Women Everywhere Are Reaching Their Breaking Point | FEMINISM 

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I’m a black woman and I was a victim of SA and I NEVER received justice. I was accused of lying and the police told me “ boys will be boys “ and asked if it’s “ not a sex thing we do “. They did not investigate my case thoroughly and they dropped my case. I was NOT seen as the victim and I was blamed for being SA’d. Unfortunately I didn’t have the support from my female friends. I wish ALL women really stood together.

"Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women." Maya Angelou

It's so hard no to lose faith, but I'm so proud of these women who are putting themselves on the line to make it better for other women and girls. They are so brave and yet media still got guys like Ryan whatever and Chris whatever as shining heroes. I want to hear the stories about what these women are doing to actually save the world.

I like how inclusive this video is, I'm from Argentina and we finally had legal abortion in 2020, stay strong all women , hugs

I've loved seeing the sense of community and sisterhood amongst African feminists. Feminists from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, and so many others. It's so beautiful how much we have in common as the female class.

In latam we never say “happy women’s day” we actually think is really disrespectful! There’s nothing to celebrate about. Women in latam are still missing, and getting killed. When I try to point it out to someone from the United States, they always say is not their problem we don’t celebrate it. No empathy for us :/

There are literally women dying and yet there will always be that one tiktoker going on about how women will throw feminism away as soon as it's about who's paying for dinner. I can't believe that is what humanity has come to.

This is an incredibly inspiring and informative video that falls outside your media-focused lens, and I’m so thankful. Women standing together, especially women in the west with less ramifications, need to push for safety and dignity of women and all at-risk genders so that other countries are influenced to do the same. Thank you, the Take. Amazing.

I want equality. That’s not a weird ask.

I think it's good that we be aware of how much men actually hate us and stop playing safe.

the way it;'s the first time I'm hearing something about Afghan women from an American female media outlet. As an Afghan woman it brought me to tears to hear you even mention Afghan women as "women" instead of just petty-worthy creatures.

I’ve seen how the Pandemic has made it worse for women who hoped for decent employment. Especially in the domain of teaching. It’s impossible to find decent employment that doesn’t take people for granted.

I'm proud to say we, as women, made history in Argentina closing the debate on abortion: it is a woman's right to choose over their bodies regardless the religious believes of others (which I do accept). Even with the issues that are still happening (just a few weeks ago a religious organization prevented a RAPED MINOR from getting an abortion), it is my hope that other countries in Latin America follow our lead. We need to stay united in the fight for our rights and our survival. ✊

As a Woman that is Mexican American, I really loved that The Take decided to make this Video. Women around the world deserve so much Respect and more! ✊🕊

I'm from Russia. In our country domestic violence was decriminalised years ago. Since then we didn't get any law that protected women. And where are we now? In the middle of the war. all those things are connected. At least we as women try to help each other but I don't know what future brings.

Is amazing how women have continously defend their rights because nobody else is worrying about it, in part, because we know how it is, it was and still be if we dont make somenthing about it. People say that we are overeacting or just being dramatic, men have to realize that we are not taking off anything to anyone, it is just what is fair, Im afraid of the future, of what could happen if things keeps like this, and hope is pretty little by now, but this video has helped me.

Nobody can hold use down. Women standing together. It is beautiful. No man has a say in what we do. What we wear. Where we go. They have no damn say of what we do with our bodies. And don't let them ladies. We matter. Our voices matter. I am just so happy to to see us using our voices. Our voices are powerful. And they always will be.

Thank you for showing how women are fighting in Latam and all over the world. ✊🏽

Women are conditioned since birth which is why this battle is taking so long. Never stop teaching the next generation whether it be our sisters daughters nieces neighbor and friends 💪❤

It’s sad to know we’ve been fighting this fight for far too long, but empowering to know we’re continuing to fight in the face of all these setbacks

I really needed this I've been noticing more men in my life are becoming more sexist and this video makes me hopeful for a better future.

Speaking as a guy, I think women have every right to be at a breaking point. The trump era caused such a blowback on even the most basic forms of social progression, that we've actually swung the pendulum back around to people being overtly bigoted and in this case misogynistic. In many respects it's like we've jumped 25yrs or so into the past and have to fight harder than ever to even get back to where we were culturally just less than a decade ago.

I've reached my breaking point 5 years ago. Now I just keep to myself and try to find a reason to want to be around human beings. /shrug

The control of women is a far-right priority always has been.

It’s so hard to define feminism when men still hold the power to change the definition. 😢

I was so happy when I heard about Argentina and Colombia legalizing abortioin and defending a woman's bodily autonomy, but there are places that have gone backward too. The US is the most prominent one of course, but Poland rolled back on a woman's right to choose; and now that Italy has a far-right president who is very anti-LGBTQA and has said that she is "defending traditional family values" I am afraid for the woman and people who can give birth in Italy now.

wait ..this is nothing new. the world ALWAYS hated women 😅

As an Iranian woman, I'm very happy The Take touched on the subject of Iranian women's struggles! Zhan, Zhian, Azadi

I know the importance of this video, but I can't not comment this, because it pains me to hear anyone say that "the US has historically been known as a beacon for democracy and women's progress": this might be the propaganda shown within the country and heavily exported outside, but this is not truth. Every coup and military dictatorship in latinamerica during the midcentury has been proven to be endorsed by U.S government. The number of women and lgbtqia+ people that died on the hands of these governments are also at fault of U.S. Government. Not only in latinamerica, but every single war in Iraq, the influence of US in the Iran, the absurd Israel is doing with Palestine side by side with the US Government, just mere examples on the shitshow made in north Africa and middle east. Global feminism cannot keep on working in this imperialistic and colonizing method and theory. I highly recommend authors such as Françoise Verges to understand the role of economics in the perpetuation of racism and sexism altogether. If we want to raise the voices of feminism around the world, first thing to do is drop the idea that the US is somehow vanguard of democracy, because to the rest of the world, they aren't. This speech is white saviorism in the shape of macroeconomics.

There's one glaring error here, the US is not and has never been "a beacon of freedoms and liberty". And we in the third world have achieved the few advances in women's liberation not because of the movement in the States but despite of it.

Thank you for creating this video! Lately I have been really disappointed and even depressed because the white women I know who call themselves feminists do not care at all about what is happening in Iran. Feminism means fighting for equality and the rights of every woman! Privileged women need to understand this

Every day is a learning experience that women have to go above and beyond to be accommodating but it’s never normalised like that for men.

We must always remember that it is a sisterhood and we must fight alongside all our sisters. Even those far away from us. We have the ability to speak on their behalf without the consequences being as serious. Without the risk to our lives. We have a duty to speak up and stand alongside our brave and noble sisters.

I'm thrilled to see y'all getting back to your feminist perspectives. I've missed this so much.

Im not a woman but Im very impressed because I would have given up a long time ago. Seeing so many other guys just falling head over heels for the alpha male phenomena was very surprising to me so thanks for adressing that

I'm just a cis guy, but I'm about to get back on a job again by which I can earn enough to pay my rent and food and hobbies that I have and still have something left. I want to provide support to the movements of women over the borders of my country. What can I do? What are the best ways to donate/use money to help? Which causes would be the best to donate to? I really hope that I can do something within the grasp of my abilities. EDIT: Women, Life, Freedom!

Thank you for addressing this incredibly important topic! Im from a country in Europe, but my heart is with IRANIAN WOMEN now 🙏🙏🙏

that people keep repeating that the US stands for democracy is beyond me...

So proud to see my Argentine women fighting forefront for our rights!! We can do it!! It's bring me to tears to see the effort we've made... and we can do more!

I know there are many people identifying as men who support female equality, but I'd love to see The Take's analysis of how this shows up in media, politics and culture. I personally see very few examples in my personal life of men using their spheres of influence to actively vocalize/work towards concrete ways of lifting women up (raising awareness to other men, affecting policy change, advocating for equal pay for their female colleagues, donating to non-profits, etc). Thanks for considering!

Women in Afghanistan are suffering in silence. They can't do anything without a man. They are not allowed to go to school, to work. It is basically a crime to be a women in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, many women in Afghanistan are widowed with children, how can they provide for their kids if they are not allowed to work? Please don't forget the women in Afghanistan!

"Even in a democracy like ours" Many have been fighting against women's (and civil in general) rights from the beginning The sad, pathetic part is that many women fight against their own rights

As an American, this definitely gives me some hope for the future. I also would like to see a video on the rise of the Alpha Man phenomenon from the past few years.

It’s so incredibly important, now more than ever for women to support women. That support has to transcend racial, religious and socioeconomic barriers.

The Chinese emoji tactic is fascinating and so smart! It's so inspiring to see chinese women fight back against the censorship they face in such unique and creative ways!

You see death of feminism I see beginning of New Era of feminism.🌀🌈 Informative video guys keep doing this . Women do support Women.👭👭👭

I've lived a long time, and seen many things - both good and bad - happen in our country, and in the world. Never, ever, did I think I would live to see a Right taken away from women in the US. I applaud the women of Iran, China, Afghanistan, Nigeria, the US - anywhere women are demanding equality and bodily autonomy - especially, those women who face violence and persecution for speaking out.

This video makes the error of conflating the US for the World. The struggle for equality goes back and forth, but the current backlash against womens rights in the US is a US phenomenon.

"The US has historically been known as a beacon for democracy and women's progress" Black, indigenous, asian, immigrant women would like to have a word. If you're going to make a statement like this the least you could do is acknowledge the country has been a beacon for WHITE CISHET** women's progress.

As a human born with a uterus, thank you for sharing this. For me, it's not about feminism. I'm filled with rage about human rights not being protected.

I believe feminism is losing steam, mainly from "left" leaning women giving hypocritical and embarrassing takes. Many feminist approach rights as an entitlement instead of how it provides a net positive to the community.

We should really just lead with intersectional feminism. Feminism really is about giving people the choice to live their lives regardless of whatever gender you inhabit. You wanna be a housewife/husband/partner? Go ahead, proud of you. You wanna be a fulltime worker? Go ahead, proud of you.

Proud of my Iranian sisters! ✊🏾

I would recommend anyone and everyone to watch The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (Las Tres Muertes de Marisela Escobedo). It’s a heart wrenching documentary that serves as a window on women’s rights on Mexico.

Y’ALL ARE SO BASED you have no idea how much it means to bring light to the recent attacks on women globally, we’ve had enough. i feel for my fellow woman outside of the west, from every continent, in every country. we are only as free as the most subjugated. if 1 of us isn’t free, none of us are. this is incredibly vital to speak on. seriously, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Excellent work gathering all the strings and connecting them together. -- Thank you!

Powerful video essay! Kudos to the writer & editor. This was concise, yet thorough, better than most Netflix docs. The Take has had an amazing evolution from over-analyzing every line of dialog in Friends to macro-sociopolitical think pieces. 🤯

Makes me happy that these women are fighting for what’s theirs , freedom

Religion is the main culprit

Women, we must stick together ! My heart breaks for how much women suffer Worldwide :( But I will always support and protect my fellow women! You are not alone !❤️❤️❤️

I really would encourage you to stop excluding African voices if you’re going to say you support intersectional feminism and a global perspective.

thank you for including different regions of the world in this video. please review trends/ tropes from different cultures/ languages.

We need to focus on why men hate women so much. It's not just a lack of respect. It's a deep seated hate. The fact is more men are in a position of power. So why are these men not protecting the women in their societies? Why is it that men in power find it more beneficial to keep women below them as oppose to making us their equals? Do you know how beautiful this world could be if men and women weren't at war with each other? If men could open the doors to power for us instead of making up fight for every right and privilege we have? Men hate women. It's as simple as that. How can you move past something like that? Furthermore,women need to stop fighting among ourselves. The sad part of it is the we hate ourselves too. And because we hate ourselves we hate other women. It's always a competition for us. No matter how much strides feminism makes we won't see real lasting life altering changes in society because we as women refuse to really band together and love each other. And despite all of men's drawbacks you will never see a man not work with other men to remain in their positions of power. Look at what happened to the abortion rights in America. And instead of all women in America stopping everything and fighting for the rights that were taken away there's a divide. The idea of feminism is great but I'm over it as something that could actually be helpful to women.

Super informative thanks again for being a great platform💞💞

Thank you for making these kind of videos!!

The "Ni una menos " movement, is not only about abortion, it's about ending violence of any kind agains women. We still have a woman killed every 30 hours in Argentina. We gained some rights, but there are still a hell lot of things to achieve as a colective. BTW NI UNA MENOS stands for not one female less.

I have a question. Why some become liberal, and other conservative? What r the social reason behind it? How a society become liberal,or conservative? Pls make a video about it.

I love how intersectional and diverse this is regarding feminism globally and how we still need feminism because women's rights are being reduced time and time again, and teaching us about feminists all over the world

Good video, but I beg to differ with the start of the second chapter. The US has not been historically known as a beacon of democracy and women's rights. See how relatively late the US granted women the right to vote, and even then it wasn't a full democracy - achieving this only in the late 60's!!

thank you so much for this video. as someone who comes from china and witnessed recent year crackdowns on feminists there, i am so glad you mentioned them.

Amazing video and you are perfect. Sharing all across the everything. Fired up now!

I really love your videos. Thanks for mentioning Iran btw🇮🇷

Wait for males to come here and seethe.

Fantastic video, thanks The Take!

I needed this video thank you. :)

No woman benefits from patriarchy.

I love you guys for doing this!!!!

The thing is that I want to be out there supporting gender equality 100% but I'm afraid that since I have a history of toxicity where I have at times been deliberately hostile and other times misunderstood someone that I wouldn't be welcome. The thing is that I have learned and grown from my mistakes but the way society is now I'm expected to have a clean record from birth. Plus I'm autistic and I know a lot of people who hear that and instead of trying to understand what it means they label and ostracize me. Edit: I genuinely want to applaud the women in Latin America who were able to challenge the system and legalize abortion. You'll find that there is a correlation between Europe's former colonies and femicide.

No mention of Poland which it’s abortion ban was Widely covered in 2020- early 2021?

"The USA had historically been known as a beacon for democracy and women's progress..." Respectfully, this is a view perpetuated inside the US and for "americans". In any Latam convo about democracy and imperialism we do the dance of "USA backed a coup in my country too!". Not much to do with the video, and I love you guys, but Its always funny how, the way you think the rest of the world sees your country and the way they actually see the country is diametrically opposed.

OH I needed this video. Feminism is looking bleak, thanks for the motivation. Love ya'll

For sure... what are the rights women are looking for ?? Legal equality does exist in western countries!

This is a depressing, but ultimately very important video.

Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía ✊

Could you possibly add links to where you got your information? It would be really helpful to people such as myself who want to learn more about these issues! Also if anyone has accounts on social media like Instagram where people talk about and give updates on these situations, I would really love some recommendations

This was much an incredible and amazing video! I was wondering if you could do a video, like a tutorial, on what we can do to help. You can start by explaining what people can do on a small, local, online scale and then gradually move up scale by scale to show what people can do to help further the movement. I am a teenager living in a foreign country, and I often feel powerless in these movements because I feel as if I can't do much, so an instructional video would be incredibly helpful and appreciated!

this is an amazing intersectional video about feminism and honestly gives me hope for the future.

There is a lot more this video can cover that fits the topic. Whether you agree or not, bear with me a little please. The movement shouldn't just be better organized, intersectiomal and more intentional, but also anti-capitalist, anti-extractivist, and decentralized (i). We see examples of how the US government sets an example for other countries to follow, but US foreign policies as well as sanctions/embargos also influence countries' internal strife to the maximum that we see sustained. The US is not surrounded by enemy states waiting to take over it, but other countries abroad are. Geopolitics plays a huge role in its influence over women's issues and the most dire and pressing of issues like femicides and sexual rights. And also, in terms of intersectionality, we see mostly examples of what has come across media and social media as important and trending in a western lense, but somehow Palestine is completely missed in this issue. There are women there too. A Palestinian female journalist was shot and killed, does that not matter enough here? I'm sure everyone has an answer and the point of this comment is to start the dialogue. I'm Iranian, Lebanese, ex-Muslim, queer, feminist, radical, and open to hear anything that is not an attack on my character but simply asks or answers more questions in line with what I have proposed in (i). Also I've only scratched the surface, and a RU-vid comment section is not an ideal place to start rigorous dialogue, but I hope this gets through to some if not all of you. Edit: just added a missing word.

Great video. Thank you.

Very informative thanks for the video !

The unfortunate problem is that so many women take down women! This is the worst! How can one expect men to be on our side when women are only tearing each other down!

I love how you're explaining and giving facts and evidence about what you're saying is STRONG and TRUE!!!! I love how you caught my attention and kept it through the whole video!! Thank you and continue to educate people on what's happening in our world!

Always the problem with feminism is that it's only men who can allow it and defend it.

So the question is, where do we draw the line between “owning our sexuality” and objectifying ourselves for the benefit of the viewer alone? Who is the implicit viewer of images? And most importantly, are we selling ourselves short? These are not easy questions to answer, but there’s a heavy need for change in the air.

Very important video!

How do you think it's gonna go, when you admit violences are linked to gender, but you're erasing that distinction?? Males who identify as women commit as many crimes as every other man, but their numbers will be included in women's numbers. What do you think the result will be?? Do you think it will solve violence??

Thank you for this.

Woman, life, freedom

kind of disappointed not to se womens marches of 2020 in Poland. That shit was fucked up