1 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:24,533 10 Responses to The Phrase "Man Up" 2 00:00:25,890 --> 00:00:28,385 1) Fuck you. 3 00:00:29,095 --> 00:00:33,414 2) If you want to question my masculinity, 4 00:00:33,414 --> 00:00:35,736 like a schoolyard circle of curses, 5 00:00:35,736 --> 00:00:38,539 like a swordfight with light sabre erections, 6 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:40,007 save your breath, 7 00:00:40,007 --> 00:00:42,075 because contrary to what you may believe 8 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:43,677 not every problem can be solved 9 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:45,846 by "growing a pair", 10 00:00:45,846 --> 00:00:48,849 you cant armwrestle your way out of chemical depression, 11 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:51,318 the CEO of the company that just laid you off 12 00:00:51,318 --> 00:00:53,754 does not care how much you bench, 13 00:00:53,754 --> 00:00:55,022 and i promise 14 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:59,235 there is no light beer in the universe full bodied enough to make you love yourself. 15 00:01:00,302 --> 00:01:04,798 3) Man up? Ohhhhh thats that new super hero right? 16 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:06,533 Mild mannered, supplement salesman, 17 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:09,962 Mark Manstrong says the magic words "man up!", 18 00:01:09,962 --> 00:01:13,040 and then transforms into the Five O'Clock Shadow, 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,024 the Math_ Muscle, 20 00:01:15,024 --> 00:01:16,276 the deep voiced, black leather, 21 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:17,778 __wearing super hero 22 00:01:17,778 --> 00:01:19,413 who defends the worlds from... 23 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:20,347 i dont know, 24 00:01:20,347 --> 00:01:21,962 feelings. 25 00:01:23,708 --> 00:01:26,553 4) i dont drink a lot of beer 26 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:28,188 cuz im not a "real man", 27 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:32,292 but im pretty sure that of all the beers in the world, 28 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:37,030 Miller Light is not the most flavourful brew. 29 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:40,867 It kind of taste like whatever an insecure jackass wrote these "man up" commercials 30 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:43,203 got rejected by a beautiful no nonsense bartender, 31 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:46,556 drank a 6 pack of real beer, alone, in his apartment, 32 00:01:46,556 --> 00:01:50,221 and then Miller bottled his tears. 33 00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:56,355 You ever notice how nobody ever says "woman up"? 34 00:01:56,355 --> 00:01:57,751 They just imply it, 35 00:01:57,751 --> 00:02:01,355 because women, and the women's movement figured out a long time ago 36 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:03,390 that being directly ordered around 37 00:02:03,390 --> 00:02:06,943 by commercials, magazines, and music is dehumanizing. 38 00:02:06,943 --> 00:02:08,864 When will men figure that out? 39 00:02:09,033 --> 00:02:12,933 6) "Man up" assaults our self esteem, 40 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:18,238 by suggesting that competence and perseverance are uniquely masculine traits. 41 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:21,241 That women, not to mention any man who doesnt eat steak, 42 00:02:21,241 --> 00:02:22,275 drive a pick up truck, 43 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,378 have lots of sex with women, 44 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:26,713 and otherwise conform to gender norms absolutely, 45 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:29,883 are nothing more than background characters and props, 46 00:02:29,883 --> 00:02:33,487 in a movie where the strong, stoic, real man is the hero, 47 00:02:33,487 --> 00:02:37,524 but more than anything though, 48 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:38,024 it suggests that to be yourself 49 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:39,326 whether you wear skinny jeans 50 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,827 listen to lady gaga 51 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,396 rock a little eyeliner 52 00:02:42,396 --> 00:02:44,197 drink some other brand of light beer 53 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:45,899 or write poetry, 54 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:47,226 will cost you. 55 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:51,638 7) How many boys have to kill themselves 56 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:55,642 before this country acknowledges the problem? 57 00:02:55,642 --> 00:02:57,477 How many women have to be abused? 58 00:02:57,477 --> 00:03:00,442 How many trans people have to get assaulted? 59 00:03:00,442 --> 00:03:03,517 We teach our boys how to wear the skin of a man, 60 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:07,454 but we also teach them how to raise that skin like a flag, 61 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:09,730 draw blood for it. 62 00:03:09,730 --> 00:03:14,461 8) Boy babies get blue socks, 63 00:03:14,461 --> 00:03:19,666 girl babies get pink socks. 64 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:22,602 What about purple? 65 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:24,220 What about orange? 66 00:03:24,220 --> 00:03:25,105 Yellow? 67 00:03:25,105 --> 00:03:26,073 Chartreuse? 68 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:26,973 Cerulean? 69 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:27,702 Black 70 00:03:27,702 --> 00:03:28,341 tie died 71 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:28,975 buffalo 72 00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:29,643 plaid 73 00:03:29,643 --> 00:03:30,310 rainbow 74 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:33,275 there are so many beautiful colours 75 00:03:33,275 --> 00:03:35,816 and combinations of colours, 76 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:39,963 yet boy babies get blue socks, 77 00:03:39,963 --> 00:03:43,290 and girl babies get pink socks. 78 00:03:43,290 --> 00:03:48,495 9) I want to be free to express myself. 79 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,831 Man up. 80 00:03:50,831 --> 00:03:52,032 i want to have meaningful, 81 00:03:52,032 --> 00:03:54,534 emotional relationships with other men, 82 00:03:54,534 --> 00:03:55,669 man up, 83 00:03:55,669 --> 00:03:57,137 i want to be weak sometimes 84 00:03:57,137 --> 00:03:58,004 man up 85 00:03:58,004 --> 00:04:00,207 i want to be strong in a way that isnt 86 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:02,409 about physical dominance or power 87 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,136 man up 88 00:04:03,136 --> 00:04:05,378 i want to cry if i feel like crying 89 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:06,513 man up 90 00:04:06,513 --> 00:04:07,781 i want to ask for help 91 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:08,715 man up 92 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:10,784 i want to be who i am 93 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:12,419 man up 94 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:14,221 10) 95 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:16,960 No.