Men's Liberation

Summery for those interested:

• Francis Bacon called for scientific control over nature to exploit it.
• Patriarchal masculinities pervade politics and action surrounding climate crisis and capitalist extraction.
• We need to consider what might be driving us recklessly over the edge in the environmental crisis.
• Patriarchy is a political-social system that insists on male dominance.
• The structural and cultural system of gender leads us down the path of environmental destruction.
• Anyone, not just cisgender men, can be wedded to patriarchal thinking and action.
• Under our patriarchal system, there is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be, called hegemonic masculinity.
• Traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to "be a man" under patriarchy.

The video explores the role of patriarchal masculinities in driving the planet to the brink of extinction. The video traces the concept of patriarchy to Francis Bacon's call for scientific control of nature and highlights how patriarchal thinking has pervaded climate crisis politics and action. The video argues that a structural and cultural system of gender is leading us down the path of environmental destruction, a system that these men buy into, and a system through which they maintain their power. The video also explains the concept of hegemonic masculinity, which is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be, and how traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to “be a man” under patriarchy. The video concludes by discussing how we might forge a world beyond the obstacles of gender.

Bullet Summary:

• Patriarchal masculinities drive the planet to the brink of extinction
• Francis Bacon's call for scientific control of nature foreshadowed patriarchal thinking
• A structural and cultural system of gender leads us down the path of environmental destruction
• Hegemonic masculinity is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be
• Traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to “be a man” under patriarchy
• We need to forge a world beyond the obstacles of gender.