--- title: High School Boys Explain Why They're Feminists description: Yes, men can be feminists canonical: https://time.com/2858973/high-school-boys-feminists/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T17:03:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:39.263Z og:title: Watch High School Boys Explain Why They're Feminists og:description: Yes, man can be feminists og:url: https://time.com/2858973/high-school-boys-feminists/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch High School Boys Explain Why They're Feminists twitter:description: Yes, man can be feminists twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch High School Boys Explain Why They're Feminists by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 11, 2014 5:03 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 11, 2014 5:03 PM UTC There have been a lot of question marks surrounding the definition of “feminist” recently. Do feminists have to hate men? Can men even _be_ feminists? (Pharrell, who came under fire for [“kind of rapey”](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/17/blurred-lines-robin-thicke-s-summer-anthem-is-kind-of-rapey.html) undertones in _Blurred Lines_, [doesn’t “think it’s possible.”](http://time.com/139624/pharrell-says-its-not-possible-for-him-to-be-a-feminist/)) Well seven high school boys are here to set the record straight. In a video posted to [Little Red School House](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrei.org%2F&ei=joiYU8mpBsO2sASHwICYDg&usg=AFQjCNHk0Rp7xdMPOJGRX2HrBf6J2Wr7Ig&sig2=Y2hRzDTxtomuF%5FK-D5Zbtg&bvm=bv.68693194,d.cWc), women’s studies [teacher Ileana Jiménez’s blog](http://feministteacher.com/2014/06/09/feminist-high-school-boys-declare-i-am-a-feminist/), male students not only declare “I am a feminist,” but they explain why. “It does embody more than equal rights for women and benefitting only women,” one student said. “It can help us all.” ([h/t: _Cosmo_)](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/high-school-boys-talk-feminism) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2858973/high-school-boys-feminists/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2858973/high-school-boys-feminists/"},"headline":"Watch High School Boys Explain Why They're Feminists","datePublished":"2014-06-11T17:03:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:39.263Z","description":"Yes, men can be feminists","url":"https://time.com/2858973/high-school-boys-feminists/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","feminism","High School","viral","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2858973/high-school-boys-feminists/","name":"Watch High School Boys Explain Why They're Feminists"}}]}] ```