A 15-year-old girl watches how America talks about women.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[Deuxcents]

1. Indeed. Powerful

[orleans]

46. here's another link for those not on twitter

[Upthevibe]

51. orleans............

Wow!

That's powerful!

[Wiz Imp]

2. WOW!!! That was Amazingly Powerful!

Do we know who was responsible for putting it together?

[Mossfern]

3. No words

I saw myself in this
I saw my daughter in this
I saw my mother in this
I saw my grand daughter in this

This was one of the most moving things I've encountered

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

4. WOW --. Wonder if HRC ever thought sooner rather than later would happen in 8 short years!

[hlthe2b]

5. Intensely powerful and a bit wrenching to see Justice Ginsburg....

I hope it is well circulated.

[iluvtennis]

6. Who cut up onions.

[Fla Dem]

7. Powerful.

[bdamomma]

8. Excellent

[bluboid]

9. holy sh*t!!!

this is brilliant!
may every girl & woman in this country & worldwide watch it!

[Hope22]

19. Every male too!

They have no concept of how this affects girls, young women and women of all ages. None of us are too old to be disrespected. It…needs to..stop. TFG has legitimized this evil attack that will not go away when he does!

[PatrickforB]

10. That is outstanding. n/t

[Warpy]

11. I remember what I got told at 15

Follow the rules. You can be a nurse, teacher or secretary age the only good jobs for girls, and only for a year or two until they get married. Wife is the only acceptable path for girls. Girls who don't get married have something wrong with them. Boys like to use girls who kiss them but they don't marry them. Don't be good in school, boys don't like that. Smile. Never raise your voice. Be sweet. Alsways make sure your makeup is fresh and no matter what you've been doing, always look your best. Never sweat.

The list went on and on and on and on. No wonder we turned to drugs and then broke every single one of those fucking rules as soon as we got away from Mom & Dad.

That girl in the video won't have it easy, but she won't have it as hard as we did. She's welcome.

[valleyrogue]

14. And marry right out of high school, or at the latest, by the end of college.

It was an absolutely shitty era to be a female, and these fascists want to return to that terrible era. I was born in the middle of the baby boom, 1955, but early marriages and shotgun marriages were still very common fifty-plus years ago, when I graduated from high school. In fact, almost all the women I graduated with married by age 25. In the end, I was the lone holdout of the straight women in that graduating class who didn't bother with marriage at all. It hasn't been easy financially, but I have the peace of mind of not putting up with the life my mother and sisters had.

[Warpy]

23. For me, it was supposed to be a year or two out of college

if I didn't snag a doctor, lawyer, architect or top tier executive before graduation.

I found the perfect life they laid out for me to be dismal beyond words.

[Tree Lady]

24. My parents encouraged me to marry young

I think they were glad to be rid of the responsibility and not pay for college, they never encouraged that.

I ended up with high school only and 2 kids in my early 20's. I went to a business school at 29 so I could at least work as a bookkeeper which I did for many years.

I told my girls they could be and do anything and one has a masters degree in Accounting and is a CPA and one runs a large car dealership with 300 employees under her.

[Hope22]

17. I don't know about that.

If she gets raped she may have to give birth to a baby to her attackers baby. She may die at any time in many states should she get pregnant and have complications that doctors will not touch leading to death. That is the biggest living hell that I can imagine. My daughter who is in her thirties says that she will not live in a country that does not have birth control. These are the things young women and girls are dealing with today. Plans need to be fluid enough to leave the country.

[Ocelot II]

28. My mother told me boys didn't like girls who were too smart.

My college advisor told me not to worry about what I would do for a career after I graduated because I'd just get married.

So I went to law school anyway.

[Warpy]

29. My mother told me a lot of really stupid-ass things

but that wasn't one of them.

[malaise]

12. Thanks for posting

Rec

[littlemissmartypants]

13. ...

[Passages]

15. Dear 15 year olds, I am so sorry we still have a great deal to change for you.

Fantastic presentation.

[Lonestarblue]

16. That may be the most powerful ad I've ever seen.

I hope the whole country gets to see it.

[orleans]

25. i wish someone would put it up on youtube

i wanted to post it on fb but it only shows an x for the link from twitter and instagram

i googled the thing two times and then found a fb page with it that i could link to.

who's gonna do that? it needs to go up on youtube

[2naSalit]

40. I can't see it until then.

[orleans]

42. are you on facebookj?

the video was put out by devin hermason

if you google his name & facebook you can go on his fb page and find it. that's how i eventually had to do it

[2naSalit]

43. Nope...

[orleans]

45. got it on youtube!

HERE YA GO!!

[2naSalit]

49. Thank you!

[SalviaBlue]

18. Powerful

[sarchasm]

20. just ... wow

let's do this!

[Permanut]

21. K & R.

from an old guy.

[InstantGratification]

22. I'm losing the words to respond to that

I'm a nearly 59 year old male. That broke me down to tears that I'm still shedding as I type this. I want to ask how we have fallen this far, but shame tells me that the women in this world haven't fallen this far, they have risen this far because they have fought and clawed their way UP to this point. Ladies, you have done it without enough support from me and my kind. NO MORE. Take the reins ladies, you've been the glue that makes this world work from the start, now go lead us forward. You have earned your place at the table. You have earned the right to be heard. You have earned the right to lead. We will all benefit from your wisdom.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. Brought tears to my eyes.

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. This old, bald, fat man has tears in his eyes.

[Diraven]

44. Me too

Powerful

[peggysue2]

30. Wow is right!

In a very concentrated way this sums up the experience women can so easily identify with while at the same time tapping the voices of powerful women that have and will continue to inspire other women and those on the cusp of womanhood to lead their best lives with self-respect and belief in their own potential.

Well done and brava!

[róisín_dubh]

31. Oof...that stings. My niece is 16

My mom said a lot of dumb shit to me that has messed me up beyond words, so that I’m an angsty Xennial. But, given that she had to get married and pump out kids before she could live her life (she’s a lesbian…definitely didn’t want to marry or have kids), she always said I could be whatever I wanted to be. So I’m about to embark on my second PhD after having a midlife career crisis and moving abroad. Life a life that makes you happy was the best advice she gave me.
Not sure she wanted me to move to another continent but that’s another matter haha

[jfz9580m]

35. "Life a life that makes you happy was the best advice she gave me. "

My mother was lovely and said the same thing to me.

I have been very lucky in both my parents.

They both supported me through every downturn and I have had many in the last decade. They have always believed me wrt encounters with creepy men etc.

My mom told me to do what makes me happy..she always supported my persevering with science in spite of how hopeless it often looks..

The only thing she did wrong was leaving me too soon. I still miss her every day..

[electric_blue68]

32. I watched this like 8+ hours ago. Tears. And stepping back in here to read more comments, i feel my eyes getting a bit

"leaky", again.

That's one Powerful vid!

[North Shore Chicago]

33. Thank you for posting.

[Emile]

34. K & R

[angrychair]

36. Gut wrenching and powerful

So we'll done. I hope it is seen far and wide.

[denvine]

37. Wow! So powerful and emotional!

I certainly hope this spreads far and wide. As a man, it makes me want to run out and vote, which I already have, but I can only imagine the emotions this video brings to young girls! Brava!!!!

[msfiddlestix]

38. How can I share this with my granddaughters? the oldest just turned 16, the youngest is about to turn 14

I'm not signed on to tik nor do I want to be,.. but I really want to share this post to each of them. it's the most powerful message in recent memory. Beautiful work to the creators.

[jfz9580m]

39. You can directly share the link (using email, messenger etc)

You can use the “share” button on the main thread or email this link to them directly:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219648701

These things always play fine right here on DU with my current browser (DuckDuckGo) on my IPhone. Should be the same for most browsers and phones.

[msfiddlestix]

47. Done!! Thank you!

didn't think of share DU link. LOL.

[jfz9580m]

50. Happy to help msfiddlestix

Hope your granddaughters like it .

[DemonGoddess]

41. K&R

Jeebus, making me cry

[50 Shades Of Blue]

48. OMG That is killer.

[cayugafalls]

52. Cathartic is an understatement. I have tears streaming down my face.

Women have always saved us, some men just chose to ignore it at their own peril.

[MustLoveBeagles]

53. A great ad

Should be shown nonstop.

[whathehell]

54. It's how Trump talks about women, not "America"

Why do some feel the need to conflate the worst aspects of this country with the entire nation?..Is there any doubt that if this was done with another country, the post would be removed for bigotry?

[BobTheSubgenius]

55. In this moment, I don't have the words to describe that.

I know I have them, but I can't access them yet.

[FuzzyDicePHL]

56. I expected this to piss me off, and parts of it did...

...but I did not expect to be sobbing by the end.

Wow. Incredibly moving. Recommended viewing for all.