OUGD601: Research/Ted Talks

Michael Kimmel: Why gender equality is good for everyone — men included



"it's good for men. It is good for the kind of lives we want to live, because young men especially have changed enormously, and they want to have lives that are animated by terrific relationships with their children. They expect their partners, their spouses, their wives, to work outside the home and be just as committed to their careers as they are." 

"gender equality is in the interest of countries, of companies, and of men, and their children and their partners, that gender equality is not a zero-sum game. It's not a win-lose. It is a win-win for everyone. And what we also know is we cannot fully empower women and girls unless we engage boys and men. We know this. And my position is that men need the very things that women have identified that they need to live the lives they say they want to live in order to live the lives that we say we want to live." 

My Thoughts:
Remembering that TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design which is why they brought a comedian on to entertain the feminists in the audience.He has some fair points, and a opinion and a perspective. Feminism is another state of mind and enlightenment comes through discussion and understanding of other perspectives