.
Like the opening song? We found the original version! See it here..See the vid
This is What Everyday Sexism Feels Like...to a Man
What does a day in the life of a woman look like? Maybe it's easier to see if the woman is a man. Oppressed Majority is a French short by Éléonore Pourriat uses role reversals to shine a new light on the micro-aggressions and macro-aggressions that are an all-too-common part of the female experience. The result is more thought-provoking than laugh-inducing.
also, there's this...
CHATTER
1:23 – smallest tits ever. Just sayin’.
The guy was too big, the women too scrawny. I understand what they’re trying to do, but if they were trying to show how victimized women are, they might have wanted to cast someone that doesn’t look like he could have been a wrestler for the gender role reversal.
Feminazi dark outlook on life. Evolution in action as they will inevitably die out. No man wants any part of them. I’m sure they really think this is true of all men. [Got news for you, that ship sailed about 40 years ago; give it up and stop fighting for “the cause” because what is portrayed here is not all that “reversed” any more. Vulgar people are vulgar; it’s an equal opportunity problem, fortunately in reality a lot less than these pathetic people believe. Take your crap with you while Conservatives treat women quite fairly and cherish them and hope the feeling is mutual.
Very interesting, although the only scene i find relevant and contemplate with most is the final scene with the having couple having argument. We, Men often do this ” Please stop this,…i’m tired…let’s talk about this later, etc.” and thanks for bringing that up. Good film.
This video is in no way trying to portray men negatively as some previous comments express. It’s NOT about placing blame or being a victim. The whole point of the roll reversal is so we reflect on current social norms and question how our society is tolerant to certain gender-based assumptions.
It’s a short film so numerous situations have to happen all in one day which might make it over-the-top to some. But none the less, this video points out how some situations unjustly occur only for women.
Very little of this is about actual sexism.
The oppressions of Islam are an issue of religion, not one of society.
Sexual assault, as it is portrayed here, is an issue of criminality, not one of gender oppression.
Being yelled at by homeless people is a universal thing. I get yelled at and accosted by them all the time.
The spouse that is supportive and uncaring is an issue of psychology, not of society.
Only the micro-aggression of the fellow tenant and the police officer are really relevant, insofar as issue of sexism as a social construct.
Of course, the amazing irony of it is that in most states in the US, and according to the definition of rape by the FBI, if a man was “made to have sex with” someone like in the situation depicted here, it would not and could be classified as a “rape”.
All in all, this is pretty trite and short-sighted, but at least it’s a novel idea.
@Mike, I see the point the video is making, and yes, I have asked guys out. Call me a liar. That’s okay. I don’t think the film maker is saying that high a proportion of men are disgusting sexist pigs or rapists, but several of the other comments here prove that many men need to be challenged by things like this movie. And sadly, not enough men or women step in when someone is being objectified or threatened, or their complaints are trivialised as “you should see it as a compliment”.
Obviously the video is not meant to say this is the way all men would act in these presented situations. They are taking the problems that exist within society and presenting them in one video in one day in the life. Nobody is saying this is the way all men act all the time every day. So please stop your with the bullshit “stereotypes and sexism against MEN”.
I love that the comments on this film perfectly illustrate the reason this film was made in the first place. Way to go, internet!
What a load of shit
I appreciate the message, but this really is just an attack on men. I don’t know a single man amongst my circle of friends that would have responded to their partner/spouse in that way after being raped! Mind you, I choose my friends carefully and would never catcall to a woman.
I am not saying that it doesn’t happen. I am not saying it isn’t an issue. This video raises very severe issues!
What I am saying is that fighting stereotyping and sexism with more extreme stereotyping is not the answer. This just makes men feel bad for being men.
…because the best way to tackle sexism is with a video dripping with misandry. Good job guys. *sarcsam*
It saddens me so much to see people having to defend this video. Even when we are shown something a child would understand, as adult we pick it apart. Eleonore Pourriat has made an amazing stark point with this video.
the muslim gender reversal was the most imaginative, unpredictable, and effective element in the narrative. it will evoke the predictable, self righteous multicultural response as do the usual ideological politically correct harangues. overall, in its absurdity and exaggeration, the short makes its point differently and more or less well.
Feminist propaganda and foolishness.
The scene which portrays the gender reversed Muslim woman was extremely problematic, Islamophobic, and contributes to a white-feminist narrative which robs Muslim woman of their autonomy. So much so that it ruined the remainder of the short for me.
They’re trying to show various situations of sexism in one video, no one said that this is an every day for women. As for that “women like attention” seriously??? Both men and women are supposed to feel flattered when someone looks at them on the street but it’s a lot different than being starred at your boobs/ass, or not feeling good to wear a (normal-length) skirt because everyone will be looking at you as if they haven’t seen a woman in ages… Personally, I don’t mind if some guys look at me, but there are times I’m afraid to wear anything sexier because men will be staring/whistling.. This video is very accurate even if it’s extreme for some people, these things happen everyday to women. As for the micro-aggression scenes in the beginning, it shows how men are able to walk half naked without being called anything or getting raped, though when women wear something sexy they’re called sluts and are supposed to be “asking for it”…
I think this video is absolutely brilliant. What may not be an every day occurrence for EVERY one is an occurrence that happens more than once per minute for SOME woman in America (not sure about other countries). Source: http://www.rapetraumaservices.org/rape-sexual-assault.html. We raise our daughters to understand that this threat is real, it exists, and they need to be prepared for it. We do this because we have to, not because we want to.
The one problems with this video became clear when I showed it to a particular male friend. His comment: “No way would I be upset about four women forcing themselves upon me – never!” You can’t just put a man in a woman’s mind by turning things around this way – they just don’t think the same way in general, although other men I shared this with found it horrifying and said things like, “Is that what it really feels like when you walk down the street?” . I’m not sure how to do that, but hopefully someone will figure that out.
I really wonder how many of the women who agree with this video have ever approached the opposite gender and asked them out.(I expect an incoming flurry of lies)
Protip: Wrong is wrong regardless of gender
Every time someone tries to push this ideology that every man, or even half of men are committing rape and being disgusting sexist pigs… I’d like to invite these individuals to look their fathers in the eyes and call them that. Cause it isn’t me.
Way to go “chatter butts” I wanted to say something to that moron but you put it perfectly. Thank you.
so just because your attractive it should feel good to get “hey babe, I wanna cum inside you and make you scream. Smile for me, you’re not smiling, fuck you bitch! you’re a fucking cunt anyway.” when you’re on the way to the grocery store.
That’s totally fine if you’re a good looking girl. totally should just take it as a compliment. No this isn’t completely accurate, but I think it’s accurate for some women who can empathize with this happening to them. No not every man does this, and no, not every woman goes through this, but you’re a complete moron to try and say that this isn’t important. There is a small portion of men in the world who use the device of “cat-calling” for whatever reason, and who rape women and I don’t think this is a broad generalization at all and if you think everything you watch is a generalization than that’s your fault for not understanding the realities around you, and a short video can only say so much. This is addressing a small but important issue that still exists as a form of interaction between men and women that is definitely disturbing and horrifying to me. If you think it’s fucking nice to hear that every single fucking day of your life that’s fucking bullshit, it’s not a sincere compliment to tell someone how nice there ass looks and that you should walk by them again so they can enjoy the view. Fucking disrespectful, not matter if you’re a woman or man, but men don’t get cat-called except by drunk cougars.
Actually, it’s bad either way. This illustration shows nothing but whiny people assuming all men are rapists and misogynists. Just another shitty attempt at making half the population feel guilty about the stupid shit a very select few do.
To be honest, it wouldn’t be all that bad if people found me so attractive that they whistle whilst topless women jog around. To half the people on this comment thread: Get over yourselves. This doesn’t happen to every women ever; just the attractive ones.
(How’s that for anti-feminism?)
I don’t see a way to edit my last comment. Regarding the “aggression against men by women”, I meant “some men” and “some women” where there is a majority of women (especially some specific workplace environments). Again, not saying that women oppress men when the majority as a rule, but generally whoever the majority is will oppress the minority.
There is no shared-mind which is “women”. Women are individuals, as men are individuals. If this is a woman’s DAILY life, why did the film not start with the guy having bruises? Because it’s caricature, propaganda. If this were a longer film, showed a week, and during that week also addressed homosexuality, the tension between Humanism and Feminism, represented non-sexist men, represented aggression against men by women (whether out of spite for past issues or simply because the majority will always oppress the minority regardless of race/sex), had someone a woman who wasn’t young and fit going topless to show how top-free isn’t about arousal or boasting, then I’d be all about this film. I’d buy the shirt, post ads on my facebook page, bring it up conversation with other dudes. I think this is more about empowering the Feminist movement than about empowering women. Portraying all men as sexist isn’t needed to show that women are capable of bringing themselves to an empowered, self-actualized state in society in which oppression is no longer accepted. Feminism however does require a view of men as sexist to empower itself. Now bring on the ad hominems, and the complete disregard for everything I’ve said while you lecture me on social issuse I already know exist as if we are no longer discussing the film…
this is beautiful, and i think people aren’t really getting it at all, it’s about perspective. I live in New York City and I don’t get raped every day, but I do get cat called regularly each day, I’ve been followed home, and people have harassed me physically on the street. Maybe it just depends on the part of the world you live in but large cities definitely breed this sort of behavior, and I think that it’s beautiful to show it from role reversal because women aren’t weak, like this man who doesn’t look physically weak, go through positions every day where the majority of the opposite sex makes them feel weaker. I feel like I can’t yell at people who harass me not because I’m not a physically strong person, but because I feel like I could be in a position like what’s shown here. But men also get mugged all the time, and also raped occasionally, but I’m sure as a man, if you are raped you wouldn’t really feel “manly” to discuss it as a straight male, and cope through something like that properly because of the social pressures on males as well. very well done 🙂
All you delicate flowers of manhood: If you would exert even half the energy you’re using to be outraged and offended at how we women view you (and your behavior towards us) to the cause of educating your less-enlightened men friends to stop being creeps, harassers, and rapists, this wouldn’t even be a thing.
Why are we still seeing so few men do that? The delicious irony here is that most of you men whining about being attacked by rabid hating feminists are striking back from the very mindset we’re trying to illustrate for you. It’s aggressive, it’s ugly, it’s shouting someone down rather than actually listening and hearing.
The whole point is that women are raised to protect themselves from men, instead of men being raised to not be threatening to women. Easy peasy and it’s really sad.
Excellent. Well done!
My biggest problem with this sort of thing is the supposed importance of how someone feels. I’m a very empathic person, but my entire world doesn’t revolve around what people are feeling. By that I mean how someone feels at at any given time can easily turn into the most important thing in your life if you let it, but there are things in life that are more important than someone’s feelings. It’s almost turning into an ideology, respecting everyone’s sensitivities to the point that nothing is ever said or done that might offend someone or challenge them in any way.
Sometimes our feelings have to simply take a back burner and focus on more important issues than trying to guilt other people into worrying about them. That sort of expectation goes one step beyond normal empathy into manipulation, and I see that as a growing problem… especially when it comes to ideological behavior. What is right and just is often unpleasant, but that doesn’t make it any less right or just. Likewise, one person might make another person sad or embarrassed or even feel somewhat threatened, but this is not necessarily a rational response. Rationality should be our primary concern, not everyone’s sensitivity.
The bad, the bad, and the ugly.
@Greg, they took him by surprise; they had a knife… also there were 4 of them… you ever had a knife to your throat? I’m guessing not.
Leave it to a French short vid to stir the pot of bitchy, self righteous queens 😀 *direction is genderless* Also Linda, you were either born blind or struck repeatedly in the eyeballs as a young idiot, weaving baskets under a rock.
This shit had me ROTFLMAO.This view is way to fucking extreme
Looking at the intricacies of sexism through role reversal is a tricky task. There are parts of this that work well, namely the frightening rape scenario. Unfortunately, rape is horror that is genderless. While the vast majority of sex offenses are against women, men also suffer from these and like many victims of sexual abuse have a difficult time relating the experience, coping with the aftermath and getting post-trauma support. This is a people problem and shouldn’t be turned into an Us vs. Them. As someone who has on more than one occasion been pressured into a sexual situation, and has been groped and cat-called I know how bad it feels for someone to think they can comment on/touch to your body at their whim. In relating these experiences I have felt the frustration of a lack of support. There exists a cultural mentality (at least, in the US) of “Men are always thinking of sex, so they must want that kind of attention.” That is a dangerous generalization to make about any group of people.
I think to build empathy it’s important to not put someone you are trying to make an ally of into a state of defensiveness.
However, the “micro-aggressions” at the beginning didn’t really affect me very much.
Offering help to someone with a stroller seems fine, telling them they should smile more and offering a compliment are a lot different than cat calling, maybe the actor playing the runner could have embodied a more coarse approach that would reflect more micro-aggression and less of the unwanted compliment.
Like the viral “Blurred Lines” parody that uses gender reversal to make it’s point, I think this video will fail to change minds because it wasn’t, IMO, an effective means of building empathy. It seemed to me to be more divisive. Like many socio-political websites, articles and videos it seems to be preaching to the choir.
Now, at very least, this may force some to look more closely at these issues if they hadn’t before. But the people that are the problem, namely the aggressors, will likely not be able to relate or sympathize.
I’m not sure what the solution to the problem of sexism is, however, I’m willing to bet that pitting genders against one another is not going to work as one.
I would be curious what a video like this would be like with gender neutral people. Would it be more or less effective? Thoughts?
Wow. Some men who are commenting here are either missing the point or proving it. Well done fellas.
Wordto Yourmother, have you ever walked down a street in France as a woman? Aside from the rape scene, it’s pretty accurate. France is the most sexist country I have ever lived in. I experienced sexism almost every day that I lived there. If I had to walk somewhere on my own, it was a given that men would stare and shout out cat calls. Actually, before I went to France, I didn’t realize that it’s even called cat calling because men will try to get your attention the same way people call their cats (“pss pss”).
I don’t think the point of this film was to accurately portray women’s reality—it’s not even possible to show that since every woman’s reality is different, every day. I think the filmmaker is trying to show a range of experiences that women face, both in their daily routine and in a traumatic event.
I feel like this was made by the female equivalent of a mysogynist. Way extreme view. Pretty sure every day that a girl walks outside she doesn’t get raped. Pretty sure that despite women getting more verbal comments (albeit from the FEW a holes that do exist) SOME women also do make these same thoughts but don’t always externalize it. All this is is an extreme view and is equally sexist. I get it, some guys are pigs, some women get raped and yeah it’s not right. But to say we are all like that is just as bad. Why can’t we just stop being all sore asses (yes some guys get off their high horse and some women realize not all men want to eye tape them every second of the day). If this stupid gender war could just stop, we could work on solving-honestly- bigger and more important issues than the “I have a penis and you don’t bs.” This is why I hate PEOPLE.
I don’t practice sexism and I don’t think it’s right. My sympathy goes out to those who suffer from it. This film isn’t accurate. Most females like attention, I get the point of it but why won’t you switch the roles with a woman taking a man responsibility. A lot make it seems like men doesn’t do anything etc. What happen to women? Why this gender war? If you can do it, I can do it better crap!
Brilliant film, great perception, turning it around really reveals what it is like. Women have to navigate this minefield of sexism everyday.
Getting raped is not part of everyday sexism. Decent idea, poor execution.
log on to http://www.feelfactor.in for more such incidents
this is totally weird – I imagine a lot of liberal white men might like to imagine that this is what it’s like and that it helps them feel injured and thus more empathic.
There are a lot of problems with the way this is done, but I understand what it was TRYING to do… they overdid it so much that it became hard to relate to, that’s the biggest thing.
ItsMe — you do realize this film used the French language, right? And, no. American women are not the most coddled and privileged people on Earth. American men are. Try again.
This is great.
And it’s also a pretty racist.
Thanks for proving the point, boys.
this is the weirdest video I have ever seen, I get the whole gender reversing thing but lets put it this way, this guy is just wrong for the role, he looks massive compared to the gang of women who raped him…..seriously he looks like he is holding back during that entire scene………you gotta use a weaker looking male than him; it just doesn’t make sense with a guy like him and silly looking bitches like the ones presented here.
You’re kidding, right? American women are the most coddled and privileged people on Earth. What a complete and total joke.
Good gawd what a bitch that man is.
POST SOMETHING