Watch Amy Poehler Totally Own This Reporter On Male Privilege
by Andy NeuenschwanderDepending on which sites you frequent on the Internet, you might hear a lot of Men's Rights Activists talking about how hard it is to be a man today and how male privilege doesn't exist. The hilarious thing, of course, is that most of the injustices they talk about are the same ones that women have been dealing with for (literally) centuries, and the fact that they're just now discovering them perfectly illustrates male privilege.
Enter Amy Poehler.
The "Parks & Recreation" star is a noted feminist not only in her role as overachiever Leslie Knope, but also in her own life. Poehler occasionally does video Q&A's to help answer some of life's tough question for teenage girls. She's even been known to put fans in their place: During this year's PaleyFest panel for "Parks & Rec," Poehler put an enthusiastic fan on his heels when she told him not to use the phrase "the tits."
Poehler was sitting in a recent interview with comedian Neal Brennan for his show "The Approval Matrix" when Brennan brought up a seemingly harmless question. "Do girls want actual nerds or do they want a guy who looks like a nerd?" he wondered. "Being cool seems like it's passé and now you have to be awkward and adorkable."
Poehler responded quickly. "Well, this feeling you're having right now, which is like, 'I'm supposed to be all things,' is a feeling that women have every day and their whole lives."
"I'm sensing a tone," Brennan joked.
After that, Poehler acknowledged that it's tough for everybody, men included: "I like a guy who goes to therapy and isn't afraid of a good massage, but I would also love to be with someone whose waist isn't smaller than mine, and who just kind acts like my Israeli bodyguard."
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