Greetings guys, gals, and non-binary pals and welcome back to another video!
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Now today, I was scrolling through TikTok trying to find inspiration for a video, for things to talk about.
I'm currently working on a big video that's taking more time than I thought because I need to take lots of breaks.
Which means I hadn't planned other videos in the meantime, because I thought I would be done with that by now.
So today, I was scrolling through TikTok trying to come up with more ideas and things to talk about and...
I came across something.
That I think that we should talk about.
And it started by just finding these weird, like street interview accounts
With like men going up to women and asking weird questions,
Or like asking them to do a TikTok dance just on the street.
Man: "Do your, uh, favourite TikTok dances."
"Oh, I like BOOm bum dududu petew"
Man: "Haha, what?"
"Renegade! Renegade! Renegade! Papapapapapa!"
"WOOOO! Aaaa! Go boom boom boom!" [Note - I love this girl, my goodness]
Man: "Wow, holy sh_t. That was great."
Asking them how much their fit costs,
"How much does your fit cost?"
Just random weird things, thats like, not problematic,
Just like really cringy, and weird, and I don't understand why you do it.
And then it got into random men asking random people how many genders there are,
And THAT got a little bit problematic.
"How many genders are there?"
"Um, I think only two, but you know what, you do you."
"Two. You can't switch your gender."
"Oh my god, wait..."
"Uh, that's kind of like offensive though, because like I don't know, I identify as a Cheeto right now."
"Like, it's just like, I don't know, a new thing that I'm doing."
"I used to identify as a toaster and then I got yelled at by my parents."
"Oh so- Now you're back. Like as- Oh okay." "Yeah."
"Yeah, I don't know, the Cheeto life is kinda dope out here, so..." "Right?!"
"I don't know, it's just kind of offensive, just like-"
That seemed to be really common. I came across multiple accounts that would ask that question.
And it could go either way.
But whichever way it went, the person asking the question would go with that.
So...
Was a bit of a mess.
A bit offensive. Very problematic.
And then it just kept getting worse as I fell further and further into this hole of street interviews.
Until I finally came across this guy called Israel.
And...
My god, his account is a nightmare.
I got to his and I was like, right okay, this is where the main problem is.
This guy is just so problematic.
It's one of those people who, it's not just approaching random people and saying weird things and asking weird questions.
It's him hanging out outside a club or a bar,
In the middle of a pandemic, might I add.
All of these are from 2020 to now.
Hanging outside a club,
Approaching girls who are like, drunk out of their minds,
To ask them weirdly invasive sexual questions, or like try to touch them.
And it's really weird, really uncomfortable, really...
Just gross, you know? You don't do that.
So I wanted to look at some of those and talk about some of those,
Because, as cringy and weird as they are, they're also very problematic.
Because these girls are not consenting to this.
They are way too drunk, and you'll see that, they're like..
Off their faces drunk.
Where, you know when you're really drunk and you don't really know what you're saying,
Like, you know what you're saying but you don't have a filter.
Like, if I was in this situation I might answer these questions and act a little bit like this,
Because that's how I am when I'm drunk. That's how a lot of people are when they're drunk.
But if I was sober these interactions wouldn't happen.
And he is very, very aware of that.
These women would not be acting the way they are, answering the way they are, if they were sober.
And he is filming them and he is uploading them onto a platform where he has hundreds of thousands of followers.
And that is really problematic.
Especially because what goes onto the internet, not so much anymore, but it still can affect your sort of career and your image.
Especially when some of these get millions of views.
And although they might know you are filming them for TikTok, they are drunk.
They can't give consent for things, including you uploading their videos to the internet.
Because when they're drunk they don't care, they don't think about that.
"It's fine." You know?
So because of that, when I show these clips, I am going to be blurring the women's faces.
Because I don't believe, in the moment they were filming these, they were able to give consent to being posted onto a large platform.
And I don't want to be posting this content of them to like, two hundred thousand people.
I don't want to be doing that, so they will be censored.
I think that's the best thing to do.
But we are going to be talking about it.
And looking at this, because, ah, it needs to be talked about. It needs to be looked at. So...
So one of the things he does is he asks really invasive sexual questions.
That like, why are you asking this? Why are you filming it? Why are you uploading it? What is the point?
And he does it while being really close to them, and it's really uncomfortable.
These women are so drunk.
And I like, I feel for them.
And I understand the situation, like from an outside perspective.
Like, if they watched this back, I'm sure it would make them feel uncomfortable. You know what I mean?
It's just weird. It's really weird.
So here's an example of an invasive question.
"Do you like anal?"
"Anal? No, it really hurts."
"So you tried it?" "Yeah."
"How many times?"
It's so,,,, ugh.
I hate the way he's talking. I hate it. I hate it.
She's like, falling over. And he's trying to...
Seduce her? Ugh. It's weird!
And then at the end, he finishes it off with:
"Do you want to try it with me?"
"With you??? I don't know. Haha. I just met you."
He ends it with implying that he wants to sleep with her.
Right? He ends it with trying to pick her up.
And whether he's doing that as like a "doing it for the camera", or like actually trying too,
Either way, really weird. It feels weird.
I hate his vibe. I Hate his vibe.
It's gross. This is harassment. And I-
It is harassment. And people are afraid to call it that, especially men.
There's a line, right? I'm going slightly all over the place.
There is a line.
It is fine to hit on people at bars.
That is fine.
Because people who go to bars are aware that they are going to be hit on. It's okay.
But there is a point where there is a line.
Where you can talk to a girl and like, get someone's number,
But if someone is like, falling over, off their face drunk, it's not great to be trying to pick them up.
It's not okay to be trying to go home with them.
It's a situation that can hurt people. And people who are really drunk can't consent.
They can't consent.
And it's a feeling that can be really awful for anyone involved when you go home with someone while you're like really, really drunk.
Because it's not full consent. You aren't in control of your body.
And especially if one of you is drunk, and one of you isn't.
That's a really huge play on power dynamics there.
If you are sober, and you are trying to get with someone who is really, really drunk, that's messed up.
That is a huge power disparity, and that is you completely taking advantage of someone.
And that is what this situation is, and that is why it is so uncomfortable.
He is sober, and he is talking to this girl who is like falling over. He knows that he has the upper hand and it is,,,,
It's gross. Don't do that.
There's also this TikTok where he just is disrespectful and blatantly breaking their consent and joking about it.
"Can I hug you?"
"Can you what?" "Can I hug you?"
"Can you hug me? No, I don't know you. That's weird." "Coronavirus, we don't give hugs."
"Yeah, we can shake hands." "My names Isreal Padilla."
"You have cold little hands, I'm sorry."
"Little hands? My hands are bigger than yours." "No, barely."
"Wait, hang on. Barely!"
"Alright, since we touched hands, can I hug you?"
"Hi five!"
"What have you got on your neck?"
"What is that? What is that bar? What is that? What do you represent?"
He was trying to, like, push boundaries.
They were clearly uncomfortable and didn't want to hug him.
They settled for a handshake because... what were they gonna do?
They felt uncomfortable in that situation and you can feel that they felt uncomfortable.
And he WENT to hug them and they had to like, stop him from hugging them.
And I know he didn't hug them, but it was implied that he was going to.
And even if he didn't end up doing it, and again "it was all just for the camera"...
It's not funny.
It's like, joking about breaking consent is just like, not funny.
I don't understand the point of these videos. I don't understand who they're for, why people enjoy them.
Because it's just harassing women.
It's literally- These videos are just harassing women. That's all this is.
Why is that entertaining to anyone? That's extremely concerning that people find this good content.
There was also this instance, again, where I don't know if this is for show or this actually happened...
My bet is that it was staged.
Uh, but regardless, not funny.
Violation of consent.
Not okay.
And that is this video:
"Alright guys, 6th Street in Austin, Texas, and today I'm gonna be asking-"
Like, that's not okay! That's not okay at all.
If he- If that wasn't planned, I am so sorry to this man because that is like, straight-up sexual assault.
Like that's- That's not okay at all.
You don't just go up to people and kiss them without their consent.
That's like, f_cked up.
Don't do that.
And like, all the comments were talking about how cool that is, and how great that is, and like, "Yeah, man, get it!"
Like NO!
That's the problem!
These are the same men who say "Men get assaulted too!" Yeah, you do and you turn it into a big joke.
So when men come forwards and say they've been assaulted you're like, "No, shut up. You should be grateful. You should be- You should be grateful that girl wanted you."
"All men want that." No.
That is li- That is not okay. It's not a joke. It's not funny. We need to take it seriously.
Stop turning it into a mockery.
Then there's also this one.
"I like you." "Okay."
"Let me take you out maybe to, uh, we could go to-" "The tacos?"
"Yeah, we could get tacos."
"How many are you gonna get me then?" "How much can you eat?"
"A lot." "I'll get you four."
"No." "I want to keep you thin."
What?!?!? What? Bro.
Bro. "I want to keep you thin." ?!?!?!?!
What kind of f_cked up thing is it to say that to someone?
You've just met her and you're like, "Hey, I'll go buy you food, but not too much. I don't want you to get fat, because then you won't be attractive to me anymore."
Bro, firstly, you JUST met her.
Secondly, f_ck you.
Thirdly, what?!
Who? Why do you to decide that you get to dictate that?
You just met this person and you've already decided that you're in control of her body and what she's allowed to eat and look like.
Bro?!
No.
Sit down. Shut up.
It is concerning how many views this account gets and how many followers he has.
This man has 312,000 followers and some of these videos get like over 2 million views.
This one has 6.3 million views.
"Ma'am. How many bodies have you had sex with?"
"Oh no, I can't count that."
"No, I cannot. Let's just say it's more than the ten fingers, okay?"
"Okay."
Firstly, body count is so stupid, it does not matter.
Who cares? Stop asking people. It's literally none of your business at all.
Secondly, so many of the comments are just like, body-shaming her.
They're saying like, "There's no way she can have over ten."
Like on other posts where he's asked the same question where they're like slim girls, everyone believes them.
Everyones, slut-shaming them, but like believing them.
And here they're like, "Over ten? No, there's no way she's pulled over ten people."
And then there's people with backhanded compliments like, "You're all underestimating how easy men are."
For what?!?! For what.
Why are we here body-shaming people?
You can sleep with as many people as you like, no matter what your body type is or how you look.
You're always attractive to someone.
And a lot of people are attracted to more people than they let on.
Like a lot of people lie about who they're attracted to out of fear of being judged by their friends and society.
Which is so f_cked up.
But that is a reality, like I've seen people talking about that before, where like there are men who are attracted to bigger women but won't date them.
Or will like, tell them to be hush about sleeping with them because they don't want their friends to judge them.
And that's so messed up.
That's so gross.
There's no point in body-shaming people. There's no point in lying about who you find attractive.
Just sleep with who you want to.
Date who you want to.
And don't get involved in anyone elses buisness.
It's really not that hard. It doesn't matter how many people you've sleeped with. It doesn't matter what you look like. None of that matters.
Just live your life.
And let other people live theirs.
That's really all there is to it. Okay?
We don't need to be asking random people how many people they've slept with for no reason.
Like for what? For what? For why?
And we also don't need to be body-shaming people.
Yeah? I think that we can do that. I think that's doable.
So let's stop that, okay?
Stop slut-shaming. Stop body-shaming.
"If we're going like five or six inches, definitely like missionary."
"But if it's a little bit bigger than six, doggy. All the way, doggy."
"Rail me. Open my cheeks. Spread it."
"You already know."
"Hair pulling?" "Yes! Always. Choking."
"But gently. Know what you're doing and you'll make a girl c_m."
"Period." "Do you like-"
He's going up to these women and asking these questions and just posting that.
Like of their faces, and everything, on the internet.
Without them being able to give their consent.
And it's .... up.
I hate it. It makes me very uncomfortable and very upset.
And I don't know how they feel about it, but it feels like a violation of privacy and a breach of consent.
And he doesn't contribute anything to it, he just goes and asks women uncomfortable questions when they're drunk and will answer, and then posts them.
For what? I've asked that so many times, but it's just so...
Like I feel really bad.
Anyway, um...
That's him. That's his content.
Can we please stop making this content?
Can we please just put it to rest?
Because these get so many views and I can't figure out why.
I don't know why people like seeing women in vulnerable states so much.
And people are like sexualising this, I guess it is sexual, it's a sexual sort of context, they're talking about sex.
And people are like, praising it and talking about how great that is, and how they want to find this girl.
And it's, ah, it's scary.
And I don't know why people enjoy it and I don't know why people get off on that.
But like, can we please stop?
One: Global pandemic.
Don't be going to clubs or bars, period.
Two.
Don't be approaching random drunk people.
It doesn't matter their gender. Don't be approaching just drunk people and asking them invasive questions and posting it on the internet.
That's not okay.
And three, just like leave women alone.
Just leave us alone. Please.
You're taking advantage of vulnerable people and it's not okay, it's really gross, it's really creepy, it's not fun.
The people who find it entertaining are people I'm scared of.
And I think most women would also be scared of.
Please stop it.
You are enabling people and this is enforcing r_pe culture, and I would appreciate it and so would everyone else, if you just stop. So....
I think I'm gonna leave that there.
I am sorry if this wasn't super interesting today.
I have had a bit of a family emergency today so I'm not entirely with it at the moment.
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