"Explained" Why Women Are Paid Less (TV Episode 2018) Poster

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Edvis-199716 October 2019
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Well it was hmm interesting to watch. Still it's reinforcing that women and men should get equal pay but why no one is mentioning "for the same job amount they're doing". It's like when you hire car sale woman and she sells 3 cars/month and a man who sells 10 cars/month is it logical to pay same amount of cash for both? Nop, it isn't. In this episode, I heard like " When woman goes to mother vacation and after 2-3 years she comes back she can't get the same pay as man". Well seriously? Woman is out of market for 2-3 years , she didn't learn new skills, she aged how you can pay same wage to her as for a man who was improving, training, doing his best in those years? As I mentioned before , I totally agree that women and men should be paid the same wage for same amount of work they're doing.
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8/10
Good info
Calicodreamin16 November 2020
Info laid out in a visually appealing way, concise and informative. But above all, wonderfully narrated by Rachel McAdams.
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8/10
Interesting analysis of gender pay gap
aimeeucla10 February 2021
I some people arguing that if a woman chooses to stay home and take care of children, then it's unfair to ask for fair treatment and pay. However, I don't think that's the main point of this documentary. They respect women's choice to stay home and take care of children, if they want to. The point is that there is a disproportionate expectations on one gender (women) to take this responsibility. The media (advertisements, movies, books) traditionally show women in their apron cooking for their families. Girls grow up watching this and think when they grow up, this is a compelling option for them. Not so much the case for boys. It's about making these perceptions and social expectations equal. We want to make the root of the society equal (biases, roles inside a family), rather than tackling the tail end (unequal pay, etc). I think this documentary sheds light on one of the fundamental factors of gender pay gap quite well.
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4/10
Equal pay for equal work
minoosingh10 March 2020
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I agree with the premise and that inequality in pay and opportunities Between men and women . This needs to be corrected . However if a woman decides to have a baby and for some reason is unable to work equal to either another woman who doesn't have a child or a man then how can there be equality . We choose our priorities and if any man or woman chooses to cut down on hours for personal reasons then we cannot assume they will still be given the same pay or opportunity as those who have chosen otherwise . if someone has been on a mat leave for 6 months a year compared to someone who as been working for the whole year - it wil be unfair to treat them equal .
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4/10
Feminist, not equality episode
ilpo-surokivi31 July 2021
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I have to point this out. This episode isn't about equality or is it just me who noticed that they highlighted statistics that show women have passed men and are above men. Rwanda part said 61% women but didn't say 39% men. A graph where I think it was education the show highlighted that women got above men. Plus according to other sources the statistics in Northern Countries in Scandinavia the statistics tell the exact opposite and it's hilarious how the show just basically skipped over the part where they themselves stated that women choose to be stay at home mums. It was also nowhere mentioned that statistically most women choose less paid jobs which means that there's the 96% of a dollar thing. Is it society's fault if women, despite being told and I assume that they are as smart as me and willing choose to stay at home as mothers? Is it society or is this show saying that people are not independent and capable of making their own decisions? Did this show just say that women are culturally conditioned sheep? Because that's how I got it. I think that women are as capable of making their own decisions as men are.
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