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Men are Smarter Than Ken
So, Why Aren’t They More Aware?
The idea that some of my more progressive male friends enjoyed the Barbie movie and felt that it gave them something to really think about bothered me, because the female equality message in the movie is basic. Apparently, my male friends are not alone in their new-found awareness that our society is primarily male-dominated; sixty-three percent of men surveyed in a study by Resume Builder said their perception of patriarchy in the workplace changed after watching Barbie.
While watching Barbie, I experienced the same feelings I had a few years in a row while attending the Women’s Marches. The two things felt similar, watching women have to march and shout for equality and the morbidly enlightening conversations men have after watching Barbie. I find myself dumbfounded thinking, “Really, we are here?” Neither experience feels very celebratory to me. I don’t even feel oneness with my sisters, because the repetitiveness of the message rattled me to my core.
Women are still having to spew words about equality fifty years later. The impact of the division of the country regarding women’s rights keeps smacking me in the face. Being a child born in ’66 and raised in the seventies, I thought the country would be closer to equality. And, as it is, it is going backwards. Watching Barbie made me think we’ve…
