The video features a discussion, primarily led by a man with a beard in a grey hoodie, about how he believes women are “gassed up” (over-hyped or given an inflated sense of self) by society.
Here’s a breakdown of his points and the interaction:
- Initial Premise: He states there are a “couple of things going on”:
- Point 1: Women have “short-term, limited s*xual access” (the word “sexual” is bleeped but implied) to men who are more attractive than them.
- Point 2: Their own girlfriends and society at large are “basically gassing you up.” He attributes this to influences from childhood (Disney, parents telling their daughters they’re the “most beautiful girl ever”).
- Woman’s Interjection 1: A blonde woman in a pink top interjects, saying “It’s not just girlfrie-” before the man continues his point. Later, after he says “society gasses you up too,” she says, “it’s crazy.” The man responds, “It’s not crazy, it’s facts.”
- Society Gassing Up Women vs. Men:
- The man claims society is “gassing up women.”
- The woman in the pink top interjects, “And men too, I’ve been gassed up by yes, absolutely.”
- The man quickly refutes this for men in general (“Men don’t get gassed up”).
- The woman clarifies, “No, I’m saying I’ve been gassed up by men.”
- The man concedes, “Men will gas you up too,” but then pivots to his main example.
- The Instagram Example:
- He argues that if you go to any woman’s Instagram page and she posts a photo, there will be “like 20, 30, 40, 50 different girls” commenting things like, “Oh my god, slay queen, you’re beautiful, you’re perfect.”
- He concludes that “other women, you got your peer group, you got your friend group gassing you up, saying that you’re beautiful and attractive, and you start buying into that.”
- Final Point on Honesty: He states he doesn’t think people should be insulting others on Instagram, but also “I also don’t think we should be lying to people.”
Essentially, the man argues that a combination of dating dynamics and constant affirmation, especially from other women and societal narratives, leads women to have an inflated self-perception, which they “buy into.” The woman present pushes back slightly, suggesting men also experience/perpetrate “gassing up,” but the man maintains a distinction in how society at large treats women versus men in this regard.thumb_upthumb_down