This video essay uses the Barbie Movie as a primer to help explain what patriarchy actually is, what it isn't, and how it ends up harming everyone, including men. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/popdetective PAYPAL https://www.paypal.me/popdetective REFERENCES • The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy by Allan G Johnson • The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks • Masculinities by R. W. Connell VIDEOS • Longer supercut of conservatives freaking out https://www.patreon.com/posts/behind-scenes-95631754 • Longer supercut of fictional characters saying the word patriarchy https://www.patreon.com/posts/another-behind-97665659 • Supercut of fictional male characters saying the word patriarchy https://www.patreon.com/posts/behind-scenes-3-99506234 • Julia Fox Takes A lie Detector Test https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/lie-detector-test-vf-lie-detector-julia-fox SUBTITLES • Help translate this video over on Amara https://amara.org/videos/H0IvWPZJuDKv/info/patriarchy-according-to-the-barbie-movie/ TEXT TRANSCRIPT • Coming soon COMMENTS Some YouTube comment may be held for approval to reduce the number of trolls. If you'd like to participate in constructive online conversations about this video, please share it on your social media networks.