This Video Explains Why Gender Equality Is Good for Everyone--Including Men

In this TED talk, Michael Kimmel, sociologist and author of Angry White Men, makes the case for supporting gender equality: Not just because it’s the right thing to do, but also because everyone benefits.


He points to countries and companies in which there’s more gender equality than average and, as a result, people are happier, men included.

It’s an illuminating talk, often funny. One of the best quotes from it: “Privilege is invisible to those who have it.”

The video’s only 16 minutes long, so give it a watch for some discussion-stirring fodder.

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


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As a woman, I have a hard time relating to the modern feminism movement, and I would imagine most men have an even harder time.

Much like modern politics, a lot of the discussion around feminism seems to have been hijacked by extremists. It seems like certain groups and websites are trying to position themselves as the Fox News of Feminism, spreading misinformation and gossip instead of facts and thoughtful analysis (I’m looking at you, Jezebel).

Some men are at least a little sexist, consciously or otherwise, but I have a hard time admonishing men for not wanting to get on board with a movement that seems to want to blame all of them for everything, and that tries to dictate how, when, and why they’re supposed to act/speak/feel/be.