog editor and she's on tumblr of course okay so let's start getting into the meat of what they're really doing on this blog let's let's remind ourselves exactly what this stuff what the centers meant to be doing and as Trevor mentioned building upon the outstanding work that's coming from our Center for the study of men and masculinity to help drive a global understanding of the role of men in achieving true equality helping them recognize that it is so beneficial to men that men benefit more than almost anyone in the drive to true equality so with that in mind let's take a look at a few articles only bossom recreating toxic masculine sees in queer communities no fats no fems masks for masks sane only clean only no blacks Latin puppies plus plus discrete daddies bears twinks PNP top bottom verse maybe if that means if you frequented hashtag the apps geo social networking application is often used for men to find partners to have sex with like Grindr Jack's gruff oh yeah a lot constantly on them you may be familiar with the phrases are listed in a world where yes Queen is appropriated by everyone cringe and hashtag the apps are featured on primetime television see how to get away with murder terms like top bottom and versatile are gaining mainstream notoriety vocabulary that was once shared amongst the quick community has now taken on broader recognition just like there are hegemonic standards of performing straightness so too is there a standard way of performing queerness queer masculinities in 21st century still maintain a very tenuous relationship with sexual position after all queer men are still men meaning that the masculine sees of queer men are just as easy to challenge as those of heterosexual men sexual position and notions of passivity activity defined masculinity among and outside of queer men regardless of their physical build intelligence achievements or gender expression the act of bottoming is seen as passive people stripped men of their masculinity because of the way we construct the sexual role of bottom as passive but further passivity often translates negative negatively to femininity and femininity often translates to weakness despite the falsehood well this is some outstanding work that is really applicable to the millions of men in society who are feeling disenfranchised and don't really know what to do with their lives because they're being told that they're obsolete dinosaurs moving forward we must think about how to practice healthy and masculine diseases queer men masculinity should not be rooted in our sexual behaviors or our gender expression weight the masculinity is gender expression this kind of thinking serves as a duplication of sexist power dynamics most commonly discussed in the context of heterosexual people and honestly such a rigid definitions of masculinity stifle the opportunity of sexual exploration sexual gratification and an all-round fulfillment in life I guess someone's tired of being told that he's a passive bottom so moving on there and let's see if we can find something that's a bit more relevant to men's concerns in the 21st century it's a man's world for talking dogs more of that outstanding work I am sure the following is cross posted from the vegan feminist Network Christ first animals for whom we do not know the sexual gender we often presume to be male by default second canines in particular tend to be masculinized however the predominance of masculine voices and media is well documented human or non-human it really speaks to the patriarchal dominance of public spaces and experiences feminine voices only seem to be consistently ascribed to non-human animals on television in dairy commercials featuring farm cows these voices are often matronly as well likely in an attempt to frame the product is something that is nurturing healthful and familial how is this helping men how is this helping anyone why does this exist but ok so he for she are promoting a Center for the study of men and masculine sees that appears to be absolutely pointless but that's okay being pointless is not the worst thing in the world I mean being pointless is at least not harmful to other people it's not like actively accusatory writes wrong of course it is nine months of hashtag masculinity so fragile women Sisson trans Femmes of all genders gender non-conforming individuals and more all over the world resonated with the hashtag that had gone viral by the morning of September the 23rd 2015 but this is the Internet where opinions are often louder and faster than in person or in the classroom meninist or men's rights activists claimed that angry feminist women created the hashtag to disparage men well didn't they social worker Dave Dube astutely pointed out the construction of blank so fragile is inherently a taunt publications ranging from BuzzFeed to al-jazeera covered masculinity so fragile but in the process of trending the hashtag shifted from a conversation around the violence of misogyny to a conversation on gendered products and male egos just listen to this activists discuss gender and some academics discuss gender but the violence of gender is not considered nearly enough for public discussions three recent incidents highlight this clearly first is against trans people with the hb2 bill in North Carolina and the second is the recent bombing of a trans inclusive target bathroom even more is the recent is the attack on pulse not nightclub in Orlando Florida when we discussed hypocrisy of legislators praying for queer people but not addressing American imperialism hyper masculinity and queer antagonism that leads to violence consequences against queer and trans people of color we are doing ourselves a disservice in order to combat sis hetero patriarchy we must first recognize it literally the feminist equivalent of name the Jew a hashtag that is described by the feminist writing about it as a taunt is the least accusatory thing you'll find on there masculinity is killing trans women masculinity is killing trans women and more specifically trans women of color because they matter more the concepts of masculine cease and feminine cease are not themselves killing trans women okay so okay just contradict yourself a little bit there or gender non-conforming people it is instead the reproduction of toxic masculinity z' by folks who feel threatened by transgender women this is not just an observation but a statement this is proving more and more true with each murder of trans women however reported statistics do not accurately reflect the actual number of trans women killed every year this is probably something to do that sis hetero patriarchy I've heard so much about I mean obviously can't be because the number of actual trans women that exist isn't very high but I think that this was my favorite article on the whole blog the the most miss Sandra's thing you can imagine risk in fieldwork is a young female academic interviewing man yes this is exactly what you think it is this is the danger the inherent danger of a female a young woman interviewing men because of course men are inherently dangerous and they're probably going to rape her my academic thinking is often prompted by very simple questions from friends families or colleagues last week I was talking about the fieldwork I've just started involving going to men's homes to interview them about their care responsibilities my sister asked me is it safe for you to go into men's houses on your own actually I didn't joking I promise you look now raised by entering men's homes has been discussed in the academic literature about feminist methodology and reflexivity lean 97 for example emphasizes the issue of researcher researched vulnerabilities and the importance of choosing where to interview an emphasis on interviewer vulnerability sits very uneasily alongside feminists interviewers ethical responsibilities to interviewees for while interviewing a man in its own home may place women interviewers in potentially dangerous situations conducting interviews in public places raises difficulties for male and few E's who might do not want their experiences to be overheard or might just want a private venue to brutally raped the feminist interviewing them seriously this is literally what feminist academics discuss they're like well I mean I'd love to interview men but I can't really go into their own homes because I mean they're men look how dangerous they are I mean kid thing we've got the scent for men and masculinity and to the credit of this particular author they do they do say this after waffling on about herself for ages she says I am also uncomfortable with the assumption that men are always a risk and it's also important not to make assumptions to readily about male participants because they might not be a rapist this is from a 2015 video where Stony Brook University president pledged at Stony Brook University to the he for she campaign and this'll sound familiar he for she calls on men to pledge their support of equality for women and to stand together against gender discrimination and violence as one of 10 he for she University champions worldwide Stony Brook is committed to creating lasting change alongside our he for she partners we pledge to close the gender gap in matriculation and graduation rates integrate gender equality into the academic and social experience and continue building upon the existing work of Stony Brook Center for the study of men and masculinity to help drive a global understanding of the role of men in achieving true equality at Stony Brook University were taking bold steps towards closing the gender gap in matriculation and graduation rates integrating gender equality into all of the academic and the social experience and as Trevor mentioned building upon the outstanding work that's coming from our Center for the study of men and masculinity to help drive a global understanding of the role of men in achieving true equality yes it is basically the very same speech but I don't really care about that I care about the content of that 2015 video and just the way these men view women equality is a challenging concept respect is a challenging concept thinking about where it is that you can listen and care about someone else's thoughts opinions and emotions where it is that you can work toward understanding of yourself and those are things that are very easy to do if you spend the time to think about them I'd say one of the best ways you could help right off the bat in just a small way is just think before you speak think about who you're talking to and think about where you are but more important to think about like how someone might react to what you're saying try to gauge the situation gender equality is important to me because I am really focused on making it important to other people as well so it doesn't just end with me caring about women's rights or all people's rights really it's it's really about getting other people on board and caring as well and that's why I really like the heat for seed movement because it's a movement for solidarity that invites not only women but men and all people from all walks of life to come and get on board for gender equality I think some people hear gender equality and they think that they need to change themselves and they only think about how they themselves can change their own actions but something else that the Sun boxes can do is look for opportunities that they can be a bystander and trevean in situations if you see someone that is being other harass you just treated unjustly you can step in and stop that yourself so really looking out for opportunities that not only can you change your own actions but change other people's actions and experiences we all have a vital role to play in this battle when we empower women and when women have equal rights we all win and that's something we all benefit from so I think it's very important that every single person commits to action this is a fundamental part of you know human rights and something that every person needs to fight for male students can start getting involved with he for she by being aware of what they're saying so for example male students should try to make a conscious effort to avoid using gendered stereotypes or anything that would further propagate discrimination not only is the entire premise of this campaign to control and restrain men if you think that women can't handle being spoken to in a certain way then you don't think women are the equals of men this is a kind of passive soft sexism that is for some reason just being roundly accepted it's anti egalitarian and it has been from the start and that was my complaint at the very beginning of the he fishy campaign and it's still my complaint now and in addition to this I don't see what they've done

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Length: 31min 2sec (1862 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 28 2016