WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.160 Hey everybody, and welcome to Everything's Political. I'm your host, 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:06.599 Taya Shoemake. You can also find us online at Everything's 3 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:11.880 Political dot substack dot com. Shout out to Magicman Joe Strecker, 4 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:15.480 the Bruce Willis of podcast producers. 5 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:16.399 Nobody likes you. 6 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:18.760 Everybody hates you. 7 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:27.039 You gonna lose smile cough men. 8 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.359 I love his movies. Bruce Willis was born on this 9 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:34.679 day in nineteen fifty five. He is seventy years old. 10 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:36.000 A fellow Pisces. 11 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:37.240 Could I love him anymore? 12 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:40.280 And when I think of Bruce Willis, you know, I 13 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:45.719 think of others like Tom Selleck or Sam Elliott and 14 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:53.799 just men that evoke awesome traits. Right, we're gonna talk 15 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:59.039 a little bit about this today. Masculine traits are not 16 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:01.359 like those men I just mentioned. It's nothing that they 17 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:03.600 do in their movies, the action or the guns or 18 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.719 the fighting or any of that. It's a quiet strength, 19 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.359 the quiet comfortableness in one's own skin. 20 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:12.319 That's what they evoke. 21 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:19.280 Masculine traits are not toxic naturally now the way some 22 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.879 men use them. Sure, you could slap that label on it, 23 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.159 I guess, but I could say the same thing about women. 24 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:29.760 Aren't we all about equity here, Joe. 25 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.200 Or is that really just a ruse, a political ruse. 26 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.040 That's a rhetorical question. So let's do this little tit 27 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.400 for tat no pun intended. We could say the same 28 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:46.840 thing about this toxic femininity, way too much of it 29 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:52.159 running this country. And because of the imbalance we have 30 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:57.359 a situation here. Western civilization is in peril on many 31 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:03.879 fronts our female trade. It's toxic generally in nature. 32 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:05.879 No, of course not. 33 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:08.159 We need them. 34 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:13.000 Society cannot survive without them. It's the way they're used 35 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:17.400 that is absolutely toxic. So keep that in mind when 36 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:23.759 someone says toxic masculinity bull crap, that's just feminism's ruse 37 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:28.879 to keep men down and edify women. And look, that's 38 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:33.240 the lie. There are several lies women bought into. And 39 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.960 the lie is that we have to tear down our 40 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 men in order to edify women. That's a lie, and 41 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.039 we're going to get into that today with our guest. 42 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.800 I can't wait to talk to him about it, and 43 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.599 hopefully he'll help us assess the imbalance of male versus 44 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:59.120 female energy. Why we're not working together and supplementing we 45 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:02.080 don't have to replace men with women. We can't do it. 46 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.919 Society cannot survive without that either. So let's talk to 47 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.120 him and Bruce take us out into this interview. 48 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:08.800 Will you be. 49 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:33.000 Same with us? 50 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:34.879 Today is Edward Bartlett. 51 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:39.039 He is the president of DAVIA, Domestic Abuse and Violence 52 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.879 International Alliance, and ed thank you so much for being 53 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:43.560 here this morning. 54 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.240 Well, it is my pleasure to you, and yeah, I've 55 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:48.919 been looking forward to our discussion. 56 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.919 Tell us about the mission of DAVIA first. 57 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:56.240 So the first piece of information here is that there 58 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:59.039 have been hundreds, literally hundreds and hundreds of studies on 59 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:02.759 domestic violence and who is the perpetrator, who's the victim? 60 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:07.000 If I told you that those studies consistently around the 61 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:11.159 world show that this is an equal opportunity problem. Men 62 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.560 are just as likely as women to be victims of 63 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:17.519 domestic violence. So our mission, the mission of the Domestic 64 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:21.079 Abuse and Violence International Alliance is that I'll just be 65 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.759 very candid with you. This has become a point in 66 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:30.720 the culture wars because feminists used this issue consistently to 67 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.439 stereotype and i'll say, vilify men as abusers. Not just 68 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:39.439 in this country, this is a global problem. So the 69 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.079 domestic use of violence International Alliance. We have one hundred 70 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:49.639 and eighty members member organizations and sixty sixty eight countries 71 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.199 around the world, so we are very active. I'm sorry, 72 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.639 I meant to say thirty eight countries around the world, 73 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.240 so we're very active internationally. We also do connect with 74 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.360 the Unitedations as well. Well. 75 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:02.319 We certainly need it. 76 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.079 This has been such a long time and just FYI, 77 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:08.560 I escaped feminism by the hair of my chinny chin chin, 78 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:12.639 by the grace of God. I should say, I've never 79 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:18.199 understood this manic pendulum shift, and I don't know when 80 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.079 it started. Maybe a good a question. A better question 81 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:25.279 to you is when did Davia form and when did 82 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.720 you all notice that the pendulum was shifting to the 83 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:28.920 dysfunctional side. 84 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:35.839 Well, we have been noticing this misrepresentation of the truth 85 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:40.839 literally going back since nineteen ninety four. That's the year 86 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:45.040 that the US Violence Against Women Act was enacted at 87 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.040 the behest of our good friend Joe Biden, who was 88 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.319 at that time was a Senator and he was the 89 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:54.639 champion on the Violence Against Women Act. So obviously, just 90 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.600 by the name itself, that tells you something about the bias, 91 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:03.000 and it's created a narrative it's become a very powerful narrative. 92 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:08.439 The narrative plays on people's emotions very powerfully. So Davia 93 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.759 was established three years ago to address this problem on 94 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:12.800 a global basis. 95 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.720 So what we said in the beginning, as I intro 96 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:20.959 the interview, you know, I believe there are no toxic 97 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.160 traits from men or women, rather how we use them, 98 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.560 and it is inequitable. 99 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.879 I love the way you put that, because. 100 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.360 For every time I hear, oh, that's toxic masculinity, I 101 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.680 can say the same thing for femininity. I can say 102 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.360 there are toxic feminine traits that are being used in 103 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:42.759 that manner. And so I agree that the narrative has 104 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:47.560 shaped our bias when we see a news story to 105 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:51.639 put the blame on the men. And what shocks me 106 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:56.720 is that there is this feminist death wish complex. Can 107 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:58.639 you enlighten us a little bit about that? 108 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:02.720 Well, absolutely yes, And that's actually the title of the 109 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:07.319 press release we put out earlier this week. It's the 110 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:11.639 full title is kill All Men, Revealing the Feminist death 111 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:18.399 wish Complex. So, of course feminists present themselves as being peaceful. 112 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:22.360 You know, we're promoting you know, good, only good things, 113 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.600 you know, on and on and on. But when you 114 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.560 begin to scratch the surface, you begin to realize it's 115 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:32.079 not just that feminism is promoting an abortion on demand 116 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:36.240 around the world. The problems and the concerned with feminism 117 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.680 go much much deeper, and this is just one example 118 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.639 of those. So the press release was designed to educate 119 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:48.480 and alert people around the world that the feminist ideology 120 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:52.040 for years has been saying we need to kill all men. 121 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:55.240 And they don't say that in a joking or a 122 00:07:55.279 --> 00:08:00.480 euphemistic way. Unfortunately, they really mean it. I'll just I'll 123 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:04.399 just give one example. In the United States, the former 124 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:09.759 deputy editor of huff Posts, Emily McCombs. This was one 125 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:15.759 of her tweets for New Year's Day resolutions. Quote cultivate 126 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:21.560 female friendships number two, band together to kill all men. 127 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:27.480 End quote. So you see these were exact words cropping 128 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.600 up over and over again. And if I may, I'll 129 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.480 give you just one more example. This is from a 130 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:38.159 law professor. Her name is Mary Ann Franks. She teaches 131 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:44.120 at George Washington University in Washington, d c. Quote. Get 132 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:47.039 ready for this quote. Society would be better off as 133 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:50.440 a whole if more women were willing to engage in 134 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:57.039 justified violence against men. To that end, women's justified violence 135 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:02.519 against men should be encouraged and publicized. End quote. 136 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.759 So they would like to legalize violence. 137 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:10.159 I mean, it's so turned around. It's difficult to wrap 138 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:14.720 my head around the proclivity. And it's really indicative of 139 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:18.200 the leftist political ideology. If you don't agree with me, 140 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:21.000 I have the right to violence, where we see that everywhere. 141 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:24.600 I'm a classical liberal in nature, right, I go back 142 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:29.919 to the founding values and principles. But this just seems 143 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:33.639 to be mental illness, and I'm trying to find the 144 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:38.759 origin of the narrative. Certainly the nineteen ninety four the 145 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.600 Act that you mentioned from Joe Biden, that had a 146 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:44.279 lot to do with it, but I think it starts 147 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:48.279 earlier than that. So what are some of the things 148 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:49.159 that we can do? 149 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:52.399 Sure, first of all, I'll share with you I have 150 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.399 that same sense of is this really happening? Is this 151 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.639 really possible to be happening in the United States of 152 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:03.879 America or elsewhere in the globe. I shared that sense 153 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:08.440 of disbelief. But yes, you know, everything in this press 154 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:11.960 release has been referenced to links and so forth. I 155 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.159 think the key point to emphasize here feminism is based 156 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:21.600 on neo Marxist ideology. Anybody who's read about Marxism, you 157 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:26.080 know that this has been a disastrous ideology anywhere it's 158 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.080 been implemented. It's been said that one hundred million people 159 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:36.919 died at the hands of Marxist communist socialist ideology. We're 160 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:44.559 talking about unparalleled social calamities, human rights disasters. Again, it's 161 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:48.799 totally mind boggling. So when we realize that feminism is 162 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:52.960 based on neo Marxist ideology, and I can explain why 163 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.879 if you want to go down that road, but bottom 164 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:58.559 line is, when you look at the history of Marxism 165 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:02.120 in the past, you know, one hundred plus years, and 166 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:05.519 you see how disastrous and harmful it's been. In a way, 167 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.039 it is no surprise to now hear that feminists are 168 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.879 sort of talking the same destruct using the same destructive language, 169 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:18.759 devisive strategies to polarize male and female, to break up 170 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.759 the nuclear family, on and on a ghost. 171 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.600 I think we just answered part of the question is 172 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.759 part of what we can do is a better education system. 173 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.480 And boy, that's a whole other you know, topic, a 174 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:37.159 big umbrella. But people don't recognize the Marxism and they 175 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:41.320 don't recognize it because we're not taught Marxism in school. 176 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:41.919 I was taught. 177 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.919 I wasn't taught Marxism until college. And I think we 178 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.240 need to start a lot earlier than that. So part 179 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.679 of the solution is, in my opinion, could be, Hey, 180 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:55.039 we need to set examples, whether it's I mean, you 181 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:58.480 can start with animal Farm, that's an eighth grade book. 182 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.360 Let's start there, and you know, and then it just 183 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:05.279 keeps getting better. But so toward that end, could you 184 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:10.759 inform us please on the Marxist origins of feminism. 185 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:16.360 Well, certainly so. Karl Marx himself said, and these are 186 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.240 almost exact words. The nuclear family is oppressive to women. 187 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:24.399 Think about that. And so is it any surprise that 188 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:29.279 feminists have been pushing, for example, the transgender agenda, have 189 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:33.440 been pushing for no fault divorce, have been you know put, 190 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.519 I mean in so many different ways almost you know, 191 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:41.039 it's just an amazing way array the strategies to make 192 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:45.960 marriage and the family a less and less appealing lifestyle 193 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:50.519 options to too many Americans. So it's no surprise that 194 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.200 marriage rates have fallen in the US and globally, it's 195 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:58.799 no surprise that fertility rates in particular have plummeted in 196 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:02.200 the last twenty thirty years in the US and internationally. 197 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:05.320 I mean, you probably know the replacement rate, which is 198 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:10.639 the number of children per mother or per woman you 199 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.919 need to have to just maintain a stable population, is 200 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:17.840 two point one, right, which makes sense, of course. So 201 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:20.720 the United States, last I looked, we are at one 202 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:25.480 point six, so we're already caught in a downward spiral. 203 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.320 But who's talking about this fact that our civilization is 204 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:34.799 kind of disappearing before our very eyes. Who's say, I mean, 205 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.240 nobody's talking about this like it's a crisis. I think 206 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:42.320 it's a crisis that you know, our numbers are disappearing 207 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:46.080 before us. So this is just one outgrowth of this 208 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:49.720 ideology that you know, the family is an oppressive institution 209 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:53.480 to women. So I hope I haven't gone off too 210 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:56.799 much on a tangent here because there's so much this 211 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:02.039 is such a rich topic of discussion, But yes, this 212 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:06.360 is clearly rooted in Marxist ideology. There's a book titled 213 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:13.519 Read Feminism, Read Feminism, which I've read, written by a feminist. 214 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:18.759 I'll add that detailed description of the history from feminism 215 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:23.120 and showing how this is again based on Marxist ideology. 216 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.960 Again I don't understand. 217 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:29.440 I grew up in a fairly large Italian family, and 218 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:34.559 I remember being in second or third grade. The teacher 219 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.399 went around the room and asked what everybody wanted to be? 220 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:43.559 Okay and astronaut, doctor, so lots of great answers. 221 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:43.799 Right. 222 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:45.720 She got to me and I said I want to 223 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.840 be a mother, and the words weren't out of my mouth, 224 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.279 and she said, well, I think we can do better 225 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:51.559 than that. 226 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.159 Now. 227 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.600 I didn't articulate at this at the time because I 228 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.440 was very, very young, But in hindsight, what I was 229 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:03.120 thinking is not in my family. I don't know where 230 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:06.320 you came from, sweetie, but in my family, the moms 231 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:10.440 are edified, and we don't have to tear down our 232 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:14.000 men in order to edify women. That's the lie that 233 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.679 is given. 234 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.399 I'm going to show you a book. I don't know 235 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.519 if you can see it on the camera. Yes, this 236 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.879 is titled End to the End of Women, How smashing 237 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.519 the patriarchy has destroyed us. This is written by a 238 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.200 woman named Carrie Gress g r. E. S s. It's 239 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:33.720 a very powerful book because she basically making the point 240 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.960 that you just said is that feminism has driven women 241 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:42.399 away from their biological and from their call it their 242 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:47.360 biological and social identity to fulfill this Marxist you know, 243 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:52.279 this Marxist stereotype or Marxist dream. And I think you 244 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:56.000 mentioned just a couple of minutes ago about mental you know, 245 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.480 is this mental illness? And the answer is yes, And 246 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.039 we know that scientifically. There is actually a study done 247 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:08.000 by the Pew Research Group and asked people, have you 248 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.000 been told by a healthcare provider that you have a 249 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.240 mental condition? All right? And ask to all ages and 250 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:19.480 races and so forth. Well, guess which group had fifty 251 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:23.480 six percent answered yes to that question? It was young 252 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:29.360 white females. Young white females, fifty six percent answered yes 253 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:32.320 to that question. Whereas if you look at all the 254 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:38.720 other demographic groups, whether by conservative, by age, by sex, 255 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:43.200 all the other groups were substance substantially lower than that 256 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:47.039 fifty six percent. So we really need to start scratching 257 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:50.159 our heads about what does it say when fifty six 258 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:54.159 percent of our young female population, of course they identify 259 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:58.200 as feminists. What does that say about, you know, colleges? 260 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:01.679 What does that say about our society, and you know 261 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:05.920 why why people seek some people have a lot of trouble, 262 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:11.200 you know, having a having a thoughtful logical discussion like 263 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.240 we're having right now. 264 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.519 Well, that would mean you would you would have to 265 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.720 have some level of comfort within yourself, right. 266 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:22.480 I mean feminism to me, and I've. 267 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:25.400 I've been on this crusade to change the definition of 268 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:27.400 that term because that's what the left does so their 269 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.440 terms are acceptable. 270 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.039 I'm going to change the definition. 271 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:35.400 Feminism to me is when a woman is fully comfortable 272 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.759 in their own skin for everything they are and everything 273 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:42.400 they're not. Right in biblical terms, and men we would 274 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:47.279 call it meek, that quiet strength, that quiet confidence, and 275 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.799 yet can step outside to defend if they need to defend, 276 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:53.880 provide when they need to provide, et cetera. Right, those 277 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.640 are those are the roles that built Western civilization. It's 278 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.480 and guess what that's okay, And I'm sure it's in 279 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:04.920 the minority. And you might know this the percentages. Some 280 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.839 people will say, but what about all the male abusers 281 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:12.079 that do use their traits in a negative way, And 282 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.039 your numbers are saying that's really not the minority. 283 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.960 Would that be accurate? 284 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.880 Actually, the Centers for Disease Control, which does very good 285 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:24.640 surveys on this issue. They find that actually each year 286 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:29.640 there's slightly more male victims of physical domestic violence each 287 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:34.799 year than female victims. So yeah, I mean scientifically, this 288 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:39.839 is not an arguable point. It's just known and again 289 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.880 not just the US, other countries as well. So we 290 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.759 do have a mental health crisis. We do have a 291 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.079 crisis of identity. And I ascribe a lot of this 292 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:54.960 to the Marxist vision. Again, so when you and I 293 00:18:55.039 --> 00:19:01.279 say equality or gender equality, our thinking is equal rights, right, 294 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:05.640 that's what the Fourteenth Amendment is about, equal rights. No, 295 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:12.119 the Marxist thinking is uniform outcomes. When they say gender equality, 296 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:17.160 the uniform outcome meaning you would have the same proportion 297 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:20.880 of male and female lawmakers. Now, they never talk about 298 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:25.359 male and female truck drivers, or male and female electricians, 299 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:30.960 or male and female deep deep minors where you know, 300 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:35.279 which are very different, a very you know, like these 301 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:38.920 are often life threatening occupations. So they don't think they're 302 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:43.440 not thinking of that. But again that that's the Marxist mindset. 303 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:49.319 When you change the basic concept of gender equality into uniform. 304 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.519 Outcomes, and we do that with everything because you know 305 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:59.039 Marx is pervasive now, but again no one recognizes it. Interesting, 306 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:04.440 so let me ask you this, and in this equation 307 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:09.720 of solutions, what is your suggestion to men. 308 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.400 Well, that's a great question, and I think I have 309 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:15.839 a good answer for you. So I would have two 310 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:21.039 points of advice, especially to your male listeners. First of all, 311 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:26.359 be proud of your masculinity. That's God given, and you 312 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:31.599 know that's just inherently that's something good. The second point 313 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:34.119 I would I would say, is more specific to the 314 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:38.400 point you're raising, is speak the truth and always speak 315 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:41.759 the truth. Don't be afraid to speak the truth. So 316 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:44.039 when I, for example, when we go to the United 317 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:48.160 Nations and meet with missions from different countries, we always 318 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:52.200 talk about the research shows domestic violence is an equal 319 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:55.039 opportunity problem, and if you want, I'll show you all 320 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:59.000 the studies. Okay, so we're right up front about that. 321 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:02.920 We don't don't hide that. But let me if I 322 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:06.599 can go beyond that. And this is just very timely 323 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:09.880 because just last week we were in New York City, 324 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:14.319 we released a what we believe is a historic document 325 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:18.400 called the Declaration for Men in book, the New York 326 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:22.160 Declaration for Men and Boys, let's call it. This is 327 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:25.640 the fulfillment of the Beijing Declaration. Do you remember that 328 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:29.160 Beijing Declaration that came out thirty years ago as a 329 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:32.559 cornerstone of women's rights, And I've read through it and 330 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:36.000 over and over again. It talks about gender equality. Right, 331 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:40.920 so we know that in fact, men are lagging in 332 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:46.400 twelve different areas like education, lifespan partire treatment by the 333 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:49.559 legal system, homelessness, and the list goes on and on. 334 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:54.279 But those issues are simply for boting. They're simply it's 335 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.640 like they don't even exist. When you go to the 336 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:59.440 United Nations or you go to a lot of different 337 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.960 in the US, the issues are just don't exist. So 338 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.799 we put together this is called the New York Declaration 339 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:13.400 for Men and Boys, which is designed as a fulfillment 340 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:19.039 of the Beijing Declaration that again talked repeatedly about gender equality. 341 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:22.680 So this is the other side of gender equality that's 342 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:27.559 been ignored for the past thirty years. So to answer 343 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:30.759 your question a little bit more directly, we have this 344 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:34.240 this declaration. It's posted on the internet again, it's called 345 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:37.680 the New York Declaration for Men and Boys. It just 346 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:41.880 came out last week. We're publicizing it because we think 347 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:46.720 this is historic. We think is this will change the narrative. 348 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:50.359 I'm sure you've heard, you know the phrase the men 349 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:55.200 have all the power oppressive patriarchy. Well, we have just 350 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:59.039 shown by facts and figures, by speaking the truth, there 351 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.960 is no sense thing as the patriarchy. I mean, if 352 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:05.759 there really was a patriarchy, how is it they would 353 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:08.799 allow men to be dying five years earlier than women. 354 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:12.960 I mean, on and on and on. It's just nonsensical. 355 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:18.119 So this is sort of our latest development to address 356 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:19.720 this conundrum that we're facing. 357 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:24.000 That is fantastic New York Declaration of Men and Boys. 358 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.519 Yes, and that's on. Is that on? You all have 359 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.160 a website. 360 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:31.759 We actually have a partner organization called the International Council 361 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:35.839 for Men and Boys, and it's on the website of 362 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:38.880 the International Council for Men and Boys. 363 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.279 Okay, thank you for that. 364 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:45.319 I will absolutely print that out and I'm sure I'll 365 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:48.200 have occasion to read it often. Let me ask you this, 366 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:52.000 how receptive is the UN to your efforts. 367 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:57.119 Well, we have had face meetings to this point with 368 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:04.079 I think twelve or fourteen missions, including countries in Africa 369 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:07.759 and Europe. And I'll tell you. The most interesting was 370 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:12.000 our meetings with the US Mission and the Russian mission, 371 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:15.039 and we met with them, of course separate meetings, but 372 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:19.160 by coincidence on the same day. They were both very 373 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:23.440 receptive and really interested in what I'm telling you. Now, 374 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:27.319 we told to those staffers, both the US staffers and 375 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:32.160 the Russian staffers, and we were just we were I'll 376 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:35.799 be honest, we were blown away by the very positive response, 377 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:39.079 but from other missions as well. So you know, we've 378 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:42.839 been asked to come back. And just last week we 379 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:45.279 were in New York again, I told you, and we 380 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:51.000 had meetings with the director of gender for a Caribbean 381 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:55.559 island called Antigua and Barbuda, and they were extremely interested 382 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:58.359 in what we were saying and saying, yes, we've been 383 00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:00.839 We've needed to have this kind of versations for a 384 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.680 good long time. 385 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:07.880 Wow, that's fantastic. I'm so grateful for you all. Well, look, 386 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:13.160 society's kind of like China's policy about no girls, right 387 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:15.440 we have to abort all the baby. Well they've seen 388 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.960 consequences for that right now. This maybe has taken a 389 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:22.200 little longer, but I feel like we're finally seeing the 390 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:26.200 consequences of the fact that we're not just not letting 391 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.759 men be men, right, that's bad enough. That's denying them 392 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:33.720 the same rights that the feminists want. That's what's so 393 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:36.480 ironic about it is that the women are doing the 394 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:38.559 very thing of which they're accusing the men. 395 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:38.920 Right. 396 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:41.440 That's Sawlensky on one. Whether they know that or not 397 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.920 is a different question. 398 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:46.480 Did you hear about the this is just the news 399 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:52.319 yesterday the hospital in New Jersey that after an infant 400 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:56.319 is delivered literally within hours, they go to the parents saying, 401 00:25:56.920 --> 00:26:02.240