--- description: Anyone who thinks men can't be feminists should watch this video title: Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explain Why He's a Feminist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff2548193faa25d8/6986a556cd68483103096a2a/joseph-gordon-levitt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explain Why He's a Feminist in a Truly Thoughtful Way  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Sep 24, 2014 8:56 PM CUT  Joseph Gordon-Levitt attends a screening of "Don Jon" during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon West End on October 16, 2013 in London. Joseph Gordon-Levitt attends a screening of "Don Jon" during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon West End on October 16, 2013 in London.Ferdaus Shamim—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Sep 24, 2014 8:56 PM CUT We’ve known Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a feminist for a while now, but we didn’t know he was so thoughtful about it. Not until this week anyway when he posted a new video where he not only explains why he’s a feminist, but also gets into some of the debates raised in the “Women Against Feminists” Tumblr blog. This doesn’t feel like one of those “love me, I’m a feminist!” PR stunts– it actually seems like he’s really contemplated the issue and he makes some excellent points for anyone who thinks we “don’t need” feminism anymore. This video is a must-watch for anyone who thinks men can’t be feminists. And it’s timely, since the UN just announced a campaign called He for She, designed to get men involved in women’s rights. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3426757/watch-joseph-gordon-levitt-explain-why-hes-a-feminist-in-a-truly-thoughtful-way/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3426757/watch-joseph-gordon-levitt-explain-why-hes-a-feminist-in-a-truly-thoughtful-way/"},"headline":"Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explain Why He's a Feminist in a Truly Thoughtful Way","datePublished":"2014-09-24T20:56:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:03.273Z","description":"Anyone who thinks men can't be feminists should watch this video","url":"https://time.com/3426757/watch-joseph-gordon-levitt-explain-why-hes-a-feminist-in-a-truly-thoughtful-way/","keywords":["Living","feminism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff2548193faa25d8/6986a556cd68483103096a2a/joseph-gordon-levitt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff2548193faa25d8/6986a556cd68483103096a2a/joseph-gordon-levitt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joseph Gordon-Levitt attends a screening of \"Don Jon\" during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon West End on October 16, 2013 in London.","caption":"Joseph Gordon-Levitt attends a screening of \"Don Jon\" during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon West End on October 16, 2013 in London.","creditText":"Ferdaus Shamim—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3426757/watch-joseph-gordon-levitt-explain-why-hes-a-feminist-in-a-truly-thoughtful-way/","name":"Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explain Why He's a Feminist in a Truly Thoughtful Way"}}]}] ```