FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION.
>> THIS WEEK ON "TO THE FOUNDATION.
>> THIS WEEK ON "TO THE CONTRARY" >> THIS WEEK ON "TO THE CONTRARY" FIRST, PLAN B UNDER FIRE AGAIN.
CONTRARY" FIRST, PLAN B UNDER FIRE AGAIN.
THEN, ARE MILLENNIAL TEENS MORE FIRST, PLAN B UNDER FIRE AGAIN.
THEN, ARE MILLENNIAL TEENS MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN PRIOR THEN, ARE MILLENNIAL TEENS MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN PRIOR GENERATIONS?
MATERIALISTIC THAN PRIOR GENERATIONS?
BEHIND THE HEADLINES, SEXUALITY GENERATIONS?
BEHIND THE HEADLINES, SEXUALITY AND ISLAM.
HELLO, I'M BONNIE ERBE.
HELLO, I'M BONNIE ERBE.
WELCOME TO "TO THE CONTRARY," A HELLO, I'M BONNIE ERBE.
WELCOME TO "TO THE CONTRARY," A DISCUSSION OF NEWS AND SOCIAL WELCOME TO "TO THE CONTRARY," A DISCUSSION OF NEWS AND SOCIAL TRENDS FROM DIVERSE DISCUSSION OF NEWS AND SOCIAL TRENDS FROM DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.
TRENDS FROM DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.
UP FIRST, THE PLAN B BATTLE PERSPECTIVES.
UP FIRST, THE PLAN B BATTLE CONTINUES.
UP FIRST, THE PLAN B BATTLE CONTINUES.
OF ALL THINGS, THE PRO-CHOICE CONTINUES.
OF ALL THINGS, THE PRO-CHOICE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS OF ALL THINGS, THE PRO-CHOICE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS CHALLENGING A FEDERAL COURT OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS CHALLENGING A FEDERAL COURT RULING THAT MADE EMERGENCY CHALLENGING A FEDERAL COURT RULING THAT MADE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES AVAILABLE TO RULING THAT MADE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES AVAILABLE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES.
CONTRACEPTIVES AVAILABLE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES.
THIS DECISION CAME HOURS AFTER WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES.
THIS DECISION CAME HOURS AFTER THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THIS DECISION CAME HOURS AFTER THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION TO APPROVED OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION TO FEMALES 15 AND OLDER.
OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION TO FEMALES 15 AND OLDER.
THE LEGAL CHALLENGE WILL NOT FEMALES 15 AND OLDER.
THE LEGAL CHALLENGE WILL NOT STOP THE FDA DECISION FROM THE LEGAL CHALLENGE WILL NOT STOP THE FDA DECISION FROM TAKING EFFECT.
STOP THE FDA DECISION FROM TAKING EFFECT.
BUT IT REIGNITES THE DEBATE TAKING EFFECT.
BUT IT REIGNITES THE DEBATE ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN OBTAINING PLAN BUT IT REIGNITES THE DEBATE ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN OBTAINING PLAN B WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF A ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN OBTAINING PLAN B WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF A DOCTOR OR PARENT.
B WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF A DOCTOR OR PARENT.
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS GROUPS, DOCTOR OR PARENT.
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS GROUPS, NORMALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS GROUPS, NORMALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT, CRITICIZE THE MOVE AS NORMALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT, CRITICIZE THE MOVE AS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
PRESIDENT, CRITICIZE THE MOVE AS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
SO, PATRICIA SOSA WAS THIS A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
SO, PATRICIA SOSA WAS THIS A DECISION BASED MORE ON POLITICS SO, PATRICIA SOSA WAS THIS A DECISION BASED MORE ON POLITICS OR HEALTH CARE?
DECISION BASED MORE ON POLITICS OR HEALTH CARE?
>> IT IS A COMPROMISE.
OR HEALTH CARE?
>> IT IS A COMPROMISE.
IT'S CLEARLY A COMPROMISE BASED >> IT IS A COMPROMISE.
IT'S CLEARLY A COMPROMISE BASED ON THE POLITICS AND HEALTH DATA IT'S CLEARLY A COMPROMISE BASED ON THE POLITICS AND HEALTH DATA AND PERSONAL CONCERN THAT HE ON THE POLITICS AND HEALTH DATA AND PERSONAL CONCERN THAT HE DOESN'T WANT GIRLS UNDER 15 TO AND PERSONAL CONCERN THAT HE DOESN'T WANT GIRLS UNDER 15 TO HAVE ACCESS, IT'S BOTH.
DOESN'T WANT GIRLS UNDER 15 TO HAVE ACCESS, IT'S BOTH.
>> THE JUDGE FOUND THAT HEALTH HAVE ACCESS, IT'S BOTH.
>> THE JUDGE FOUND THAT HEALTH CONCERNS WERE UNFOUNDED THIS IS >> THE JUDGE FOUND THAT HEALTH CONCERNS WERE UNFOUNDED THIS IS A PURELY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CONCERNS WERE UNFOUNDED THIS IS A PURELY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DEGLIKES I THINK IT SPEAKS TO A A PURELY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DEGLIKES I THINK IT SPEAKS TO A LARGER CONVERSATION NEEDS TO DEGLIKES I THINK IT SPEAKS TO A LARGER CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN AROUND THE MENTAL HEALTH LARGER CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN AROUND THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT IT GOES IN HAND WITH THE HAPPEN AROUND THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT IT GOES IN HAND WITH THE F.D.A.
TYPE DECISIONS ABOUT THAT IT GOES IN HAND WITH THE F.D.A.
TYPE DECISIONS ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH.
F.D.A.
TYPE DECISIONS ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH.
ABSOLUTELY POLL STICKS INVOLVED PHYSICAL HEALTH.
ABSOLUTELY POLL STICKS INVOLVED WHICH IS A GREATER CONVERSATION ABSOLUTELY POLL STICKS INVOLVED WHICH IS A GREATER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING WHICH IS A GREATER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IN THESE AREAS.
ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IN THESE AREAS.
>> I THINK THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THESE AREAS.
>> I THINK THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AROUND >> I THINK THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AROUND THE SAME AGE, THAT PROBABLY HAD HAS TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AROUND THE SAME AGE, THAT PROBABLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
THE SAME AGE, THAT PROBABLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
WOULD HE WANT HIS DAUGHTERS TO A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
WOULD HE WANT HIS DAUGHTERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PLAN B WOULD HE WANT HIS DAUGHTERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PLAN B WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PLAN B WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
I THINK THAT PROBABLY HAD A LOT WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
I THINK THAT PROBABLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE DEGLIKES THIS IS I THINK THAT PROBABLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE DEGLIKES THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO TO DO WITH THE DEGLIKES THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO ADDRESS A PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALSO THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO ADDRESS A PLANNED PARENTHOOD CONVENTION.
ADDRESS A PLANNED PARENTHOOD CONVENTION.
DOESN'T IT SEEM A LITTLE CONVENTION.
DOESN'T IT SEEM A LITTLE SCHIZOPHRENIC THAT HE IS LARGELY DOESN'T IT SEEM A LITTLE SCHIZOPHRENIC THAT HE IS LARGELY A PRO-CHOICE GUY THAT HE WOULD SCHIZOPHRENIC THAT HE IS LARGELY A PRO-CHOICE GUY THAT HE WOULD TAKE THIS POSITION?
A PRO-CHOICE GUY THAT HE WOULD TAKE THIS POSITION?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT POSITION TAKE THIS POSITION?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT POSITION IS SO OUTRAGEOUS.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT POSITION IS SO OUTRAGEOUS.
ACCESS TO GIRLS OLDER THAN 15, IS SO OUTRAGEOUS.
ACCESS TO GIRLS OLDER THAN 15, HE IS ASKING FOR THE COURT TO ACCESS TO GIRLS OLDER THAN 15, HE IS ASKING FOR THE COURT TO STAY THE ORDER BECAUSE HE THINKS HE IS ASKING FOR THE COURT TO STAY THE ORDER BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT THE COURT IS INTRUDING IN STAY THE ORDER BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT THE COURT IS INTRUDING IN TO REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, AND THAT THE COURT IS INTRUDING IN TO REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REALLY IS TO REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REALLY IS THREE YEARS BETWEEN 15 AND 12 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REALLY IS THREE YEARS BETWEEN 15 AND 12 BECAUSE THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE THREE YEARS BETWEEN 15 AND 12 BECAUSE THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE IS BASICALLY OLDER THAN 12.
BECAUSE THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE IS BASICALLY OLDER THAN 12.
YOU SEE EQUIVALENCY OF CONDOM IS BASICALLY OLDER THAN 12.
YOU SEE EQUIVALENCY OF CONDOM WHEN BOYS GO BUY CONDOMS YOU YOU SEE EQUIVALENCY OF CONDOM WHEN BOYS GO BUY CONDOMS YOU DON'T ASK HOW OLD THEY ARE.
WHEN BOYS GO BUY CONDOMS YOU DON'T ASK HOW OLD THEY ARE.
BUT REALLY EATS VERY PROCEED DON'T ASK HOW OLD THEY ARE.
BUT REALLY EATS VERY PROCEED GUESS SIEVE DECISION ON HIS BUT REALLY EATS VERY PROCEED GUESS SIEVE DECISION ON HIS PART.
GUESS SIEVE DECISION ON HIS PART.
>> I'M GOING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT PART.
>> I'M GOING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THIS ONE.
>> I'M GOING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THIS ONE.
ON THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD THING, OBAMA ON THIS ONE.
ON THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD THING, SHOCKING I'M GOING TO DEFEND ON THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD THING, SHOCKING I'M GOING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE WAS SHOCKING I'M GOING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WOMEN HAVING THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TALKING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WOMEN HAVING THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT WOMEN HAVING THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
THAT IS TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE OF 15.
THAT IS TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE SUBJECTS WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN THAT IS TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE SUBJECTS WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO HOW SUBJECTS WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO HOW VEHEMENTLY I'M AGAINST CHILDREN I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO HOW VEHEMENTLY I'M AGAINST CHILDREN GETTING THIS DRUG.
VEHEMENTLY I'M AGAINST CHILDREN GETTING THIS DRUG.
>> AT WHAT AGE DOES A GIRL GETTING THIS DRUG.
>> AT WHAT AGE DOES A GIRL BECOME A CHILD OR A WOMAN, IS >> AT WHAT AGE DOES A GIRL BECOME A CHILD OR A WOMAN, IS THERE A MARKER THERE?
BECOME A CHILD OR A WOMAN, IS THERE A MARKER THERE?
>> THAT IS A GREY AREA.
THERE A MARKER THERE?
>> THAT IS A GREY AREA.
BUT SHEER WHAT I WILL SAY WE >> THAT IS A GREY AREA.
BUT SHEER WHAT I WILL SAY WE LOOK AT OTHER THING THAT YOU BUT SHEER WHAT I WILL SAY WE LOOK AT OTHER THING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARENTAL SPOKEN ARE LOOK AT OTHER THING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARENTAL SPOKEN ARE WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE OVER THE HAVE TO HAVE PARENTAL SPOKEN ARE WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE OVER THE AGE OF 18 TO GET.
WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE OVER THE AGE OF 18 TO GET.
WE'RE LOOKING AT LIQUOR, SICK AGE OF 18 TO GET.
WE'RE LOOKING AT LIQUOR, SICK GETS, I STILL HAVE TO SHOW I.D.
WE'RE LOOKING AT LIQUOR, SICK GETS, I STILL HAVE TO SHOW I.D.
IF I WANT TO GET DEACON GETS, I STILL HAVE TO SHOW I.D.
IF I WANT TO GET DEACON GUESSING.
IF I WANT TO GET DEACON GUESSING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS GUESSING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS YOU SAY, GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS YOU SAY, GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 15, CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO YOU SAY, GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 15, CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
15, CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
THAT IS WHERE I'M PUTTING THE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
THAT IS WHERE I'M PUTTING THE BOUNDARIES AT.
THAT IS WHERE I'M PUTTING THE BOUNDARIES AT.
>> WHAT IS TROUBLES THE BOUNDARIES AT.
>> WHAT IS TROUBLES THE POLITICIZING OF THIS ISSUE, >> WHAT IS TROUBLES THE POLITICIZING OF THIS ISSUE, ABSOLUTELY THERE IS POT POLITICIZING OF THIS ISSUE, ABSOLUTELY THERE IS POT PARTICULARS AT PLAY.
ABSOLUTELY THERE IS POT PARTICULARS AT PLAY.
REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT OVERREACH PARTICULARS AT PLAY.
REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT OVERREACH OF GOVERNMENT IN THIS SITUATION REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT OVERREACH OF GOVERNMENT IN THIS SITUATION YOU CAN CALL IT OVERREACH AND OF GOVERNMENT IN THIS SITUATION YOU CAN CALL IT OVERREACH AND DEMOCRATS ARE REVOLTING AGAINST YOU CAN CALL IT OVERREACH AND DEMOCRATS ARE REVOLTING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT PUTTING -- AT THE DEMOCRATS ARE REVOLTING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT PUTTING -- AT THE SAME TIME TO CARE FOR OUR WOMEN.
THE PRESIDENT PUTTING -- AT THE SAME TIME TO CARE FOR OUR WOMEN.
I THINK WHAT IS NEEDED HERE IN SAME TIME TO CARE FOR OUR WOMEN.
I THINK WHAT IS NEEDED HERE IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO RESEARCH I THINK WHAT IS NEEDED HERE IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO RESEARCH ON DRIVING AGE AND DRINKING AGE THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO RESEARCH ON DRIVING AGE AND DRINKING AGE ALL THESE THINGS IS MORE ON DRIVING AGE AND DRINKING AGE ALL THESE THINGS IS MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ALL THESE THINGS IS MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPLICATIONS THAT GO BEYOND JUST UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPLICATIONS THAT GO BEYOND JUST THE PHYSICAL IMPACT ON A WOMAN IMPLICATIONS THAT GO BEYOND JUST THE PHYSICAL IMPACT ON A WOMAN BUT ALSO THE MENTAL HEALTH THE PHYSICAL IMPACT ON A WOMAN BUT ALSO THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT.
BUT ALSO THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT.
WHERE EDUCATION IS NEEDED AND WE ASPECT.
WHERE EDUCATION IS NEEDED AND WE NEED TO HAVE A BROADER WHERE EDUCATION IS NEEDED AND WE NEED TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF NEED TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF POLITICIZED -- CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF POLITICIZED -- >> TELL ME WHAT ASPECT OF MENTAL POLITICIZED -- >> TELL ME WHAT ASPECT OF MENTAL HEALTH ARE YOU GETTING OUT HERE?
>> TELL ME WHAT ASPECT OF MENTAL HEALTH ARE YOU GETTING OUT HERE?
TO ME, IF A YOUNG WOMAN, GIRL, HEALTH ARE YOU GETTING OUT HERE?
TO ME, IF A YOUNG WOMAN, GIRL, CHILD, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL TO ME, IF A YOUNG WOMAN, GIRL, CHILD, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL HER IS OLD ENOUGH TO GET CHILD, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL HER IS OLD ENOUGH TO GET PREGNANT I WOULD SAY -- OR HER IS OLD ENOUGH TO GET PREGNANT I WOULD SAY -- OR POSSIBLY BE PREGNANT TO REMEMBER PREGNANT I WOULD SAY -- OR POSSIBLY BE PREGNANT TO REMEMBER PLAN B DOESN'T ABORT A PREGNANCY POSSIBLY BE PREGNANT TO REMEMBER PLAN B DOESN'T ABORT A PREGNANCY IT JUST STOPS A PREGNANCY FROM PLAN B DOESN'T ABORT A PREGNANCY IT JUST STOPS A PREGNANCY FROM TAKING PLACE.
IT JUST STOPS A PREGNANCY FROM TAKING PLACE.
WHY ISN'T SHE OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE TAKING PLACE.
WHY ISN'T SHE OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT I'M TOO YOUNG WHY ISN'T SHE OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT I'M TOO YOUNG TO HAVE THIS CHILD.
THE DECISION THAT I'M TOO YOUNG TO HAVE THIS CHILD.
>> YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO TO HAVE THIS CHILD.
>> YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE AND MAKE >> YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE AND MAKE DECISION TO HANDLE THE DECISIONS BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE AND MAKE DECISION TO HANDLE THE DECISIONS AROUND THAT.
DECISION TO HANDLE THE DECISIONS AROUND THAT.
THIS SPEAKS TO WHERE SEX AROUND THAT.
THIS SPEAKS TO WHERE SEX EDUCATION IS NEEDED WHERE WE THIS SPEAKS TO WHERE SEX EDUCATION IS NEEDED WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE PRO-ACTIVE ABOUT EDUCATION IS NEEDED WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE PRO-ACTIVE ABOUT EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN ABOUT THE NEED TO BE MORE PRO-ACTIVE ABOUT EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL BURRED THEN COMES WITH EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL BURRED THEN COMES WITH SEXUAL ACTIVITY AT A YOUNGZ THAT EMOTIONAL BURRED THEN COMES WITH SEXUAL ACTIVITY AT A YOUNGZ THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
SEXUAL ACTIVITY AT A YOUNGZ THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONALLY.
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONALLY.
WHAT SHOULD THE EMOTIONAL SURVEY TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONALLY.
WHAT SHOULD THE EMOTIONAL SURVEY BE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE BEFORE WHAT SHOULD THE EMOTIONAL SURVEY BE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS A BE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD MOVE OR NOT?
YOU DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD MOVE OR NOT?
>> I THINK 'ABOUT MAKING -- GOOD MOVE OR NOT?
>> I THINK 'ABOUT MAKING -- FRANKLY I THINK THIS >> I THINK 'ABOUT MAKING -- FRANKLY I THINK THIS CONVERSATION NEEDS TO COME IN FRANKLY I THINK THIS CONVERSATION NEEDS TO COME IN EVEN TO THE ABORTION DEBATE AND CONVERSATION NEEDS TO COME IN EVEN TO THE ABORTION DEBATE AND OTHERS AS WELL IN TERMS OF, IT'S EVEN TO THE ABORTION DEBATE AND OTHERS AS WELL IN TERMS OF, IT'S NOT A BLACK AND WHITE OTHERS AS WELL IN TERMS OF, IT'S NOT A BLACK AND WHITE REGULATION.
NOT A BLACK AND WHITE REGULATION.
WE NEED TO LOOK MORE BROADLY AT REGULATION.
WE NEED TO LOOK MORE BROADLY AT THESE ISSUES OF WOMEN'S HEALTH WE NEED TO LOOK MORE BROADLY AT THESE ISSUES OF WOMEN'S HEALTH INSTEAD OF THROWING IT IN TO THE THESE ISSUES OF WOMEN'S HEALTH INSTEAD OF THROWING IT IN TO THE POLITICAL COURT OF, AT WHAT AGE.
INSTEAD OF THROWING IT IN TO THE POLITICAL COURT OF, AT WHAT AGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLEAR CUT POLITICAL COURT OF, AT WHAT AGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLEAR CUT DECISION IS BUT I THINK THAT WE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLEAR CUT DECISION IS BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BROADEN THE DECISION IS BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BROADEN THE CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO BROADEN NEED TO BROADEN THE CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO BROADEN THE RESEARCH AGAIN LOOKING AT CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO BROADEN THE RESEARCH AGAIN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN THE RESEARCH AGAIN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN THIS CONCENTRATED OF 62% OF THE NUMBER OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN THIS CONCENTRATED OF 62% OF SINGLE MOTHERS BEING THE THIS CONCENTRATED OF 62% OF SINGLE MOTHERS BEING THE 20-25 -- 24 RAGE WHERE EDUCATION SINGLE MOTHERS BEING THE 20-25 -- 24 RAGE WHERE EDUCATION IS NEEDED FOR OUR GIRLS.
20-25 -- 24 RAGE WHERE EDUCATION IS NEEDED FOR OUR GIRLS.
>> I THINK IF YOU NEED THE LAW IS NEEDED FOR OUR GIRLS.
>> I THINK IF YOU NEED THE LAW TO DRAW A LINE TO HELP YOU >> I THINK IF YOU NEED THE LAW TO DRAW A LINE TO HELP YOU PARENT, YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS TO DRAW A LINE TO HELP YOU PARENT, YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS AT HOME.
PARENT, YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS AT HOME.
THIS IS NOT AN -- AS YOU SAID IF AT HOME.
THIS IS NOT AN -- AS YOU SAID IF THERE ARE CHILDREN HAVING SEX WE THIS IS NOT AN -- AS YOU SAID IF THERE ARE CHILDREN HAVING SEX WE DON'T WANT TEEN MOTHERS, WE THERE ARE CHILDREN HAVING SEX WE DON'T WANT TEEN MOTHERS, WE DON'T WANT TEEN ABORTIONS THIS DON'T WANT TEEN MOTHERS, WE DON'T WANT TEEN ABORTIONS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DON'T WANT TEEN ABORTIONS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING.
IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING.
THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE ELECTION ADDRESSING.
THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE ELECTION WAS ABOUT THE WAR ON WOMEN.
THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE ELECTION WAS ABOUT THE WAR ON WOMEN.
IF REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WANT TO WAS ABOUT THE WAR ON WOMEN.
IF REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR OTHER BIRTH CONTROL HE IF REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR OTHER BIRTH CONTROL HE EQUATED THAT TO DENYING ACCESS, PAY FOR OTHER BIRTH CONTROL HE EQUATED THAT TO DENYING ACCESS, THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND DENIES EQUATED THAT TO DENYING ACCESS, THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND DENIES ACCESS.
THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND DENIES ACCESS.
THAT TO ME IS THE PROBLEM.
ACCESS.
THAT TO ME IS THE PROBLEM.
>> HE'S NOT DENYING ACCESS, HE'S THAT TO ME IS THE PROBLEM.
>> HE'S NOT DENYING ACCESS, HE'S OPENING ACCESS.
>> HE'S NOT DENYING ACCESS, HE'S OPENING ACCESS.
MAYBE THE PROBLEM IS -- OPENING ACCESS.
MAYBE THE PROBLEM IS -- >> BUT THAT -- MAYBE THE PROBLEM IS -- >> BUT THAT -- >> WAIT A SECOND.
>> BUT THAT -- >> WAIT A SECOND.
HOLD IT -- THE F.D.A.
SAYS >> WAIT A SECOND.
HOLD IT -- THE F.D.A.
SAYS ANYONE SHOULD ANY WOMAN OF ANY HOLD IT -- THE F.D.A.
SAYS ANYONE SHOULD ANY WOMAN OF ANY AGE, ANY GIRL OF ANY AGE HOWEVER ANYONE SHOULD ANY WOMAN OF ANY AGE, ANY GIRL OF ANY AGE HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT SHOULD HAVE AGE, ANY GIRL OF ANY AGE HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S YOU WANT TO CALL IT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO DOUBT -- THERE'S NO HEALTH ACCESS TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO DOUBT -- THERE'S NO HEALTH DOWNSIDE FOR TAKING WHAT IS NO DOUBT -- THERE'S NO HEALTH DOWNSIDE FOR TAKING WHAT IS ESSENTIAL LEAP AN OVERDOSE OF DOWNSIDE FOR TAKING WHAT IS ESSENTIAL LEAP AN OVERDOSE OF BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.
ESSENTIAL LEAP AN OVERDOSE OF BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.
THAT'S WHAT PREVENTION THE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.
THAT'S WHAT PREVENTION THE PREGNANCY FROM IMPLANTING.
THAT'S WHAT PREVENTION THE PREGNANCY FROM IMPLANTING.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE PREGNANCY FROM IMPLANTING.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE COMPROMISED -- THAT'S NOT A IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE COMPROMISED -- THAT'S NOT A MEDICAL COMPROMISE BECAUSE THE COMPROMISED -- THAT'S NOT A MEDICAL COMPROMISE BECAUSE THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL SAYS IT'S OKAY MEDICAL COMPROMISE BECAUSE THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL SAYS IT'S OKAY FOR GIRLS OF ANY AGE TO HAVE SCIENTIFIC PANEL SAYS IT'S OKAY FOR GIRLS OF ANY AGE TO HAVE ACCESS.
FOR GIRLS OF ANY AGE TO HAVE ACCESS.
>> FUNNY, I'M NOT QUESTIONING ACCESS.
>> FUNNY, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE FACT THAT IT'S A POLITICAL >> FUNNY, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE FACT THAT IT'S A POLITICAL COMPROMISE.
THE FACT THAT IT'S A POLITICAL COMPROMISE.
I KNOW IT'S POLITICAL COMPROMISE COMPROMISE.
I KNOW IT'S POLITICAL COMPROMISE IN A VERY POLARIZED ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW IT'S POLITICAL COMPROMISE IN A VERY POLARIZED ENVIRONMENT.
IN SOME WAYS I WOULD SAY, WELL, IN A VERY POLARIZED ENVIRONMENT.
IN SOME WAYS I WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU'RE COMPROMISING THE ONLY IN SOME WAYS I WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU'RE COMPROMISING THE ONLY FACT THAT YOU'RE KNOWING IS YOUR YOU'RE COMPROMISING THE ONLY FACT THAT YOU'RE KNOWING IS YOUR OWN POLITICAL BASE, THEY DON'T FACT THAT YOU'RE KNOWING IS YOUR OWN POLITICAL BASE, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THIS ANYHOW.
OWN POLITICAL BASE, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THIS ANYHOW.
>> EXACTLY BUT EXPLAIN TO ME WANT YOU TO DO THIS ANYHOW.
>> EXACTLY BUT EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE CALCULUS WAS HERE ON >> EXACTLY BUT EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE CALCULUS WAS HERE ON OBAMA'S PART BECAUSE ON THE ONE WHAT THE CALCULUS WAS HERE ON OBAMA'S PART BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN ANY OBAMA'S PART BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN ANY CONSERVATIVE VOTES BY STOPPING HAND HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN ANY CONSERVATIVE VOTES BY STOPPING ACCESS AT BELOW 15, RIGHT?
CONSERVATIVE VOTES BY STOPPING ACCESS AT BELOW 15, RIGHT?
>> COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT NO.
ACCESS AT BELOW 15, RIGHT?
>> COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT NO.
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
>> COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT NO.
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE THERE IS THE F.D.A.
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE THERE IS THE F.D.A.
COUNTERING WHAT HE'S SAYING, THE BECAUSE THERE IS THE F.D.A.
COUNTERING WHAT HE'S SAYING, THE QUESTION IS, WHO IS PUTTING THE COUNTERING WHAT HE'S SAYING, THE QUESTION IS, WHO IS PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO MOVE THE AGE QUESTION IS, WHO IS PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO MOVE THE AGE AND WHY ARE THEY DOING IT IN PRESSURE ON THEM TO MOVE THE AGE AND WHY ARE THEY DOING IT IN THAT WAY.
AND WHY ARE THEY DOING IT IN THAT WAY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT WAY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS A HOLISTIC CONVERSATION ONE BECAUSE AGAIN, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS A HOLISTIC CONVERSATION ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY PRODUCTIVE THIS A HOLISTIC CONVERSATION ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY PRODUCTIVE INSTEAD OF NITPICKING OVER THAT IS ACTUALLY PRODUCTIVE INSTEAD OF NITPICKING OVER DETAILS THAT IS CLEARLY INSTEAD OF NITPICKING OVER DETAILS THAT IS CLEARLY POLITICAL.
DETAILS THAT IS CLEARLY POLITICAL.
>> LAST WORD.
POLITICAL.
>> LAST WORD.
>> I THINK THERE'S A HUGE >> LAST WORD.
>> I THINK THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 17 AND 15, I >> I THINK THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 17 AND 15, I ALSO THINK THERE'S HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 17 AND 15, I ALSO THINK THERE'S HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 15 AND 12 OR ALSO THINK THERE'S HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 15 AND 12 OR 10 OR 11 THERE IS ARGUMENT ABOUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 15 AND 12 OR 10 OR 11 THERE IS ARGUMENT ABOUT THEM BEING CHILDREN, I'M SORRY I 10 OR 11 THERE IS ARGUMENT ABOUT THEM BEING CHILDREN, I'M SORRY I DO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT, YOU THEM BEING CHILDREN, I'M SORRY I DO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT, YOU ALL SAY THAT IF THEY'RE OLD DO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT, YOU ALL SAY THAT IF THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE ALL SAY THAT IF THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE THEY SHOULD BE OLD ENOUGH TO GET ENOUGH TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE THEY SHOULD BE OLD ENOUGH TO GET THIS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THEY SHOULD BE OLD ENOUGH TO GET THIS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFERENCES WHERE THEY MAY NOT THIS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFERENCES WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO BE SEXUALLY INFERENCES WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE, THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN HAVE CHOSEN TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE, THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN COMES IN ABOUT THEM HAVING ACTIVE, THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN COMES IN ABOUT THEM HAVING ACCESS TO THE DRUG.
COMES IN ABOUT THEM HAVING ACCESS TO THE DRUG.
WE SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG AND ACCESS TO THE DRUG.
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FROM EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION TO MATERIALIST MILLENIALS?
FROM EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION TO MATERIALIST MILLENIALS?
TODAY'S TEENAGERS ARE LAZIER AND MATERIALIST MILLENIALS?
TODAY'S TEENAGERS ARE LAZIER AND MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN BABY TODAY'S TEENAGERS ARE LAZIER AND MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN BABY BOOMERS WERE IN THEIR TEENS, MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN BABY BOOMERS WERE IN THEIR TEENS, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY.
BOOMERS WERE IN THEIR TEENS, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY.
COMPARED TO BOOMERS, MILLENNIALS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY.
COMPARED TO BOOMERS, MILLENNIALS PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON OWNING COMPARED TO BOOMERS, MILLENNIALS PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON OWNING THINGS SUCH AS BIG HOUSES AND PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON OWNING THINGS SUCH AS BIG HOUSES AND SHINY NEW CARS.
THINGS SUCH AS BIG HOUSES AND SHINY NEW CARS.
YET THEY ARE THE GENERATION SHINY NEW CARS.
YET THEY ARE THE GENERATION LEAST WILLING TO WORK LONGER OR YET THEY ARE THE GENERATION LEAST WILLING TO WORK LONGER OR PUT IN MORE EFFORT TO THEIR JOB.
LEAST WILLING TO WORK LONGER OR PUT IN MORE EFFORT TO THEIR JOB.
TEENS MAY FEEL THIS WAY BECAUSE PUT IN MORE EFFORT TO THEIR JOB.
TEENS MAY FEEL THIS WAY BECAUSE THE SOCIETY THEY GREW UP IN GAVE TEENS MAY FEEL THIS WAY BECAUSE THE SOCIETY THEY GREW UP IN GAVE THEM A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT - THE SOCIETY THEY GREW UP IN GAVE THEM A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT - AND THAT MAY BE THE FAULT OF THE THEM A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT - AND THAT MAY BE THE FAULT OF THE BOOMER GENERATION.
AND THAT MAY BE THE FAULT OF THE BOOMER GENERATION.
SO, MARJORIE CLIFTON IN THIS BOOMER GENERATION.
SO, MARJORIE CLIFTON IN THIS OVER ADVERTISED, OVER POPULATED SO, MARJORIE CLIFTON IN THIS OVER ADVERTISED, OVER POPULATED WORLD YOU HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER, OVER ADVERTISED, OVER POPULATED WORLD YOU HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE HER WORLD YOU HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE HER NOT TO BE MATERIALISTIC?
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE HER NOT TO BE MATERIALISTIC?
HOW DO YOU FIGHT BACK AGAINST NOT TO BE MATERIALISTIC?
HOW DO YOU FIGHT BACK AGAINST ALL THOSE INFLUENCES?
HOW DO YOU FIGHT BACK AGAINST ALL THOSE INFLUENCES?
>> I THINK AS PARENTS IT'S ALL THOSE INFLUENCES?
>> I THINK AS PARENTS IT'S CHALLENGING.
>> I THINK AS PARENTS IT'S CHALLENGING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE WHEN WE CHALLENGING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE WHEN WE SEE DATA ATTRIBUTED TO THE ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE WHEN WE SEE DATA ATTRIBUTED TO THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS THAT VERY SEE DATA ATTRIBUTED TO THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS THAT VERY MUCH IS INDICATIVE OF THE TIMES.
DIFFERENT GENERATIONS THAT VERY MUCH IS INDICATIVE OF THE TIMES.
SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MUCH IS INDICATIVE OF THE TIMES.
SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE, THE PARENTS AT SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE, THE PARENTS AT THIS TABLE AND SOON TO BE OUTER ATMOSPHERE, THE PARENTS AT THIS TABLE AND SOON TO BE PARENTS KNOW THAT IT IS VERY THIS TABLE AND SOON TO BE PARENTS KNOW THAT IT IS VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU PARENTS KNOW THAT IT IS VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU SOMETIMES ARE WORKING COUNTER CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU SOMETIMES ARE WORKING COUNTER CULTURE.
SOMETIMES ARE WORKING COUNTER CULTURE.
NOW I'M THE OLDEST OF FIVE CULTURE.
NOW I'M THE OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN, MY BROTHER IS A NOW I'M THE OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN, MY BROTHER IS A MILLENNIAL, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER, CHILDREN, MY BROTHER IS A MILLENNIAL, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER, I CAN TELL YOU THE DISPARITY MILLENNIAL, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER, I CAN TELL YOU THE DISPARITY BETWEEN ATTITUDES, THE VALUES, I CAN TELL YOU THE DISPARITY BETWEEN ATTITUDES, THE VALUES, THE WAY THAT WE ACT, RAISED IN BETWEEN ATTITUDES, THE VALUES, THE WAY THAT WE ACT, RAISED IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD FROM THE WAY THAT WE ACT, RAISED IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD FROM EIGHT-YEAR DIFFERENCE IS THE SAME HOUSEHOLD FROM EIGHT-YEAR DIFFERENCE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
EIGHT-YEAR DIFFERENCE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
AND YOU COULD ARGUE HIS FRIENDS' COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
AND YOU COULD ARGUE HIS FRIENDS' BEHAVIOR ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU COULD ARGUE HIS FRIENDS' BEHAVIOR ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ENTITLED AND THEIR VALUES BEHAVIOR ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ENTITLED AND THEIR VALUES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
ON THE ENTITLED AND THEIR VALUES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT HE WAS RAISED IN A BOOM ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT HE WAS RAISED IN A BOOM TIME.
BUT HE WAS RAISED IN A BOOM TIME.
IT WAS DURING THAT HI-TECH BOOM, TIME.
IT WAS DURING THAT HI-TECH BOOM, BUSINESS WAS ON THE RISE, WHERE IT WAS DURING THAT HI-TECH BOOM, BUSINESS WAS ON THE RISE, WHERE I CAN REMEMBER THE CRASH IN THE BUSINESS WAS ON THE RISE, WHERE I CAN REMEMBER THE CRASH IN THE '80S WAS IN THE OIL BUSINESSES I CAN REMEMBER THE CRASH IN THE '80S WAS IN THE OIL BUSINESSES WHENEVER ONE'S HOUSES WERE UNDER '80S WAS IN THE OIL BUSINESSES WHENEVER ONE'S HOUSES WERE UNDER WATER.
WHENEVER ONE'S HOUSES WERE UNDER WATER.
THAT CHANGES VALUES.
WATER.
THAT CHANGES VALUES.
AS PARENTS I THINK IT MEANS HOW THAT CHANGES VALUES.
AS PARENTS I THINK IT MEANS HOW DO WE SORT OF PROTECT, HOW DO WE AS PARENTS I THINK IT MEANS HOW DO WE SORT OF PROTECT, HOW DO WE INSTILL A WORK ETHIC BUT DO WE SORT OF PROTECT, HOW DO WE INSTILL A WORK ETHIC BUT SOMETHING MIL YENIAL ARE DOING INSTILL A WORK ETHIC BUT SOMETHING MIL YENIAL ARE DOING TO CHANGE THE WORKFORCE IN SOMETHING MIL YENIAL ARE DOING TO CHANGE THE WORKFORCE IN GENERAL IS CHANGING THE VALUE OF TO CHANGE THE WORKFORCE IN GENERAL IS CHANGING THE VALUE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
GENERAL IS CHANGING THE VALUE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
I THINK THEY ARE CRITICIZED FOR WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
I THINK THEY ARE CRITICIZED FOR THAT.
I THINK THEY ARE CRITICIZED FOR THAT.
BUT FRANKLY SOMETHING THAT EVEN THAT.
BUT FRANKLY SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE GEN-X AND BOOMERS CAN HE CAN BUT FRANKLY SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE GEN-X AND BOOMERS CAN HE CAN BRACE IN TERMS OF THE NEED AND THE GEN-X AND BOOMERS CAN HE CAN BRACE IN TERMS OF THE NEED AND VALUE OF TIME WITH FRIENDS.
BRACE IN TERMS OF THE NEED AND VALUE OF TIME WITH FRIENDS.
>> I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT VALUE OF TIME WITH FRIENDS.
>> I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AS A BOOMER >> I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AS A BOOMER WITH TWO MILLENNIAL KIDS AND THE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AS A BOOMER WITH TWO MILLENNIAL KIDS AND THE CHALLENGES, THE TECHNOLOGY, TO WITH TWO MILLENNIAL KIDS AND THE CHALLENGES, THE TECHNOLOGY, TO PRESS A BUTTON GET EVERYBODY YOU CHALLENGES, THE TECHNOLOGY, TO PRESS A BUTTON GET EVERYBODY YOU WANT JUST LIKE THIS, OF COURSE PRESS A BUTTON GET EVERYBODY YOU WANT JUST LIKE THIS, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL ENTITLED.
WANT JUST LIKE THIS, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL ENTITLED.
AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE TO YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL ENTITLED.
AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE TO WORK SO HARD, I SEE MY KIDS -- AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE TO WORK SO HARD, I SEE MY KIDS -- >> COMPETITION TO GET IN TO WORK SO HARD, I SEE MY KIDS -- >> COMPETITION TO GET IN TO COLLEGE IS SO MUCH WORSE.
>> COMPETITION TO GET IN TO COLLEGE IS SO MUCH WORSE.
>> IT'S TREMENDOUS AND COLLEGE IS SO MUCH WORSE.
>> IT'S TREMENDOUS AND EXPECTATIONS ACADEMICALLY AND >> IT'S TREMENDOUS AND EXPECTATIONS ACADEMICALLY AND EVERY ASPECT IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS ACADEMICALLY AND EVERY ASPECT IN TERMS OF COMPETITION IS TREMENDOUS.
EVERY ASPECT IN TERMS OF COMPETITION IS TREMENDOUS.
AT THE SAME TIME I'LL MAKE COMPETITION IS TREMENDOUS.
AT THE SAME TIME I'LL MAKE OBSERVATION, SOMETHING I'M AT THE SAME TIME I'LL MAKE OBSERVATION, SOMETHING I'M HAVING A HARD TIME.
OBSERVATION, SOMETHING I'M HAVING A HARD TIME.
MY SON IS 17 I WOULD LIKE MY SON HAVING A HARD TIME.
MY SON IS 17 I WOULD LIKE MY SON TO WORK.
MY SON IS 17 I WOULD LIKE MY SON TO WORK.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE CANNOT DO TO WORK.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE CANNOT DO A PAPER ROUTE BECAUSE ADULTS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE CANNOT DO A PAPER ROUTE BECAUSE ADULTS HAVE IT.
A PAPER ROUTE BECAUSE ADULTS HAVE IT.
HE CANNOT WORK AT McDONALD'S HAVE IT.
HE CANNOT WORK AT McDONALD'S BECAUSE ADULTS HAVE THAT JOB I HE CANNOT WORK AT McDONALD'S BECAUSE ADULTS HAVE THAT JOB I WANT MY KIDS TO WORK I CANNOT BECAUSE ADULTS HAVE THAT JOB I WANT MY KIDS TO WORK I CANNOT FIND ENTRY LEVEL JOB FOR THEM.
WANT MY KIDS TO WORK I CANNOT FIND ENTRY LEVEL JOB FOR THEM.
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION.
FIND ENTRY LEVEL JOB FOR THEM.
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION.
>> AS A MILLENNIAL I CAN SAY -- IT'S VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION.
>> AS A MILLENNIAL I CAN SAY -- IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING >> AS A MILLENNIAL I CAN SAY -- IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION, THE JOB NUMBERS CAME IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION, THE JOB NUMBERS CAME OUT TODAY FOR THE YOUTH JOBLESS SITUATION, THE JOB NUMBERS CAME OUT TODAY FOR THE YOUTH JOBLESS RATE IT'S EFFECTIVE RATE OF 16%.
OUT TODAY FOR THE YOUTH JOBLESS RATE IT'S EFFECTIVE RATE OF 16%.
EVEN THOSE WHO WANT TO WORK IT'S RATE IT'S EFFECTIVE RATE OF 16%.
EVEN THOSE WHO WANT TO WORK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM BUT I EVEN THOSE WHO WANT TO WORK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM BUT I DON'T LIKE TO CALL THEM VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM BUT I DON'T LIKE TO CALL THEM MILLENNIALS BUT THE I-GEN DON'T LIKE TO CALL THEM MILLENNIALS BUT THE I-GEN BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE ME, MILLENNIALS BUT THE I-GEN BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE ME, ME, ME GENERATION.
BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE ME, ME, ME GENERATION.
ON THE SPLIT SIDE THAT HAVE, ME, ME GENERATION.
ON THE SPLIT SIDE THAT HAVE, THOUGH, I DON'T THINK THIS ON THE SPLIT SIDE THAT HAVE, THOUGH, I DON'T THINK THIS GENERATION IS PARTICULARLY MORE THOUGH, I DON'T THINK THIS GENERATION IS PARTICULARLY MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN PAST GENERATION IS PARTICULARLY MORE MATERIALISTIC THAN PAST GENERATIONS, JUST A DIFFERENT MATERIALISTIC THAN PAST GENERATIONS, JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIALISM.
GENERATIONS, JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIALISM.
I THINK -- YOU LOOK BACK A TYPE OF MATERIALISM.
I THINK -- YOU LOOK BACK A HUNDRED YEARS, WHAT DID PEOPLE A I THINK -- YOU LOOK BACK A HUNDRED YEARS, WHAT DID PEOPLE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO REALLY WANT HUNDRED YEARS, WHAT DID PEOPLE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO REALLY WANT AND HUE DID THEY DETERMINE HUNDRED YEARS AGO REALLY WANT AND HUE DID THEY DETERMINE WEALTH?
AND HUE DID THEY DETERMINE WEALTH?
>> A HORSE AND BUGGY.
WEALTH?
>> A HORSE AND BUGGY.
>> NO.
>> A HORSE AND BUGGY.
>> NO.
YOU HAD A BIG NICE HOUSE, YOU -- >> NO.
YOU HAD A BIG NICE HOUSE, YOU -- CARS WERE JUST COMING AROUND YOU YOU HAD A BIG NICE HOUSE, YOU -- CARS WERE JUST COMING AROUND YOU HAD A CAR AND FANCY CLOTHES.
CARS WERE JUST COMING AROUND YOU HAD A CAR AND FANCY CLOTHES.
THOSE ARE STILL THE SAME THING I HAD A CAR AND FANCY CLOTHES.
THOSE ARE STILL THE SAME THING I THINK AMERICANS AND MILLENNIALS THOSE ARE STILL THE SAME THING I THINK AMERICANS AND MILLENNIALS VALUE IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES YOU THINK AMERICANS AND MILLENNIALS VALUE IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES YOU RICH.
VALUE IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES YOU RICH.
>> BUT I WILL -- I WANT TO SAY RICH.
>> BUT I WILL -- I WANT TO SAY THAT THE LEVEL OF ADVERTISING >> BUT I WILL -- I WANT TO SAY THAT THE LEVEL OF ADVERTISING HAS GONE CRAZY.
THAT THE LEVEL OF ADVERTISING HAS GONE CRAZY.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I STARTED HAS GONE CRAZY.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I STARTED GOING TO THIS PIZZA JOINT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I STARTED GOING TO THIS PIZZA JOINT FOR DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND ONCE A GOING TO THIS PIZZA JOINT FOR DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND ONCE A WEEK, THE ADS CHASE YOU IN TO DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND ONCE A WEEK, THE ADS CHASE YOU IN TO THE BATHROOM.
WEEK, THE ADS CHASE YOU IN TO THE BATHROOM.
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE BATHROOM DOOR THE BATHROOM.
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE BATHROOM DOOR THERE'S AN AD THERE.
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE BATHROOM DOOR THERE'S AN AD THERE.
I GREW UP IN MANHATTAN, YOU LOOK THERE'S AN AD THERE.
I GREW UP IN MANHATTAN, YOU LOOK AT PICTURES OF TIMES SQUARE IN I GREW UP IN MANHATTAN, YOU LOOK AT PICTURES OF TIMES SQUARE IN 1970 AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW AT PICTURES OF TIMES SQUARE IN 1970 AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW THERE ARE TEN MILLION TIMES AS 1970 AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW THERE ARE TEN MILLION TIMES AS MANY ADS IN TIMES SQUARE.
THERE ARE TEN MILLION TIMES AS MANY ADS IN TIMES SQUARE.
WHICH ALWAYS HAD TONS OF MANY ADS IN TIMES SQUARE.
WHICH ALWAYS HAD TONS OF ADVERTISING AS THERE WAS 40 WHICH ALWAYS HAD TONS OF ADVERTISING AS THERE WAS 40 YEARS AGO.
ADVERTISING AS THERE WAS 40 YEARS AGO.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS DISGUSTING.
YEARS AGO.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS DISGUSTING.
IT'S CRAMMED WITH ADVERTISING.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS DISGUSTING.
IT'S CRAMMED WITH ADVERTISING.
>> THERE'S ADVERTISING AND IT'S CRAMMED WITH ADVERTISING.
>> THERE'S ADVERTISING AND THERE'S ALSO -- GOING BACK TO >> THERE'S ADVERTISING AND THERE'S ALSO -- GOING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TIMES THEY THERE'S ALSO -- GOING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TIMES THEY LIVE IN, WHAT WAS THE BIG YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TIMES THEY LIVE IN, WHAT WAS THE BIG POLITICAL MESSAGE OF THE HE'S LIVE IN, WHAT WAS THE BIG POLITICAL MESSAGE OF THE HE'S ELECTRICS, THE LIFE OF JULIA.
POLITICAL MESSAGE OF THE HE'S ELECTRICS, THE LIFE OF JULIA.
WE CAN DEPEND ON SOCIAL ELECTRICS, THE LIFE OF JULIA.
WE CAN DEPEND ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WE CAN DEPEND ON WE CAN DEPEND ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WE CAN DEPEND ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO GET US TO -- SECURITY, WE CAN DEPEND ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO GET US TO -- TO LOAN US SMALL BUSINESSES WE FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO GET US TO -- TO LOAN US SMALL BUSINESSES WE CAN DEPEND ON MEDICAID AND TO LOAN US SMALL BUSINESSES WE CAN DEPEND ON MEDICAID AND MEDICARE, AND FOR PEOPLE, WE'RE CAN DEPEND ON MEDICAID AND MEDICARE, AND FOR PEOPLE, WE'RE SENDING MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE MEDICARE, AND FOR PEOPLE, WE'RE SENDING MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.
DON'T NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.
THAT IS A VERY SCARY THING.
THEIR OWN LIVES.
THAT IS A VERY SCARY THING.
>> WAIT, THAT'S INTERESTING.
THAT IS A VERY SCARY THING.
>> WAIT, THAT'S INTERESTING.
PATRICIA RAISED FASCINATING >> WAIT, THAT'S INTERESTING.
PATRICIA RAISED FASCINATING POINT ABOUT PUSHING A BUTTON PATRICIA RAISED FASCINATING POINT ABOUT PUSHING A BUTTON GETTING WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM POINT ABOUT PUSHING A BUTTON GETTING WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM DIRECTIONS TO BUYING A PRODUCT, GETTING WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM DIRECTIONS TO BUYING A PRODUCT, WHICH IS A BIGGER INFLUENCE, THE DIRECTIONS TO BUYING A PRODUCT, WHICH IS A BIGGER INFLUENCE, THE ONE YOU JUST RAISED OR THAT?
WHICH IS A BIGGER INFLUENCE, THE ONE YOU JUST RAISED OR THAT?
>> I'M LIBERTARIAN, OF COURSE.
ONE YOU JUST RAISED OR THAT?
>> I'M LIBERTARIAN, OF COURSE.
>> I WOULD ARGUE I DON'T KNOW >> I'M LIBERTARIAN, OF COURSE.
>> I WOULD ARGUE I DON'T KNOW MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I >> I WOULD ARGUE I DON'T KNOW MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT, I WANT TO BE ON WELFARE MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT, I WANT TO BE ON WELFARE THE REST OF MY LIFE AND RELY ON WANT, I WANT TO BE ON WELFARE THE REST OF MY LIFE AND RELY ON OTHER PEOPLE.
THE REST OF MY LIFE AND RELY ON OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S A GENERATION OF SELF OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S A GENERATION OF SELF EMPOWERMENT, GO OUT MAKE IT IT'S A GENERATION OF SELF EMPOWERMENT, GO OUT MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING EMPOWERMENT, GO OUT MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING IN TO, WHICH I HEARD UP TO 24% HAPPEN AND WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING IN TO, WHICH I HEARD UP TO 24% OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT JOBS THAT'S IN TO, WHICH I HEARD UP TO 24% OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT JOBS THAT'S REAL PROBLEM.
OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT JOBS THAT'S REAL PROBLEM.
>> BECAUSE THAT IS A NATION OF REAL PROBLEM.
>> BECAUSE THAT IS A NATION OF EASY ACCESS TO EVERYTHING FROM >> BECAUSE THAT IS A NATION OF EASY ACCESS TO EVERYTHING FROM INFORMATION TO MATERIAL THINGS.
EASY ACCESS TO EVERYTHING FROM INFORMATION TO MATERIAL THINGS.
AND VERY HARD TO FIND A JOB IN INFORMATION TO MATERIAL THINGS.
AND VERY HARD TO FIND A JOB IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MONEY IN ORDER AND VERY HARD TO FIND A JOB IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MONEY IN ORDER TO PAY THOSE THINGS, YOU ARE ORDER TO MAKE THE MONEY IN ORDER TO PAY THOSE THINGS, YOU ARE GETTING -- TO PAY THOSE THINGS, YOU ARE GETTING -- >> IT'S A FAIRY STALE.
GETTING -- >> IT'S A FAIRY STALE.
IT'S SUCKERBURG, GOOGLE, KIDS >> IT'S A FAIRY STALE.
IT'S SUCKERBURG, GOOGLE, KIDS WHO ARE 30 WHO CAN WEAR HOOD IT'S SUCKERBURG, GOOGLE, KIDS WHO ARE 30 WHO CAN WEAR HOOD HE'S HAVE MADE BILLIONS OF WHO ARE 30 WHO CAN WEAR HOOD HE'S HAVE MADE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY THE TIME THEY'RE 30.
HE'S HAVE MADE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY THE TIME THEY'RE 30.
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT I DOLLARS BY THE TIME THEY'RE 30.
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT I DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN A LOT OF THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT I DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND I CAN GET ENORMOUS DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND I CAN GET ENORMOUS PAYDAY.
WORK AND I CAN GET ENORMOUS PAYDAY.
COAST GUARD WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
PAYDAY.
COAST GUARD WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES: COAST GUARD WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES: THE CITADEL IS THE TITLE OF BEHIND THE HEADLINES: THE CITADEL IS THE TITLE OF JOURNALIST SHEREEN EL FEKI'S THE CITADEL IS THE TITLE OF JOURNALIST SHEREEN EL FEKI'S OF JOURNALIST SHEREEN EL FEKI'S JOURNALIST SHEREEN EL FEKI'S OF JOURNALIST SHEREEN EL FEKI'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW BOOK.
OF JOURNALIST SHEREEN EL FEKI'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW BOOK.
IN IT SHE EXPLORES THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW BOOK.
IN IT SHE EXPLORES THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IN IT SHE EXPLORES THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUALITY, ISLAM, AND ARAB COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUALITY, ISLAM, AND ARAB CULTURE.
SEXUALITY, ISLAM, AND ARAB CULTURE.
>> THE CITADEL THAT I SPEAK OF CULTURE.
>> THE CITADEL THAT I SPEAK OF IN THE TITLE AND THROUGHOUT THE >> THE CITADEL THAT I SPEAK OF IN THE TITLE AND THROUGHOUT THE BOOK IS THE FACT THAT THE ONLY IN THE TITLE AND THROUGHOUT THE BOOK IS THE FACT THAT THE ONLY SOCIALLY ACCEPTED CONTEXT FOR BOOK IS THE FACT THAT THE ONLY SOCIALLY ACCEPTED CONTEXT FOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN THE ARAB SOCIALLY ACCEPTED CONTEXT FOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN THE ARAB WORLD IS MARRIAGE.
SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN THE ARAB WORLD IS MARRIAGE.
AND IT'S NOT ANY OLD MARRIAGE, WORLD IS MARRIAGE.
AND IT'S NOT ANY OLD MARRIAGE, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY YOUR AND IT'S NOT ANY OLD MARRIAGE, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY YOUR FAMILY, IT HAS TO BE RELIGIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY YOUR FAMILY, IT HAS TO BE RELIGIOUSLY APPROVED AND IT HAS TO BE FAMILY, IT HAS TO BE RELIGIOUSLY APPROVED AND IT HAS TO BE REGISTERED BY THE STATE.
APPROVED AND IT HAS TO BE REGISTERED BY THE STATE.
ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THIS REGISTERED BY THE STATE.
ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THIS CITADEL, THIS IMPREGNABLE ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THIS CITADEL, THIS IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS, IS FORBIDDEN, OR CITADEL, THIS IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS, IS FORBIDDEN, OR SHAMEFUL.
FORTRESS, IS FORBIDDEN, OR SHAMEFUL.
>> EL FEKI SAYS WHILE SHAMEFUL.
>> EL FEKI SAYS WHILE GOVERNMENTS ARE IN PART >> EL FEKI SAYS WHILE GOVERNMENTS ARE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS ARE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRESSIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN, MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRESSIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN, MORE OFTEN SOCIETAL CONVENTION IS THE ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN, MORE OFTEN SOCIETAL CONVENTION IS THE CULPRIT IN LIMITING ISLAMIC OFTEN SOCIETAL CONVENTION IS THE CULPRIT IN LIMITING ISLAMIC WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
>> THE IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP >> THE IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IT'S >> THE IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST LAW THAT CONTROLS IN MIND IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST LAW THAT CONTROLS WOMEN'S SEXUALITY, THERE'S ALSO NOT JUST LAW THAT CONTROLS WOMEN'S SEXUALITY, THERE'S ALSO PATRIARCHAL ATTITUDES WHICH ARE WOMEN'S SEXUALITY, THERE'S ALSO PATRIARCHAL ATTITUDES WHICH ARE ENGRAINED IN PEOPLE'S THINKING.
PATRIARCHAL ATTITUDES WHICH ARE ENGRAINED IN PEOPLE'S THINKING.
AND IF I CAN GIVE YOU ONE ENGRAINED IN PEOPLE'S THINKING.
AND IF I CAN GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS, FEMALE GENITAL AND IF I CAN GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, FGM, IS A VERY EXAMPLE OF THIS, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, FGM, IS A VERY COMMON PRACTICE IN EGYPT.
MUTILATION, FGM, IS A VERY COMMON PRACTICE IN EGYPT.
ABOUT 80% OF 15-17 YEAR OLD COMMON PRACTICE IN EGYPT.
ABOUT 80% OF 15-17 YEAR OLD GIRLS HAVE BEEN CIRCUMCISED.
ABOUT 80% OF 15-17 YEAR OLD GIRLS HAVE BEEN CIRCUMCISED.
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT FGM IS GIRLS HAVE BEEN CIRCUMCISED.
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT FGM IS THAT IT'S WOMEN WHO MAKE THE WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT FGM IS THAT IT'S WOMEN WHO MAKE THE DECISION TO CIRCUMCISE GIRLS, THAT IT'S WOMEN WHO MAKE THE DECISION TO CIRCUMCISE GIRLS, IT'S MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS.
DECISION TO CIRCUMCISE GIRLS, IT'S MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS.
>> THESE ATTITUDES HAVE LED MANY IT'S MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS.
>> THESE ATTITUDES HAVE LED MANY ARAB WOMEN TO FEEL DISSATISFIED >> THESE ATTITUDES HAVE LED MANY ARAB WOMEN TO FEEL DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR MARRIAGES.
ARAB WOMEN TO FEEL DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR MARRIAGES.
>> WHAT I FOUND AMONGST WIVES IN WITH THEIR MARRIAGES.
>> WHAT I FOUND AMONGST WIVES IN PARTICULAR, WHO WERE VERY OPEN >> WHAT I FOUND AMONGST WIVES IN PARTICULAR, WHO WERE VERY OPEN IN TALKING TO ME, A REAL SENSE PARTICULAR, WHO WERE VERY OPEN IN TALKING TO ME, A REAL SENSE OF LONGING.
IN TALKING TO ME, A REAL SENSE OF LONGING.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE MORE OF LONGING.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE MORE EQUALITY, WITHIN THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY WANTED TO HAVE MORE EQUALITY, WITHIN THEIR MARRIAGE, IN AND OUTSIDE THE BEDROOM.
THEY EQUALITY, WITHIN THEIR MARRIAGE, IN AND OUTSIDE THE BEDROOM.
THEY WANTED MORE COMMUNICATION, THEY IN AND OUTSIDE THE BEDROOM.
THEY WANTED MORE COMMUNICATION, THEY WANTED MORE ROMANCE.
WANTED MORE COMMUNICATION, THEY WANTED MORE ROMANCE.
AND THESE WOMEN VERY MUCH WANTED WANTED MORE ROMANCE.
AND THESE WOMEN VERY MUCH WANTED TO ARTICULATE THEIR SEXUAL AND THESE WOMEN VERY MUCH WANTED TO ARTICULATE THEIR SEXUAL DESIRES.
TO ARTICULATE THEIR SEXUAL DESIRES.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DESIRES.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY FELT INHIBITED.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY FELT INHIBITED.
THEY WERE AFRAID OF HOW THEY FELT INHIBITED.
THEY WERE AFRAID OF HOW THEY WOULD BE JUDGED.
THEY WERE AFRAID OF HOW THEY WOULD BE JUDGED.
THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEIR WOULD BE JUDGED.
THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEIR HUSBANDS WOULD ASK, "HOW DO YOU THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEIR HUSBANDS WOULD ASK, "HOW DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS?
HUSBANDS WOULD ASK, "HOW DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS?
ARE YOU A BAD WOMAN?
KNOW THESE THINGS?
ARE YOU A BAD WOMAN?
DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE?
ARE YOU A BAD WOMAN?
DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE?
HAVE YOU BEEN OUTSIDE THE DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE?
HAVE YOU BEEN OUTSIDE THE CITADEL?"
HAVE YOU BEEN OUTSIDE THE CITADEL?"
>> ACCORDING TO EL FEKI, ARAB CITADEL?"
>> ACCORDING TO EL FEKI, ARAB WOMEN DO NOT NECESSARILY WANT >> ACCORDING TO EL FEKI, ARAB WOMEN DO NOT NECESSARILY WANT THE EXACT SAME THINGS WESTERN WOMEN DO NOT NECESSARILY WANT THE EXACT SAME THINGS WESTERN WOMEN WOULD WANT.
WOMEN WOULD WANT.
>> THE UNMARRIED WOMEN I MET, >> THE UNMARRIED WOMEN I MET, MOST OF WHOM DID NOT WANT TO >> THE UNMARRIED WOMEN I MET, MOST OF WHOM DID NOT WANT TO HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, THEY MOST OF WHOM DID NOT WANT TO HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, THEY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS AGAINST HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, THEY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS AGAINST THEIR FAITH.
BELIEVED THAT IT WAS AGAINST THEIR FAITH.
HOWEVER, THEY CERTAINLY ASPIRED THEIR FAITH.
HOWEVER, THEY CERTAINLY ASPIRED TO HAVING MORE CONTROL OVER HOWEVER, THEY CERTAINLY ASPIRED TO HAVING MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN BODIES.
TO HAVING MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN BODIES.
AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE THEIR OWN BODIES.
AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES, BE IT AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES, BE IT THE ABILITY TO GO OUT OF THE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES, BE IT THE ABILITY TO GO OUT OF THE HOUSE, MOVE AROUND FREELY, TO BE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT OF THE HOUSE, MOVE AROUND FREELY, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THEIR OWN HOUSE, MOVE AROUND FREELY, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THEIR OWN >> WHILE A "NEW YORK TIMES" ABLE TO MOVE INTO THEIR OWN >> WHILE A "NEW YORK TIMES" REVIEW OF HER BOOK CALLED IT >> WHILE A "NEW YORK TIMES" REVIEW OF HER BOOK CALLED IT "ILL-SUPPORTED OPTIMISM", EL REVIEW OF HER BOOK CALLED IT "ILL-SUPPORTED OPTIMISM", EL FEKI SAYS SHE IS CONFIDENT THAT "ILL-SUPPORTED OPTIMISM", EL FEKI SAYS SHE IS CONFIDENT THAT BACKWARDS ATTITUDES TOWARD SEX FEKI SAYS SHE IS CONFIDENT THAT BACKWARDS ATTITUDES TOWARD SEX WILL BE EASED IN THE LONG TERM.
BACKWARDS ATTITUDES TOWARD SEX WILL BE EASED IN THE LONG TERM.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF TABOOS WILL BE EASED IN THE LONG TERM.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF TABOOS AROUND SEX IN THE ARAB REGION >> WE HAVE A LOT OF TABOOS AROUND SEX IN THE ARAB REGION AND THEY ARE CAUSING TREMENDOUS AROUND SEX IN THE ARAB REGION AND THEY ARE CAUSING TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS, WHETHER THEY'RE INSIDE AND THEY ARE CAUSING TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS, WHETHER THEY'RE INSIDE MARRIAGE OR WHETHER THEY'RE PROBLEMS, WHETHER THEY'RE INSIDE MARRIAGE OR WHETHER THEY'RE OUTSIDE MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE OR WHETHER THEY'RE OUTSIDE MARRIAGE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT WE OUTSIDE MARRIAGE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT WE ARE NOT HELPLESS AND WE ARE NOT WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT WE ARE NOT HELPLESS AND WE ARE NOT HOPELESS.
ARE NOT HELPLESS AND WE ARE NOT HOPELESS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ACROSS THE ARAB HOPELESS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ACROSS THE ARAB REGION WHO ARE TRYING TO THERE ARE PEOPLE ACROSS THE ARAB REGION WHO ARE TRYING TO CHALLENGE THESE TABOOS.
REGION WHO ARE TRYING TO CHALLENGE THESE TABOOS.
AND I THINK THAT CHANGE IS NOT A CHALLENGE THESE TABOOS.
AND I THINK THAT CHANGE IS NOT A SIDESHOW TO THE POLITICAL AND AND I THINK THAT CHANGE IS NOT A SIDESHOW TO THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORM WE'RE SIDESHOW TO THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORM WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IN THE DECADES TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORM WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IN THE DECADES TO COME.
HOPING TO SEE IN THE DECADES TO COME.
FINDING THIS FREEDOM AND COME.
FINDING THIS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, AND DIGNITY, IN THE FINDING THIS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, AND DIGNITY, IN THE BEDROOM IS GOING TO BE KEY TO JUSTICE, AND DIGNITY, IN THE BEDROOM IS GOING TO BE KEY TO FINDING IT OUTSIDE AS WELL.
BEDROOM IS GOING TO BE KEY TO FINDING IT OUTSIDE AS WELL.
THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL FINDING IT OUTSIDE AS WELL.
THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL ARE INTIMATE BEDFELLOWS ANYWHERE THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL ARE INTIMATE BEDFELLOWS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THAT INCLUDES ARE INTIMATE BEDFELLOWS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THAT INCLUDES THE ARAB REGION.
IN THE WORLD AND THAT INCLUDES THE ARAB REGION.
>> WELCOME THE ARAB REGION.
>> WELCOME MANAL OMAR >> WELCOME MANAL OMAR , DO YOU AGREE?
MANAL OMAR , DO YOU AGREE?
>> SHE IS RIGHT IN THE SENSE , DO YOU AGREE?
>> SHE IS RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS CHANGES HAPPENING >> SHE IS RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS CHANGES HAPPENING IN THE REGION.
THAT THERE IS CHANGES HAPPENING IN THE REGION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE IN THE REGION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE CHANGE IS GOING BACK TO LIBERAL A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE CHANGE IS GOING BACK TO LIBERAL MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENED AS FAR CHANGE IS GOING BACK TO LIBERAL MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENED AS FAR BACK AT 1800s WE HAVE TO MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENED AS FAR BACK AT 1800s WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING BACK AT 1800s WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARAB SOCIETY IT'S A VERY REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARAB SOCIETY IT'S A VERY OLD, ANCIENT CIVILIZATION THAT ABOUT ARAB SOCIETY IT'S A VERY OLD, ANCIENT CIVILIZATION THAT HAS HAD PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
OLD, ANCIENT CIVILIZATION THAT HAS HAD PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
>> WHAT ABOUT ARABS BRING A LOT HAS HAD PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
>> WHAT ABOUT ARABS BRING A LOT OF WOMEN, FEMINISTS, WHAT HAVE >> WHAT ABOUT ARABS BRING A LOT OF WOMEN, FEMINISTS, WHAT HAVE YOU IN THE WESTERN WORLD ARE OF WOMEN, FEMINISTS, WHAT HAVE YOU IN THE WESTERN WORLD ARE AFRAID THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT'S YOU IN THE WESTERN WORLD ARE AFRAID THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EGYPT AND AS WOMEN AFRAID THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EGYPT AND AS WOMEN WHO CAME OUT WERE AT THE HAPPENING IN EGYPT AND AS WOMEN WHO CAME OUT WERE AT THE BARRICADES AND PROTESTING NOW WHO CAME OUT WERE AT THE BARRICADES AND PROTESTING NOW THEY'RE BEING REPRESSED.
BARRICADES AND PROTESTING NOW THEY'RE BEING REPRESSED.
HOW DOES THAT FIT IN TO THIS?
THEY'RE BEING REPRESSED.
HOW DOES THAT FIT IN TO THIS?
>> YOU'RE SEEING A FINAL HOW DOES THAT FIT IN TO THIS?
>> YOU'RE SEEING A FINAL CONVERSATION WHAT WAS HAPPENING >> YOU'RE SEEING A FINAL CONVERSATION WHAT WAS HAPPENING PUBLICLY PARTICULARLY WITH THE CONVERSATION WHAT WAS HAPPENING PUBLICLY PARTICULARLY WITH THE ERIC REVOLUTION WHERE WOMEN ALL PUBLICLY PARTICULARLY WITH THE ERIC REVOLUTION WHERE WOMEN ALL ACROSS IN EGYPT, LIBYA, I ERIC REVOLUTION WHERE WOMEN ALL ACROSS IN EGYPT, LIBYA, I REMEMBER LIBYAN POLITICIANS THAT ACROSS IN EGYPT, LIBYA, I REMEMBER LIBYAN POLITICIANS THAT WOMEN SHAMED THEM.
REMEMBER LIBYAN POLITICIANS THAT WOMEN SHAMED THEM.
BUT HEN THEY SAW WOMEN THEY WOMEN SHAMED THEM.
BUT HEN THEY SAW WOMEN THEY DECIDED WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
BUT HEN THEY SAW WOMEN THEY DECIDED WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
YEMEN WHERE WOMEN REALLY PLAYED DECIDED WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
YEMEN WHERE WOMEN REALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN THE REVOLUTION, YES, YEMEN WHERE WOMEN REALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN THE REVOLUTION, YES, THEY'RE BEING PUSH THE BUT WE'VE A ROLE IN THE REVOLUTION, YES, THEY'RE BEING PUSH THE BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT GLOBALLY WHERE THE THEY'RE BEING PUSH THE BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT GLOBALLY WHERE THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES OF SEEN THAT GLOBALLY WHERE THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES OF WOMEN ARE TOLD, THANK YOU FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES OF WOMEN ARE TOLD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE IN WORD WAR II, YOU WOMEN ARE TOLD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE IN WORD WAR II, YOU STEPPED UP FOR FACTORIES NOW GO YOUR ROLE IN WORD WAR II, YOU STEPPED UP FOR FACTORIES NOW GO BACK HOME.
STEPPED UP FOR FACTORIES NOW GO BACK HOME.
YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THE ARAB BACK HOME.
YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THE ARAB REVOLUTION BUT WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THE ARAB REVOLUTION BUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR WOMEN REVOLUTION BUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR WOMEN SAYING, NO, WE WON'T GO BACK.
HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR WOMEN SAYING, NO, WE WON'T GO BACK.
NOT ONLY DO WE WANT CHANGES SAYING, NO, WE WON'T GO BACK.
NOT ONLY DO WE WANT CHANGES PUBLICLY WE WANT CHANGES IN OUR NOT ONLY DO WE WANT CHANGES PUBLICLY WE WANT CHANGES IN OUR OWN PRIVATE LIVES AND WE'RE PUBLICLY WE WANT CHANGES IN OUR OWN PRIVATE LIVES AND WE'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
OWN PRIVATE LIVES AND WE'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I THINK IS PARTICULARLY READY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I THINK IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING, IT'S DIFFERENT IN I THINK IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING, IT'S DIFFERENT IN THE MOVEMENTS THAT YOU SAW IN INTERESTING, IT'S DIFFERENT IN THE MOVEMENTS THAT YOU SAW IN THE '60s SAYING WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVEMENTS THAT YOU SAW IN THE '60s SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT WITHIN A RELIGIOUS THE '60s SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT WITHIN A RELIGIOUS FRAMEWORK AND OUR OWN CULTURE TALK ABOUT IT WITHIN A RELIGIOUS FRAMEWORK AND OUR OWN CULTURE AND WE DON'T THINK IT'S MUTUALLY FRAMEWORK AND OUR OWN CULTURE AND WE DON'T THINK IT'S MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WE THINK THERE ARE AND WE DON'T THINK IT'S MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WE THINK THERE ARE RELIGION AND CULTURE WILL EXCLUSIVE WE THINK THERE ARE RELIGION AND CULTURE WILL EMPOWER US.
RELIGION AND CULTURE WILL EMPOWER US.
THAT HAS CHANGED DYNAMICS OF THE EMPOWER US.
THAT HAS CHANGED DYNAMICS OF THE CONVERSATION COMPARED TO WHAT THAT HAS CHANGED DYNAMICS OF THE CONVERSATION COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SAW UNDER SUZANNE OR IN SOME CONVERSATION COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SAW UNDER SUZANNE OR IN SOME OF THE EARLIER ARAB FEMINIST YOU SAW UNDER SUZANNE OR IN SOME OF THE EARLIER ARAB FEMINIST MOVEMENTS.
OF THE EARLIER ARAB FEMINIST MOVEMENTS.
>> WHAT IS THAT IT ARAB WOMEN MOVEMENTS.
>> WHAT IS THAT IT ARAB WOMEN WANT THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT >> WHAT IS THAT IT ARAB WOMEN WANT THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WESTERN WOMEN WANT?
WANT THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WESTERN WOMEN WANT?
DO THEY NOT QUITE AS MUCH WESTERN WOMEN WANT?
DO THEY NOT QUITE AS MUCH FREEDOM, WHEN I READ ABOUT WHAT DO THEY NOT QUITE AS MUCH FREEDOM, WHEN I READ ABOUT WHAT THEY DO WANT THEY STILL WANT TO FREEDOM, WHEN I READ ABOUT WHAT THEY DO WANT THEY STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO COVER THEIR BODIES THEY DO WANT THEY STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO COVER THEIR BODIES MORE THAN WESTERN WOMEN.
BE ABLE TO COVER THEIR BODIES MORE THAN WESTERN WOMEN.
THEY WANT TO BE WHAT THEY SEE AS MORE THAN WESTERN WOMEN.
THEY WANT TO BE WHAT THEY SEE AS SHELTERED BY ISLAM.
THEY WANT TO BE WHAT THEY SEE AS SHELTERED BY ISLAM.
WHERE AS WESTERN WOMEN WANT SHELTERED BY ISLAM.
WHERE AS WESTERN WOMEN WANT TOTAL FREEDOM REGARDLESS.
WHERE AS WESTERN WOMEN WANT TOTAL FREEDOM REGARDLESS.
>> THAT'S WHERE I DISAGREE WITH TOTAL FREEDOM REGARDLESS.
>> THAT'S WHERE I DISAGREE WITH THE AUTHOR THERE.
>> THAT'S WHERE I DISAGREE WITH THE AUTHOR THERE.
IS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, THE AUTHOR THERE.
IS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, GLOBALLY BETWEEN WHAT WOMEN WANT IS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, GLOBALLY BETWEEN WHAT WOMEN WANT IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.
GLOBALLY BETWEEN WHAT WOMEN WANT IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.
BUT WHAT WOMEN WANT IS THE RIGHT IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.
BUT WHAT WOMEN WANT IS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HOW THEY DRESS AND HOW BUT WHAT WOMEN WANT IS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HOW THEY DRESS AND HOW MUCH THEY EXPOSE AND HOW LITTLE TO CHOOSE HOW THEY DRESS AND HOW MUCH THEY EXPOSE AND HOW LITTLE THEY EXPOSE.
MUCH THEY EXPOSE AND HOW LITTLE THEY EXPOSE.
WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD WILL THEY EXPOSE.
WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD WILL SAY, WE WANT THE RIGHT TO WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD WILL SAY, WE WANT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
SAY, WE WANT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
WOMEN WANT THE RIGHT TO DEFINE CHOOSE.
WOMEN WANT THE RIGHT TO DEFINE THEIR OWN PRIORITIES.
WOMEN WANT THE RIGHT TO DEFINE THEIR OWN PRIORITIES.
WE DON'T WANT WESTERN WOMEN OR THEIR OWN PRIORITIES.
WE DON'T WANT WESTERN WOMEN OR ARAB MEN TO TELL US WHAT OUR WE DON'T WANT WESTERN WOMEN OR ARAB MEN TO TELL US WHAT OUR PRIORITIES.
ARAB MEN TO TELL US WHAT OUR PRIORITIES.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT IT COVERED PRIORITIES.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT IT COVERED JUST LISTEN TO US.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT IT COVERED JUST LISTEN TO US.
AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE DO JUST LISTEN TO US.
AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE DO SURVEYS WITH THE U.S. INSTITUTE AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE DO SURVEYS WITH THE U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE AND POST CONFLICT WE'RE SURVEYS WITH THE U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE AND POST CONFLICT WE'RE SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS OF PEACE AND POST CONFLICT WE'RE SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE ISSUES THAT WOMEN REALLY SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE ISSUES THAT WOMEN REALLY FOCUS ON.
THREE ISSUES THAT WOMEN REALLY FOCUS ON.
HEALTH, SECURITY AND EMPLOYMENT FOCUS ON.
HEALTH, SECURITY AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
HEALTH, SECURITY AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
THOSE TEND TO BE I THINK WHAT AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
THOSE TEND TO BE I THINK WHAT WOMEN GLOBALLY ARE LOOKING FOR.
THOSE TEND TO BE I THINK WHAT WOMEN GLOBALLY ARE LOOKING FOR.
IT MAY NOT LOOK THE SAME, BUT WOMEN GLOBALLY ARE LOOKING FOR.
IT MAY NOT LOOK THE SAME, BUT THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE IT MAY NOT LOOK THE SAME, BUT THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE IS THE SAME.
THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE IS THE SAME.
>> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THE SAME.
>> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT I THINK YOU >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT NEUTRALITY ON THE CONVERSATION IS THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT NEUTRALITY ON THE TABLE.
NEED TO PUT NEUTRALITY ON THE TABLE.
IF YOU WANT TO LIBERATE WOMEN TABLE.
IF YOU WANT TO LIBERATE WOMEN FROM BEING A SEXUAL OBJECT, THE IF YOU WANT TO LIBERATE WOMEN FROM BEING A SEXUAL OBJECT, THE PERCEPTION WE HAVE IN THE WEST FROM BEING A SEXUAL OBJECT, THE PERCEPTION WE HAVE IN THE WEST TOO OFTEN THAT THEY'RE REPRESSED PERCEPTION WE HAVE IN THE WEST TOO OFTEN THAT THEY'RE REPRESSED BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING SEEN ONLY TOO OFTEN THAT THEY'RE REPRESSED BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING SEEN ONLY AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND MANY MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING SEEN ONLY AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND MANY MORE THINGS, THEY'RE INTELLECTUALS, AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND MANY MORE THINGS, THEY'RE INTELLECTUALS, PROFESSIONALS, WHOLE HUMAN THINGS, THEY'RE INTELLECTUALS, PROFESSIONALS, WHOLE HUMAN BEINGS, THEY'RE SEEN AS A WHOLE PROFESSIONALS, WHOLE HUMAN BEINGS, THEY'RE SEEN AS A WHOLE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE BEINGS, THEY'RE SEEN AS A WHOLE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY.
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN YOU POINTED OUT THAT YOU >> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN YOU POINTED OUT THAT YOU DON'T WANT WESTERN WOMEN AS WELL WHEN YOU POINTED OUT THAT YOU DON'T WANT WESTERN WOMEN AS WELL AS ARAB MEN TELLING WHAT YOU TO DON'T WANT WESTERN WOMEN AS WELL AS ARAB MEN TELLING WHAT YOU TO DO.
AS ARAB MEN TELLING WHAT YOU TO DO.
THERE'S BEEN THE DO.
THERE'S BEEN THE CONTROVERSIAL -- YOU UKRAINIAN THERE'S BEEN THE CONTROVERSIAL -- YOU UKRAINIAN WOMEN AND EUROPEAN PROTESTERS CONTROVERSIAL -- YOU UKRAINIAN WOMEN AND EUROPEAN PROTESTERS THAT NOT NECESSARILY HELPING THE WOMEN AND EUROPEAN PROTESTERS THAT NOT NECESSARILY HELPING THE DEBATE BECAUSE IT'S DOING SAME THAT NOT NECESSARILY HELPING THE DEBATE BECAUSE IT'S DOING SAME THING, STILL IMPOSING SOME KIND DEBATE BECAUSE IT'S DOING SAME THING, STILL IMPOSING SOME KIND OF I AM PEERISTIC TOP DOWN THING, STILL IMPOSING SOME KIND OF I AM PEERISTIC TOP DOWN MODEL.
OF I AM PEERISTIC TOP DOWN MODEL.
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MODEL.
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES.
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES.
WOMEN FEEL FRUSTRATED IN THE GREATEST CHALLENGES.
WOMEN FEEL FRUSTRATED IN THE REGION, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WOMEN WOMEN FEEL FRUSTRATED IN THE REGION, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN WEREN'T ALLOWED REGION, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN WEREN'T ALLOWED ACCESS TO EDUCATION THERE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN WEREN'T ALLOWED ACCESS TO EDUCATION THERE WAS REAL OUTCRY BECAUSE THE EXCUSE ACCESS TO EDUCATION THERE WAS REAL OUTCRY BECAUSE THE EXCUSE WAS ISLAM.
REAL OUTCRY BECAUSE THE EXCUSE WAS ISLAM.
YET AT SAME TIME WHEN WOMEN WAS ISLAM.
YET AT SAME TIME WHEN WOMEN WEREN'T BEING ALLOWED ACCESS TO YET AT SAME TIME WHEN WOMEN WEREN'T BEING ALLOWED ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN FRANCE THERE WAS NO WEREN'T BEING ALLOWED ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN FRANCE THERE WAS NO COMMENT FROM THE FEMINIST.
EDUCATION IN FRANCE THERE WAS NO COMMENT FROM THE FEMINIST.
NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING.
COMMENT FROM THE FEMINIST.
NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTRESS TO AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTRESS TO EDUCATION.
TALKING ABOUT ACTRESS TO EDUCATION.
WHO CARES HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE EDUCATION.
WHO CARES HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE YOU HAVE TO WEAR TO GET THE WHO CARES HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE YOU HAVE TO WEAR TO GET THE ACCESS.
YOU HAVE TO WEAR TO GET THE ACCESS.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE WOMEN, ACCESS.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE WOMEN, PARTICULARLY IN THE AIR RAP I THINK THAT IS WHERE WOMEN, PARTICULARLY IN THE AIR RAP WORLD BEGAN TO FEEL BETRAYED BY PARTICULARLY IN THE AIR RAP WORLD BEGAN TO FEEL BETRAYED BY WESTERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT.
WORLD BEGAN TO FEEL BETRAYED BY WESTERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ONE FINAL WESTERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ONE FINAL QUESTION WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME >> LET ME ASK YOU ONE FINAL QUESTION WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
QUESTION WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
WHY DO YOU CHOOSE IN THE WESTERN LEFT.
WHY DO YOU CHOOSE IN THE WESTERN WORLD TO WEAR A HEAD SCARF?
WHY DO YOU CHOOSE IN THE WESTERN WORLD TO WEAR A HEAD SCARF?
>> VERY INTERESTING, MY FIRST -- WORLD TO WEAR A HEAD SCARF?
>> VERY INTERESTING, MY FIRST -- I WORE THE HEAD SCARF MY MOM >> VERY INTERESTING, MY FIRST -- I WORE THE HEAD SCARF MY MOM COMES FROM A VERY SECULAR I WORE THE HEAD SCARF MY MOM COMES FROM A VERY SECULAR BACKGROUND SHE DIDN'T SPEAK TO COMES FROM A VERY SECULAR BACKGROUND SHE DIDN'T SPEAK TO ME FOR SIX MONTHS, THOUGHT I WAS BACKGROUND SHE DIDN'T SPEAK TO ME FOR SIX MONTHS, THOUGHT I WAS CLOSING THE DOORS ON WOMEN'S ME FOR SIX MONTHS, THOUGHT I WAS CLOSING THE DOORS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
CLOSING THE DOORS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
I CAME AT IT FROM FEMINIST RIGHTS.
I CAME AT IT FROM FEMINIST ANGLE, YOU TALK ABOUT I CAME AT IT FROM FEMINIST ANGLE, YOU TALK ABOUT ADVERTISING, I GREW UP IN SOUTH ANGLE, YOU TALK ABOUT ADVERTISING, I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IT GLORIFIED WOMEN, I ADVERTISING, I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IT GLORIFIED WOMEN, I WANTED TO FIGHT IT I ACTUALLY CAROLINA, IT GLORIFIED WOMEN, I WANTED TO FIGHT IT I ACTUALLY CAME AT HIJAB SAYING I DON'T WANTED TO FIGHT IT I ACTUALLY CAME AT HIJAB SAYING I DON'T WANT MY BODY OR MY HAIR OR MY CAME AT HIJAB SAYING I DON'T WANT MY BODY OR MY HAIR OR MY LOOKS TO BE USED TO SELL WANT MY BODY OR MY HAIR OR MY LOOKS TO BE USED TO SELL PRODUCTS.
LOOKS TO BE USED TO SELL PRODUCTS.
I FELT THIS WAS A GOOD WAY OF PRODUCTS.
I FELT THIS WAS A GOOD WAY OF PROTECTING MY NEM ANYONE TEE, I FELT THIS WAS A GOOD WAY OF PROTECTING MY NEM ANYONE TEE, VALUING BUT NOT ALLOWING IT TO PROTECTING MY NEM ANYONE TEE, VALUING BUT NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE SOLD.
VALUING BUT NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE SOLD.
>> THAT'S FABULOUS, THANK YOU.
BE SOLD.
>> THAT'S FABULOUS, THANK YOU.
FREQUENTLY I SEE WOMEN IN THIS >> THAT'S FABULOUS, THANK YOU.
FREQUENTLY I SEE WOMEN IN THIS AREA WEARING IT I THINK, YOU'RE FREQUENTLY I SEE WOMEN IN THIS AREA WEARING IT I THINK, YOU'RE FREE NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO AREA WEARING IT I THINK, YOU'RE FREE NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANY MORE THAT'S A GREAT FREE NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANY MORE THAT'S A GREAT EXPLANATION.
THAT ANY MORE THAT'S A GREAT EXPLANATION.
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