Michael Ian Black

And so masculinity as a whole, when we think of those traits that you just listed, we've now been conditioned to think of that as toxic. And I don't think it is. And it's clear you don't think it is.

Masculinity, I'll discuss masculinity the way I think women have been talking about femininity for the last 60 or 70 years. The women's rights movement

Masculinity, I'll discuss masculinity the way I think women have been talking about femininity for the last 60 or 70 years. The women's rights movement

Masculinity, I'll discuss masculinity the way I think women have been talking about femininity for the last 60 or 70 years. The women's rights movement

somehow also had the ability to go out in the workforce and to run for office if they want and to fulfill whatever dreams they had.

In this burgeoning movement of women's rights, what happened is the notion of what femininity was expanded gradually.

which began, you know, you could argue 200 years ago, but I'm just talking about modern women's rights movement, was predicated on the idea that women, these delicate flowers who to this point had never lifted themselves from bed longer than cooking their man breakfast.

which began, you know, you could argue 200 years ago, but I'm just talking about modern women's rights movement, was predicated on the idea that women, these delicate flowers who to this point had never lifted themselves from bed longer than cooking their man breakfast.

which began, you know, you could argue 200 years ago, but I'm just talking about modern women's rights movement, was predicated on the idea that women, these delicate flowers who to this point had never lifted themselves from bed longer than cooking their man breakfast.

Now women were no longer just caretakers and helpmates and raisers of children.

They were lawyers and truck drivers and firefighters.

And they were strong and they were brave and they were Wonder Woman.

dass diese Menschen irgendwie auch die Möglichkeit hatten, in die Arbeit zu gehen und die Arbeit zu machen, wenn sie wollen, und die Träume, die sie hatten, zu erfüllen. Und so in diesem brüchigen Bewegung der Frauenrechte, was passiert ist, dass die Neugierde, was Feminität war, gradual gesteigert wurde. Now women were no longer just caretakers and helpmates and raisers of children.

dass diese Menschen irgendwie auch die Möglichkeit hatten, in die Arbeit zu gehen und die Arbeit zu machen, wenn sie wollen, und die Träume, die sie hatten, zu erfüllen. Und so in diesem brüchigen Bewegung der Frauenrechte, was passiert ist, dass die Neugierde, was Feminität war, gradual gesteigert wurde. Now women were no longer just caretakers and helpmates and raisers of children.

dass diese Menschen irgendwie auch die Möglichkeit hatten, in die Arbeit zu gehen und die Arbeit zu machen, wenn sie wollen, und die Träume, die sie hatten, zu erfüllen. Und so in diesem brüchigen Bewegung der Frauenrechte, was passiert ist, dass die Neugierde, was Feminität war, gradual gesteigert wurde. Now women were no longer just caretakers and helpmates and raisers of children.

And we saw that women can be all of those things.

And now we don't even think twice about it.

But that effort took arguably 200 years, but let's say 60 years.

Men have not invested those same time and resources into figuring out who we are.

Men are protectors and defenders.