About

I Know the Power of Patriarchy is a video remix series featuring a clip from a Time Magazine interview with Canadian author Wendy Walsh, in which she says "I know the power of patriarchy. I know what men can do when they're angry." The videos are often remixed with various cringe and fail clips. The series of remixes draws similar parallels to other memes, inclduing Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy and Jesus Christ, That's Jason Bourne!

Origin

On December 6th, 2017, TIME Magazine uploaded a video to their YouTube channel that was an interview with their 2017 Person of the Year, "The Silence Breakers," a group of men and women who broke the silence of sexual harassment in the workplace at the height of the #MeToo movement. One of the members of "The Silence Breakers" was former Fox News contributor Wendy Walsh. During her segment in the video, Wendy Walsh utters the phrase with a wide-eyed expression.

Spread

The earliest known remixes were uploaded by Youtubers Witbyte and Korean Wizard, both on December 10th, 2017. The latter video would be shared on /r/youtubehaiku, garnering over 4000 upvotes, as of April 4th, 2018.

The meme would gain traction throughout mid December, with some compilations being made among dank meme YouTube channels.

Various Examples