A Sydney Boys High school student stands on the school's grounds and looks into the camera.
"Feminism is important to me because a few months ago a guy decided for me that I wanted to have sex with him," he says.
"I didn't want to."
For a moment the audience may wonder if he's referring to his own experience.
Text appears across the screen: "We asked the women in our lives why feminism is important to them.
"This is what they said."
The video, which students at Sydney Boys High School posted to Facebook for International Women's Day, then cuts to another male student.
"Feminism is important to me because despite being a fully qualified vet, a woman recently told me I would not be able to go out to her farm and pull a calf because it would be too hard for me.
"I went out there and I pulled that calf."
Another student says: "Feminism is important to me because when I give directions at work I get called a bitch rather than a leader, and bossy rather than assertive."
And another: "Feminism is important to me because my Dad doesn't think I can be an engineer and my Mum doesn’t think I can be an economist because that’s too hard for a girl."
The Facebook video had racked up more than 120,000 views at the time of publication.
Facebook user Sally Lancaster wrote: "Great work SBHS Prefects - so impressed by you."
While Holly Coleman commented: "There is hope!!! What amazing young men you are."
Damian Yates said: "Awesome - a fine outstanding group of young gentlemen.. I wish I had this wisdom at their age.. ."
And from Jenny Harding: "This is what our community needs - the voices of young men to be in partnership with women to recognise the inequities that permeate society. This is a start of what should be a global conversation.
"SBHS this is just a wonderful contribution to IWD!"
Student leaders decided to produce the video to raise awareness about gender equality, deputy principal Rachel Powell told SBS News.
The boys were in a sport class at the time of publication and were not available for comment.
Ms Powell said it was disturbing that the boys were able to come up with such "shocking experiences of sexism so easily from talking to the women in their lives".
The students have been taking part in ‘One Woman Gender, Inequality and Feminism’ workshops this week.
Sydney Boys High School will be fundraising for programs sponsored by UN Women by selling purple ribbons and holding a breakfast on Thursday.
