Gillette's PSA questions whether men are living up to the brand's tagline by condemning bullying, harassment, and toxic masculinity. Speakers reject the "boys will be boys" excuse and call on men to hold each other accountable for creating a more respectful culture.
Bullying.
The MeToo movement against sexual harassment. Toxic masculinity.
Is this the best a man can get? Is it?
—happening here in school. We can't hide from it. Sexual harassment is taking over.
It's been going on far too long. We can't laugh it off. Who's the daddy?
What I actually think she's trying to say—
Making the same old excuses.
Boys will be boys. Boys will be boys. Boys will be boys.
But something finally changed.
Allegations regarding sexual assault and sexual harassment.
And there will be no going back. Because we, we believe in the best in men.
Men need to hold other men accountable. Smile, sweetie. Why?
To say the right thing. To act the right way. My poo, my poo. Some already are. Always breathe. Your men. Answer. Answer. But some, some of these Legionnaires, they, they were the warriors watching today. They'll be the men of tomorrow.
Chalk Talk #2: The Matrexx Through Time and Space: Observing the Female Power Structure
