'On Her Shoulders' - International Women's Day Documentary

[GirlHolland]

WOMAN RULE. WOMAN CAN DO EVERY SINGLE THING GUYS CAN. WE GET OUR PERIODS FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HOUSE, WE CAN MAKE MONEY, WE CARRY BABYS FOR NINE MONTHS, WE ARE BETTER IN RAISING THEM, WE ARE SENSITIVE, WE ARE GREAT LEADERS, WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE FIGHTERS, WE ARE "WEAKER" BUILT, JUST NATURALLY, BUT WE HAVE MUCH MORE TO SUFFER FROM. WOMAN ARE THE STRONGEST SEX. ITS JUST A FACT!!

[mikesomething]

@GirlHolland you are sitting in a building built by men, on a computer built by men, using internet invented by men. you rely on men for everything in your life.

i know this because every woman in the world is doing the same thing

you also seem to have a loud mouth, like most women. you need that to make up for your shortcomings

[pazangalang]

4.30 - when will men no longer need to protect women? When there is no need to protect women from men.

[crisrocksonguitar]

"and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man"....70% of women are more flexible when it comes to their sexuality,it`s quite easy to understand lesbianism,let`s take for instance a man,he has few needs and desires and they mostly resume to physical ones,on the other hand,a woman also has needs and desires but they mostly resume to emotional ones more:)plus that even in nature females seek the company of other females as do males,they interract only for procreation

[SeventhSun]

Caring for women is a private and personal thing so I think International Women’s Day should be scrapped.

When special education is being publicised it loses its magic and its profound meaning.

[garanimalz]

Geez dudes, feminism means equality. We're not trying to take over and dominate. We just want equal treatment for all around the world, and equal pay for equal work (which is still a problem in western societies btw) Calm yourselves, us women love you guys.

[Ilkamy]

The status of women marks the freedom of any society at all.

BECAUSE woman's work is never done; is underpaid/unpaid or boring and we're the first to get fired & what we look like is more important than what we do

and if we get beaten or raped it's our fault, we must have provoked it

and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man

and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine"

and if we don't we're typical weak females

and for many more reasons WE ARE FEMINISTS!

[bboymills1]

Men stand up for yourselves. What do the women have to say about the media portraying fathers as ignorant buffoons and mothers as the strong figure the supports the family. That is not equality.

[bboymills1]

I am totally for women gaining equality, but Women have their rights in western cultures. Feminist don't want equality, they are insatiable, they want to be above men not equal. Men stop being wimps, don't be afraid to stand up for yourselves

[aussiebear22]

Feminists are people who look to the past. The war has been won in the developed nations. Everyone knows it. Yet, they still remain clinging onto ideals like it was the 1960s/1970s.

Just look at what ALP member Kate Ellis just did? She wants to introduce new rules where we FORCE Aussie businesses into a quota (must have a certain number of females) or be punished in various ways.

They talk like they're the victim and need rights; but once in power, they go totalitarian upon others.

[josephstott]

@CanberraUser women do 2/3rds of the work because 1/3rd of the work actually requires skill.

[damodevo]

There is no mention of the real abuse of women going on today - in Islamic societies. Where girls get acid thrown in their face just for attending school

Feminists notoriously ignore what goes on in these other cultures, just attacking supposed western 'injustices'. Feminism in western societies is redundant today.

[josephstott]

@damodevo i thought that was because this doco was 100% history of international womens day in australia (the impression I got from it) so there wouldn't be anything about islam (muslims make up 1.5% of the population in Australia today and would have been nearly nothing years ago when international womens day was first celebrated)

[damodevo]

@josephstott Perhaps, but surveys done of women's studies departments in the US, for example, reveal that they typically say very little about non-western women's rights. So this is a common trend.

Kind of makes the feminist agenda disingenuous IMO.

[niknik2203]

@damodevo I agree with this. Feminists are completely silent when it comes to the plight of Muslim women in Islamic countries. Despite the fact that Islam is the greatest threat to women in the world today.

[infiniteloop99]

@damodevo lol that sounds like bullshit

[beyourbrilliantbest]

How true, unfortunately  We need to take our lives back under OUR control

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[beyourbrilliantbest]

I loved the quote said by one of the ladies in the documentary, 'Don't have the illusion that you have choice.

[beyourbrilliantbest]

Women are the voice, we need to stick together and bring back the equality that has been stolen overtly and covertly from us.

[beyourbrilliantbest]

Excellent documentary, thank you for posting it and sharing. Very powerful.

[beyourbrilliantbest]

Excellent!

[infiniteloop99]

They want to take mens rights away

[CanberraUser]

Exactly!

And what worries me even more is that the wimps among the male population are giving them the green light in encouraging them to continue instead of standing up for their own rights!

[infiniteloop99]

@CanberraUser one of their videos complained that chances of a female getting raped is higher than a male getting raped, what do they want me to do about it? they are using facts like that to push guilt on people for other purposes

I am not against women but these femenists are dangerous

[SouthernGuy73]

@blueberryannette Every time I see a story on the news about miners dying in a collapse a mike underground or on an exploding oil rig out in the gulf, all I can think of is the poor women who died working dangerous jobs to support their families. Oh wait...

[blueberryannette]

@SouthernGuy73 Every time I see a story on the news about miners dying in a collapse underground or on an exploding oil rig out in the gulf, all I can think of is the rich and fat ass bastards that own these mines and oil rigs and don't provide enough safety for the workers. And of course these bastards are women. Oh wait...

[SouthernGuy73]

Why is this garbage featured by YouTube? As long as 95% of annual workplace deaths are men these women need to shut up and stop whining about how rough they have it.

[blueberryannette]

@SouthernGuy73 Dying is for fools! you shut up

[Andybaby]

Governor General = woman. Prime minister = woman. Richest Australian = woman. Feminism 2011 = pure selfishness.

[CanberraUser]

HERE HERE!!!

[MrKinny195]

International Dishes Day

[cecilia1999]

a bit shocked by the amount of hatred shown in the comments here. i hope they were just jokes. hopefully itz not from a fear of losing control or dominance by guys. i believe most guys have mothers and sisters whom they respect and want the best for? mothers who raised them by working and doing household duties? sometimes even on a single salary as a single mother? and come on guys, do u really want your daughters to be chained to a kitchen? the world will be a better place with gender equality

[CanberraUser]

What I find shocking is that men are put down more and more every year by wimmin's libbers and wimmin's libbers are getting their way more and more as time goes on and the whining bitches are still complaining about inequality.

I give my thumbs up to those who have spoken out on here about men who have died in mining accidents and other dangerous jobs while the supreme selfish have the Prime Ministership, Governess General, and many other highly privileged positions they have "fought" for

[tothemax01]

And now Australia, Europe, the US, Canada, the UK, all have native birthrates below the replacement level, and have resorted to the immigration of foreign nations so as to maintain populations.

Good work, you bunch of dumb, white, feminist saboteurs. You delude yourselves that you have created progress, in reality you are a just force for destruction.

[cecilia1999]

very inspirational =)　keep up the good work girls!!

[kobasica]

want to hear a joke? womens rights

[aussiebear22]

November 19th = International Men's Day

November 20th = Universal Children's Day

International Women's Day is quite a number of months apart from men and kids for a reason: Everyone else is tired of them complaining!

Equality is not about being equal. If you think this, you've been lied to. Its really about power shifting to women, so they can have their cake and eat it too. Its manipulation by using the victim/sympathy card...And its growing old as we become aware of reverse-sexism.

[aussiebear22]

@aussiebear22

When I say "reverse-sexism"...Look at the recent trend of the media portraying men as incompetent or older men being nothing but a joke for TV comedy shows.

[CanberraUser]

HERE HERE Aussiebear22!!!

[tunagirll]

Also to the people asking, YES! There is an International Men's Day! :) It's been in existence for over a decade.

[tunagirll]

So grateful to the women who stood up for our generation, so I could get a job, have a vote, get an education and be able to stand up as a citizen and be respected for that. I hope that my input will one day help the next generation too.

[Spirituse]

HI GUYS I READ SOME OF YOU MENTION WOMEN AS DICK SUCKERS WELL, I KNOW I AM, SO COME ON OVER AND I WILL GET DOWN ON MY KNEES UNZIP YOUR FLY AND TEAR IT OFF.

How bout it? I'm more than willing. And you obviously weren't swayed by the reasonable video sooo, I guess you prefer truly crazy bitches like me who will rip your dick off. Oh, and I'm not a feminist btw, theyre generally intellectuals who diplomatically negotiate fairer conditions. I just hate you dumb fuckers.

[greasy220]

@Spirituse hey baby

[Spirituse]

@CanberraUser another reject having a whinge. Women do 2/3 of the world's work and own only 1% of the property. When you pull your fat ass out of that chair then we'll talk.

[aussiebear22]

@Spirituse

* Where did you pull that statistic from?

* Who did the study?

* Who funded the study?

* How was the study conducted? (Factors and conditions used for the analysis?)

In today's world, studies and statistical analysis are conducted all the time to promote products/services and to support someone's ideals or agenda. That's the reason why I am very suspicious of people quoting numbers out of the blue.

[redpeterable]

@lol97d Well said.

[JakeyRofl]

i wish it was still like this

[georgeCOW8174]

women want equality, but when you show them your back hand, they have a sulk. They belong in the kitchen.

[tzweck]

shes right, the system isn't fair...

women can sleep there way to the top, men get lawsuits for sexual harassment!

not FAIR!!

[CanberraUser]

Exactly

Fucken feminists getting their way more and more. NO WAY I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT. NOT EVER

[josephstott]

and now we have Julia Gillard, thanks Feminism!

[CanberraUser]

Yeah who the fuck does she think she is? Too big for her boots. Same goes for that female governor general. Spoilt bloody rotten these days

[mobbywips]

i like to look after my fella and i like the idea of staying home with babies, but im certainly happy i have the opportunity to do more than that, to be more than that. im very thankful for how far the equal rights movement has come.

[excop360]

Hubby: happy international women's day sweetie. Wife: awe thank you hunni. Hubby: NOW GET THE FUCK BACK IN THE KITCHEN

[UZRA098]

I AM COMPLETEY AND UTTERLY DISGUSTED WITH THE COMMENTS IM SEEING HERE!

arrghh Men! we are the reason you're here, so u have no right to disrespect one!

[3Target33]

bitches can't do shit either than suck dick!

[redpeterable]

@3Target33 Well the fact that you exist means your mother did more than just suck your fathers dick!

[3Target33]

@redpeterable why aren't you in the kitchen?

[redpeterable]

@3Target33 I am! I do all my computer stuff AND dick sucking in here!

[3Target33]

@redpeterable keep it up thenn :D

[Cheesewookie]

womens rights are very important, i just hate hardcore feminism, its very obnoxious

[Cheesewookie]

lol dykes

[Daracon75]

I think men should honour this "International Women's Day" by using it as an excuse to flatter nice girls. You never know guys - you could get lucky.

There's no point in men and women throwing sexist remarks - you get good men, bad men, good women, and bad women. It's not like a racial thing where you get some races with higher crime rates than others. Men and Women are roughly the same in terms of quality of character in the general population. So Love each other :D and be thankful!

[Schredder222]

These women have never been married...

[oweneyou1]

women.... alwase have something to complain about..... am i right?

[FreelancerRADE]

international make me a sandwich day

[Oldnmoist]

BUT THEN AGAIN JOAN CHILD LOOKED PRETTY GOD DAMN APPETIZING TOO...

[Oldnmoist]

ALL K COULD THINK ABOUT WHILE WATCHING THIS WAS SPREADING MARILYN LAKE'S BUTT CHEEKS APART AND GOING FOR HER MILK DUD. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE HER NUMBER!!!!

[Klukie1994]

LOL!

[crazyanimegrl1]

dear all the men saying get back in the kitchen and other sexist things,

SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY AND GET OVER UR FAT HEADS. effing trolls.

[13richardst]

GET BACK IN THE FUCKING KITCHEN!!!!!!!

[maggtoes]

chocolate sause

[3Target33]

@TomRude213 i slalute you!

[loboe1118]

@TomRude213 I was gonna make a comment something like this

but i'll just thumbs up yours<3

[jellybelly903]

@TomRude213 Get back under the bridge.. Thats a good troll..

[MrHarryhoman]

i didn't even watch the video it looked so shit i just came to tell you it looked that shit

[denysemary]

Dear greasy220

Isnt every day International Men's Day?

[greasy220]

We want an International Men's Day!!

[mrdeleted]

It was created to make that the government could collect more taxes, and push men out of the home, and make the men out to be the bad person, and has resulted in a lot of broken homes.

[Kingpretzel1]

I heard a feminist on the radio while at work dismorning and she was going on how this guy was sexiest cause he opened a door for her, she said can't women open a door why do we need men to open doors for us blah blah get over yourself lady its called a nice gesture maybe you should try it some time.

[booooooooooobify]

feminism used to mean fairness between sexes. what the concept of EQUALITY between sexes has done is try to treat men and women as if they were one and the same. so what you have now are feminazis doing silly things like sueing hooters for only having waitresses. while women do deserve rights, women and men will never ever be completely 100 percent equal. its just biology.

[tomatoketchupexpress]

critics of Feminism should realise that feminism means EQUALITY BETWEEN THE SEXES. not just female empowerment.

feMENism exists within feminism!

[KingoftheGods123]

Is there an international mens day ?

[woahXgirl94]

@KingoftheGods123 Im sorry was it men who werent alowed to vote back then? and is it men who get payed less than women for the same job? no.

[flyingemuzZZ]

@woahXgirl94 he was just asking, chill the hell out. :)

[woahXgirl94]

@flyingemuzZZ Um and I was just saying why there isnt?

[KingoftheGods123]

@woahXgirl94

I'll take your little rant as a no.

So much for equality....

[woahXgirl94]

@KingoftheGods123 I'm sorry to come off that way i believe we are both equal and should both be payed equally for the same job. I am in no way some hardcore feminist...its just having a mens day is pointless cause it is a mans world...and well men have always been the stronger ones and the hunters and theres so much history about men and their accomplishments.

[niknik2203]

@KingoftheGods123 International women's day is meant to commemorate the struggle of women to gain equality over the course of hundreds of years. Even thousands of years just to be treated fairly; something that shouldn't even be an issue let alone a battle. It pays tribute to how far women have come, despite the obstacles and odds against them. Tell me; what have men had to suffer through as a gender?

Then we will have an international men's day.

[roocusify]

@niknik2203 what have men had to suffer through as a gender? ask any soldier that has been in a war. Don't go hating men of today because of th men of the past.

[vonnxu22]

@roocusify Wars were created by men to fight other men because they have no other means of solving conflict.

[roocusify]

@vonnxu22 your right we should sit here and turn the other cheek. Send the ladies in as diplomats to sort things out...then blame then men again when things don't turn out the way you hoped.

[HiOnLife14]

@niknik2203 not saying that you wrong but young men and boys were sent to their deaths involuntarily during wars in the last century id say thats suffering as a gender

[gorillaphile]

@HiOnLife14 most deaths in wars have been civilians and the majority are them are women and kids.

[KingoftheGods123]

@gorillaphile

Civilians include men aswell...

[gorillaphile]

@KingoftheGods123 Yes and the comment includes them . "majority" doesn't preclude men.

[CanberraUser]

Oh get over it willya

[TBismire]

@niknik2203 What have men had to suffer through!?...Tell me, when it was compulsory for women to be drafted into the army.

[murf69]

@niknik2203 Ummm... I think you just answered your own question.

[themaniusedtob]

@niknik2203 how dare you say that? men suffered plenty they died for your freedom to say that... you must not have a father... what did your mother divorce him to receive ex support?

[niknik2203]

@themaniusedtob You clearly didn't understand the point of my statement. If you did you wouldn't have resorted to childishly attempting to insult my mother. I'll explain just for you:

I never said no men have ever suffered before. Indeed, most soldiers who have died are men as you said. However (pay close attention to this)...men have never suffered collectively as a gender under the oppression of women. Rather, men have been the oppressors of women since the dawn of time. Thus we have......

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203 " men have been the oppressors of women since the dawn of time"

F*CK YOU YOU SPOILED PRIVILEGED PIECE OF POS.

How dare you say something so f*cking filled with vile bigotry.

[niknik2203]

@AlekNovy I'm sorry the truth bothers you so much. It's not bigotry if it's historically true. That's not to say ALL men have done this, but yes, males collectively as a gender have.

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203 You do realize the NAZIS used the same rhetoric to justify hatred against jews right? You realize that most hateful movements in history have all built up freaking so called "disciplines" where they taught that a group had "opressed them".

You do realize that nazis were a group of pseudo-scholars who perverted interpretations of history to convince germans that they are being opressed by jews right?

Feminazis are called that for a reason. They spread vile bigotry and hate.

[niknik2203]

@AlekNovy Excuse you, i never said anything about persecuting or exterminating men. Do not associate me with genocidal monsters. Your connection is absurd and you sound crazy.

Women have been opressed in virtually all socieies and are still opressed in some today. That's historical fact. And ackowledging that doesn't make you a man-hating bigot. However, your refusal to acknowledge that might say something about your own "vile bigotry"....

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203 "Women have been opressed in virtually all socieies and are still opressed in some today."

No. WORKING PEOPLE OF EITHER GENDER HAVE BEEN OPRESSED FOR CENTURIES. What feminists do is take the 0.00001% of people on the top who opressed us ALL, and then say "men opressed women".

What feminists do is MAKE COMMON MEN in history invisible. YOU FREAKING ERASE the opressed men who FOUGHT for our freedoms and you dare say that the COMMON man was an oppressor.

[niknik2203]

@AlekNovy No, I didn't say every individual man oppressed women, i said men collectively as a gender did so. Just as whites collectively oppressed blacks for many centuries in the US.

There are women in Saudi Arabia who are not even allowed to drive and have to be escorted by male relatives when they leave the house.

I also acknowleged in my previous comment to you that there were men who helped fight for womens equality during the liberation. I'm erasing no history there.

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203 "I didn't say every individual man oppressed women, i said men collectively as a gender did so"

I know exactly what you said and its vile hateful slander and bigotry. Men as a group did not oppress women.

THE ELITES, the 0.000000000001% on top of society oppressed EVERYONE. The fact that they mostly owned penises, does not mean that we THE COMMON MAN are at fault as a GROUP.

A statement such as "men opressed women" is EQUIVALENT to anti-semitic statement like "jew-owned media".

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203 "Just as whites collectively oppressed blacks for many centuries in the US."

You do realize that black MEN are still the most discriminated and oppressed group right? Ever pick up one of those papers that prove this? I have.

You know what those same papers prove? THE EXACT SAME RESEARCH that shows that black men are the most discriminated in society (using a certain methodology) show that all other groups of men are a close second. Minority women are third.

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203 "Just as whites collectively oppressed blacks for many centuries in the US."

Pick up some of the papers that prove the media and the judiciary discriminates against black men. Read them.

THOSE EXACT SAME PAPERS show that exact same bias against other men as well. The VERY papers that prove that blacks are still discriminated against, they have black men as the highest graph in the chart, but other men (all other men) are a close second, minority women third, white women LAST.

[niknik2203]

@AlekNovy I said blacks WERE oppressed by white people. Can't you read? Nevermind, i'm done with discussing this. Have a nice life.

[niknik2203]

@AlekNovy "You do realize the NAZIS used the same rhetoric to justify hatred against jews right?"

This is not about spreading hate. It's about ackowledging the struggle for womens equality. There were also men who helped fight for womens' rights too.

[niknik2203]

@themaniusedtob ...International Women's Day. It pays tribute to the struggle of women to gain equality amongst men who have tended to treat them as inferiors throughout history.

From your very defensive and hostile response to me, you sound like a very bitter man towards women. Sucks to be you. 

[AlekNovy]

@niknik2203

"Tell me; what have men had to suffer through as a gender?"

Yes, we don't suffer. We just get born and we get handed everything for us for merely owning a penis. The amount of vile IGNORANCE and misandry your statement has is mindblowing.

The male suicide rate is 400% that of women, and that's after they survive adolescence where boys commit suicide 1000% more than girls. I guess that's coz they can't bare how life is so effortless right?

[niknik2203]

@AlekNovy "Tell me; what have men had to suffer through as a gender?""

I meant, what group has ever persecuted men, simply because they are men.



[GideonStyle]

@dimitri9007

Well that could be due to most extremists tend to be one sided. Such as a lot of feminists I have met do tend to be sexists to all men, with a semi biased opinion toward them. However these extremists were necessary for peoples rights, albeit perhaps not as necessary anymore. Documentaries like this are good to educate people for equal treatment among all of us continuing forward.

[550652vols]

What is thiseven about?

[vengance32]

I can only picture how many "trolls" will be seeking attention on this video...by the way sanwhich jokes are getting old

[crazykid2211]

aussie women are really friendly.

[murf69]

You've come a long way, baby!

[zootma]

we need more of these kinds of docos - thanks UN women! J

[heavymetal774]

Why isn't she in a kitchen?

[MandyMawson]

@josephjarsam94 :D it's nice to know that there are guys out there that support women instead of trying to hold them back. Then again, most guys do seem to support women. I don't know where all of these sexist comments are coming from, but I know the majority of guys (at least in western culture) don't think like that. :F

[dimitri9007]

It would have been nice to hear about the role men play in liberation of women. It's a nobel cause no doubt, but this battle seems to have been portrayed as a women's only cause. Perhaps this could be a consideration for filmmakers and the movement in general. I would find it difficult to believe that no men would become part of a cause if it sought their inclusion in the movement.

We comfortably see privileged white people involved in anit-racism campaigns so what it so odd about my proposal?

[unicornchasing]

@dimitri9007 i agree! in these kinds of things, men are often only portrayed as being against women's rights, when i know for a fact that there are many men who are "on our side". in face i only saw an image a few days ago, with a male holding a sign saying "men can be feminists too!"

[everythingsucksful]

This is wonderful and to all men who hate women; why? Can you not handle the fact that women have as many rights as men do? REAL MEN respect women and don't rape or call women the c-word just because they want equality. Hatred is detrimental to the progess of the human race, and we all need to understand that.

[CanberraUser]

What the hell has the "c-word" got to do with the price of fish you fusspot. It's just a word for fuck sake (oops oh sorry — I mean, for f-word's sake)

[PatriotsRule98]

I don't care if they haveore rights. Of they want to be equal than they should be registered for the draft at 18 as well than.

[SelfDisgust]

International womans day? WTF? If you want gender equality get rid of VAWA. These people don't know what equality really is. All they want is privledge.

[josephjarsam94]

Hopefully all the anti-women comments are just jokes, :) go women! Woot!

[lolwtfwuut]

less documentaries, more sandwich making

[DonElmerLopez]

Hahahaaha .... oohhh women

[jngaio]

This is great. Thankyou.

[genieliz]

what an excellent compliation of women's herstory....well put together -love the archival footage and the representative voices. Thank you

[CrazyCornhuskerFan]

where is my sandwhich

[MRMILO57]

Women, your place is in the kitchen and looking after the children!

[SweatedWorkshop]

Hear hear! - "You ear less, you earn less over your lifetime, you do a heap of unpaid work - because somebody's got to do it.. You don't run things you don't decide things. So don't have the illusion you've got choice"

- I like "because somebody's got to do it" especially...

Ahaha - and I'm going to say it... if we had ownership of our sexuality abortion wouldn't be an issue at all...

[VickiBobotis]

What a powerful documentary. Thank you.