I think it's important that women hear this from a man. If it was a woman saying it, it would be so easy to dismiss as irrational and emotional nonsense. But with the calm and authoritative logic of a man taking ALL women by the hand and leading them to this higher truth, ALL women can now crawl up from their holes and into the light of confident man-like (though really just an approximation, because...come on!) thought.

NDRU said:

I think it's important that women hear this from a man. If it was a woman saying it, it would be so easy to dismiss as irrational and emotional nonsense. But with the calm and authoritative logic of a man taking ALL women by the hand and leading them to this higher truth, ALL women can now crawl up from their holes and into the light of confident man-like (though really just an approximation, because...come on!) thought.

I hope I'm interpreting this correctly when I go .

My thoughts exactly..!

Dave1992 said:

RodeoSchro said:

Awesome, good luck seeing everyone superficially.

I just find the notion that a woman's self-confidence is dependent on a man's approval and (lyrically blunt) delivery of random compliments to be cringe-worthy.

If there's a person you want to show some love, you can tell them directly and tell them why they are unique and beautiful (because they're like a diamond? Seriously?). It doesn't need a video of a man speaking the final truth, filmed on a stage with dramatic background music, addressing all women (as if they were all the same!).


What disgusts me the most about this video is its purpose. Why was this video filmed the way it was filmed? As I watched on it became obvious that the video maker cared much more about spreading christianity and advocating his religion, knowing it would sell better if he let hollywood inspire him (hence the overblown production).

I have no problem with people trying to spread their religion (it's in the nature of religion), as long as they leave me alone when I tell them to. In that sense this video is harmless. But the doctrine here becomes clear once he rambles on about God and how only because of him they are beautiful.

And there is absolutely nothing that accounts for "all people", neither women nor men. I find it sexist and superficial to generalise just because of someone's sex. I know a lot of men who are very respectful towards all people and have absolutely no prejudice against anyone. I know a lot of women who are bad people, not beautiful at all and not smart at all. And vice versa. So why generalise, as it's obviously not true?

I don't ascribe plaudits to this video because God is mentioned. You can take all spiritual references out of it and it is still just as great, IMHO.

I don't believe the purpose of this was to tell women their self-confidence is dependent upon a man's approval. Rather, the purpose is to tell women that a man's approval is the LAST thing their self-confidence is dependent upon. In fact, it's not dependent on it at all.

In today's age, with the infiltration of social media so deeply into young peoples' lives, we see example after example after example of young people (usually females but not always) being cut down online by people they may have never met. As we know, this has led to suicide more than once.

So I think it's great when someone else a bullied young girl might not have ever met tells the whole world how great they are. This is a good thing.

And for the record, until a female proves to me otherwise, I believe everything about them that was said in that video is true.

BlackAdder7 said:

No, for Other reasons I keed, I keed

RodeoSchro said:

And for the record, until a female proves to me otherwise, I believe everything about them that was said in that video is true.

Because she's a women, or because she's a human being and you belive all humans are great until proven otherwise?

NDRU said:

I think it's important that women hear this from a man. If it was a woman saying it, it would be so easy to dismiss as irrational and emotional nonsense. But with the calm and authoritative logic of a man taking ALL women by the hand and leading them to this higher truth, ALL women can now crawl up from their holes and into the light of confident man-like (though really just an approximation, because...come on!) thought.

Hahaha!

I was thinking the same thing.

The video and dude are creepy.

VenusBlingBling said:

RodeoSchro said:

And for the record, until a female proves to me otherwise, I believe everything about them that was said in that video is true.

Because she's a women, or because she's a human being and you belive all humans are great until proven otherwise?

Because that video was addressing women.

But I do assume everyone I meet has good intentions towards me. That is absolutely the best advice I've ever received and is the one piece of advice most responsible for any success I've had in the business and charity worlds.