I am also proud to be hosting and organising and now announcing a screening of the film on campus. It may be uncomfortable but most important discussions are. So, unlike the protestors who choose the easy way out and cling to their comfortable world view, I encourage everyone, especially females to see this film.
In a knee-jerk response, zero-sum radical feminists have tried to shut down the film and the legitimate argument that gender issues are often as dual sided as gender itself. The film decisively reveals how mainstream culture is prone to consistently overlook men’s issues. The expectations of masculinity create challenges as real as any feminine stereotype. The documentary is a balanced and well-made film about men’s issues, real men’s issues, which go unaddressed in a world that views any discussion of them as ‘hate speech’. The truth however, is there for all brave enough to witness it. It would be much easier to wrap myself up in the safe warm blanket of feminism, to shield myself in the protective thought bubble that this film is ‘evil propaganda’ funded by evil men who hate women. The truth is always somewhat awkward, it is often painful.
In a more confronting manner, it made me reflect on the history of domestic violence haunting my own family. Ninety minutes and 25 seconds into the running time, to be precise. It makes you question your role in the world and your perspective on the gender debate. When watching director Cassie Jaye’s controversial documentary The Red Pill, a propaganda film about the men’s rights movement in America, that limit arrived at a specific moment. That is to say, if they had actually watched the film all the way through.īecause to be honest, it is an uncomfortable film to watch as a woman. The funny thing is, after watching it, I could maybe understand the protests and the women trying to shut it down. I had sought it out after reading several articles about screenings of the film being shut down in the socialist republic of Melbourne. ‘The Red Pill’ is a documentary by Cassie Jaye that follows her life-altering journey into the world of the men’s rights movement. Ready to watch a film that has been labelled ‘misogynistic propaganda’, a film that has been banned and protested, a film that had caught my attention. I had found it, I had turned off the lights and I was ready.
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