1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,560 Welcome to Students Incorporated, a podcast exploring the topics of business, education, 2 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,160 technology and design. 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,600 I'm your host, Mr. Jason. 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:23,960 Join me weekly as my team and I produce content that's informative, positive, fun and uplifting. 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,440 Episodes include student conversations, interviews with thought leaders and inspirational stories 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:29,800 with an international flavor. 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,000 This podcast is created and produced with the help of students from the International 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,040 Community School of Bangkok. 9 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:44,760 In today's episode, we're focusing on the topic of gender equality, its struggles, misconceptions 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,940 and stereotypes, as well as youth activism, what young people can do to spark a change 11 00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:50,940 and make a difference. 12 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:57,100 We'll be diving into topics from intersectional feminism and advocacy, debunking myths and 13 00:00:57,100 --> 00:01:00,080 shedding light on the role gender still plays in our world. 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,400 I'm joined today by co-presidents of 50 Squared, a United Nations recognized student-led organization 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,460 advocating for women's rights and gender equality. 16 00:01:09,460 --> 00:01:15,920 My co-hosts for the episode are Tasha, the co-vice president of 50 Squared and Rebecca. 17 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,120 Before we get into our first segment, let's get to our quote of the day and get some headline 18 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,120 news. 19 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,560 Our quote of the day comes from Carlton Fice. 20 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,880 He said, it's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. 21 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,720 That's what defines your career. 22 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,080 This quote can motivate us when we are faced with challenges in our careers. 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:38,600 Like me as a student, it reminds us that achievements aren't necessarily the most important factor 24 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:39,600 in success. 25 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,820 What's really important is the path we've taken and the obstacles we overcame. 26 00:01:44,820 --> 00:01:48,540 Our career is a process of learning and acquiring new skills. 27 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:54,400 And the more obstacles we overcome, the more we can learn and the more skills we can acquire. 28 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,400 And that's our quote of the day. 29 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,440 And here's some headline news related to our topic today. 30 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,840 The annual 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is taking place now all around the 31 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,120 world by members of the International Civil Society. 32 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,720 It ends on December 10th. 33 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,640 The theme for this year's activism event is titled Unite! 34 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:16,480 Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls. 35 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:22,220 And it focuses on working with organizations and governments in order to allocate budgets 36 00:02:22,220 --> 00:02:27,240 and time towards working against gender-based violence and particularly violence against 37 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,240 women. 38 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,960 Now moving on, an iconic news network named Jezebel shut down on November 9th after 16 39 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,400 years of covering gender-related issues. 40 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,880 Over those 16 years, it had gained a large audience among women internationally. 41 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:46,300 However, due to an acquisition in 2019 by another company, which resulted in a lack 42 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:51,840 of commitment and investment from that parent company, it became unsustainable and was forced 43 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:52,840 to shut down. 44 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,840 During that same time, employees of Jezebel News cited inhumane treatment by its parent 45 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:58,840 company. 46 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,560 This illustrates the struggles that outspoken news networks in certain regions of the world 47 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:10,560 faced when they cover such controversial topics like gender-based violence or gender inequalities. 48 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:17,560 And finally, the EU's Gender Action Plan, Gap 3, has been extended to the year 2027. 49 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,480 The plan will continue on its goal of building a more gender-equal world. 50 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,760 In the three years that the plan has been active, it's contributed to increasing the 51 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:31,240 emphasis on gender equality in government and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. 52 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:36,380 This plan also supports increased funding for gender-related issues and supports gender 53 00:03:36,380 --> 00:03:38,520 equality among organizations. 54 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:44,160 It's expected to keep helping bridge the gap between both genders throughout 131 countries 55 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,820 it's been implemented within. 56 00:03:45,820 --> 00:03:48,840 And that ends our headline news. 57 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,680 Now let's get into our first segment. 58 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:55,520 I'm joined by co-host Rebecca and a guest co-host Tasha, who is the co-vice president 59 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:56,600 of 50 Squared. 60 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,080 We welcome the co-presidents of this organization, DREAM, and our very own Premi. 61 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,120 We'll be introducing what 50 Squared is and what it strives to do, as well as discussing 62 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:11,760 what gender equality looked like yesterday, looks like today, and what gender equality 63 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,840 may look like tomorrow. 64 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,840 Rebecca will get us started with our first question. 65 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,480 Thank you for joining our show today. 66 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:24,200 Would you please introduce yourself and tell us about 50 Squared and what your role is? 67 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,160 Yeah, I'm Premi. 68 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,760 I'm a junior at ICS here, and I'm a co-president for 50 Squared. 69 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:38,120 Hi, my name is DREAM, and I'm in junior year as well, and I'm a co-president for the 50 70 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,120 Squared club. 71 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:47,720 For 50 Squared, it comes from the 50-50 equality we advocate for between men and women, empowering 72 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,720 both. 73 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,920 Yeah, with the power of two, and that's where the 50 Squared stems from, like 50 times 50, 74 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,400 that's 50 Squared for all of you math people out there. 75 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:04,280 And we are a UN-recognized organization, and we have some chapters across Thailand and 76 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:05,280 internationally. 77 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:06,280 Thank you. 78 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,960 What are some actions 50 Squared has taken in the past, and what are some plans 50 Squared 79 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:10,960 has for the future? 80 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,840 Okay, yeah, backtracking a little bit. 81 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:21,720 So back in 2018, our founder, Amy Jane, who is an ICS alumni, she founded 50 Squared, 82 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,380 and 50 Squared started off as a small school club. 83 00:05:25,380 --> 00:05:30,320 But throughout the years, we've partnered with many Thai nonprofit organizations, arranging 84 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:37,000 bake sales, fundraisers, speaker series, and we've also expanded our horizons and then 85 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:42,520 having new chapters in branches nationally across Thailand and also internationally in 86 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,280 India and Jordan as well. 87 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:50,560 And of course, in 2020, we received letter in mail from United Nations in recognition 88 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,240 applauding our efforts and the organization itself. 89 00:05:54,240 --> 00:06:00,760 And of course, later in 2020, when COVID-19 hit, our founders had graduated already, and 90 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,160 their organization was put on pause. 91 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:12,040 And in 2023, we have brought 50 Squared back to ICS and have connected with Amy. 92 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:18,760 And yeah, for future plans, we as of right now started fundraising for a future project 93 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:25,060 in collaboration with HerICS, which is a period destigmatization project. 94 00:06:25,060 --> 00:06:30,920 And we were connecting with previous chapters from 2020, reaching out to new leaders with 95 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,960 the same dreams and hopes and fighting for the same values. 96 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,760 What are some challenges you faced with the processes you had to go through to bring 50 97 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,080 Squared to life? 98 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:46,760 You can talk about anything from planning, launching, organizing, and recruitment. 99 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:54,360 I think the thing with 50 Squared is a lot of the, or I suppose, I guess in Thailand 100 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:59,840 with a lot of the culture, societal values surrounding it, is that, and especially considering 101 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:06,160 our age as young people, I think it's a little, it's harder to make progress or to make change. 102 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:12,080 And in terms of like, there's like a lot of stigma surrounding like the idea of gender quality as well, 103 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:18,760 or like stigma around advocacy in general and like raising voices and then bringing 104 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:25,160 conversations that might not be like out of day-to-day conversations and making a change. 105 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:30,040 And it is always, really always hard to start something new, like the first step, I feel 106 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,260 like is always definitely really hard. 107 00:07:32,260 --> 00:07:36,680 I think definitely I agree with everything that Premi has said, and of course there's 108 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:44,760 a lot of preconceived ideas about feminism as well, especially in our society as Premi mentioned. 109 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:50,080 And a lot of people just don't really think that inequality between men and women really 110 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,960 exists anymore in 21st century. 111 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:59,880 There's a lot of inequality that you can find in between the, you know, in our society. 112 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:06,600 And when you are ignorant about the problems that we're facing, it's a lot harder to gain 113 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,000 support from, you know, the student body or even communicating through our purpose and 114 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,960 mission and values, because a lot of people will just, you know, devalue it and it's not 115 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,480 going to be like really important. 116 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:24,040 For our listeners who might not be as familiar with the term feminism or gender equality, 117 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,440 could you talk a little about what those terms mean? 118 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,760 Terms throughout their feminism. 119 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:36,920 I think just the word feminism alone can be, it has taken a lot of shape and a lot of meanings 120 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,320 and connotations for different groups of people. 121 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:45,240 And if you like, throughout all of that, the original meaning or the meaning or the intended 122 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:51,960 purpose for the feminist movement has like changed or shifted or not, or just being perceived 123 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,760 as something that isn't. 124 00:08:53,760 --> 00:09:00,840 So feminism, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, is the advocacy of women's rights on the 125 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,240 basis of the equality of the sexes. 126 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,720 And that is essentially what gender equality is trying to achieve, the mission to advocate 127 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,640 for the equality of all sexes in terms of like equal access to opportunities and also 128 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,800 equal social, economic, and political rights as well. 129 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:27,160 And I think building onto like what we said earlier about like people not fully understanding 130 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:33,760 or having preconceived ideas about the term feminist or feminism, I think one broader 131 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:39,420 term that can be used in more detail is intersectional feminism. 132 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:46,520 So intersectional feminism is defined as, like it centers the voices of those experiencing 133 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:53,560 overlapping oppression, like overlapping forms of oppression, because there are many inequalities 134 00:09:53,560 --> 00:10:00,800 that exist, many marginalized communities, and you would have to consider all forms and 135 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:06,320 all the ways that marginalized communities are marginalized and underrepresented. 136 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,760 And through that, then consider gender equality for all. 137 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:18,800 And especially throughout history as well, when we look at the suffragists from the 19th 138 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,640 century, a lot of the feminist movement was carried out by white women. 139 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:27,440 And for this reason, many people say that this also carries through in the modern feminist 140 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:33,760 movement with much of the vision and mission being directly advantageous or targeting specific 141 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:39,920 subdivisions of women, as well as, you know, overshadowing the struggles of women of colors, 142 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:46,880 LGBTQ women, or even women of the other minority groups face, or, you know, aka white feminism. 143 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:52,440 Well, overall, intersectional feminism strives to be more inclusive for everyone. 144 00:10:52,440 --> 00:11:01,400 And for the 50 Square Mission, we really just want to bring attention to the opportunity 145 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:10,680 that men and women face, and, you know, how different those opportunities can be between 146 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:14,560 those two groups of people, and we want to bring it to the balance between those groups 147 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:15,560 of people. 148 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:16,560 That's our main mission. 149 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,440 And yeah, we want to make it clear. 150 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,080 Yeah, for sure. 151 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:26,240 Absolutely what you said about, like, historically, how feminism is represented or just, like, 152 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:32,560 treated towards, like, the movement itself is maybe, like, for women who are not women 153 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,600 of color, for instance. 154 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:40,280 And so I think definitely a term that many feminists use is now intersectional feminist 155 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:46,800 feminism, to, like, maybe, like, show the divide between maybe radical feminists who 156 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:53,440 are advocating for women's rights, but, like, to the, to excluding men's rights, but also, 157 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:58,840 so instead, instead, so not to be mixed up with radical feminism, to have intersectional 158 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:05,000 feminism instead to be, like, we said, striving to be more inclusive for everyone. 159 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,920 For sure, I absolutely agree. 160 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:12,160 Adding on to that, when tracing back to centuries prior, our world has come a long way since 161 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:19,160 the days women did not have the right to vote, or when the only world society deemed acceptable 162 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,040 for women was a domestic caretaker. 163 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:27,840 However, contrary to what might, many might believe, we still have a long way to go before 164 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,200 we achieve gender equality. 165 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,320 Could you talk about some of the struggles that women still face today? 166 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:40,000 So since a lot of people really assume that no inequality exists between men and women, 167 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,920 it is quite hard for people to see what women still go through that still isn't fair and 168 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,320 balanced, of course. 169 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,640 I think, well, personally, I think ignorance is the main problem here. 170 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:56,040 And by ignoring what's, you know, what's the problem, what's the issues, it doesn't 171 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,280 make the issues go away, even though it's like, you know, the phrase called ignorance 172 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:05,320 is a bliss, even though it's not true for women, which is the main focus for today. 173 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,120 And I'm feeling that it doesn't have anything to do with me as well. 174 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:15,480 And according to a civil rights advocate, Kimberly Crenshaw, if you see inequality as 175 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,600 a damn problem or unfortunate other problem, and that is a problem itself, because it's 176 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:28,160 not going to solve if you do not take a collective actions between people of all genders, sexes, 177 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,820 or even ethnic cities. 178 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:31,040 It's not going to solve the problem. 179 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,040 It won't make it go away. 180 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:36,880 It's just going to make it lie dormant, but it's going to still affect other people. 181 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:37,880 Absolutely. 182 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:44,120 And okay, if we were going to talk more about the existing struggles today that people might 183 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:49,680 sometimes look over and think that gender equality is achieved, here are some struggles 184 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:53,120 that highlight the opposite of that statement. 185 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,200 So first, there's the gender pay gap. 186 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,400 We can get more into this later as well with statistics. 187 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:06,060 A woman makes 82 cents for every dollar a man makes, and that's in the US. 188 00:14:06,060 --> 00:14:09,800 So if we were going to look worldwide, I'm sure the number would go down as well. 189 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,720 So I think like putting things into perspective, that's the gender pay gap. 190 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:20,760 And talking more about careers or being in the workforce, genders is proportioned in 191 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,840 male dominated fields like STEM and others. 192 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,960 So like science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, business, and 193 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,280 finance, and so many more. 194 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:38,880 There are double standards that exist within just careers or the feeling that as a woman, 195 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:44,080 you can't appear too strong, so you can't be bossy, be aggressive, be unkind, but then 196 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:48,880 you can't appear too weak because then you'll be emotional and ignorant and incapable, and 197 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,720 then you'll get taken advantage of. 198 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:57,640 So it's really interesting the labels that society put on women, especially in the workforce 199 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,160 or in like careers and work field. 200 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:04,960 Circling back to the idea of double standards, like especially when considering for promotion 201 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:11,480 or just receiving like high level entry jobs, or the idea that you need to, as a woman, 202 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:17,200 you need to work so much more harder, you need to work so much harder to be seen, to 203 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,160 be seen and held in the same regard of that as a man. 204 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:27,120 And definitely expectations, but I think expectations is just like gender. 205 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,720 That is a whole, that's the social construct, right? 206 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,800 Like expectations are imposed upon every gender and every person. 207 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:39,880 Yeah, but I think how gender is a social construct, that is definitely a whole other conversation 208 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,120 altogether. 209 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,000 And period stigmatization still exists everywhere. 210 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,800 And I also think that has a lot to do with culture as well, but definitely exists. 211 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:55,960 Like how you need to whisper like, hi, hey, sorry, do you have a pad? 212 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,720 I forgot, I didn't bring any today. 213 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:59,720 Things like that. 214 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,960 Like you need to whisper and you can't say it aloud. 215 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:07,920 But when I was growing up, I was taught that if I had a pad, I needed to hide it, even 216 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:14,120 though it period is a natural cycle for women that women have to go through. 217 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:19,860 It is nothing to be ashamed of, but then culturally and then the stigma. 218 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:22,200 So that's a whole other thing together. 219 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:27,800 And then sexual harassment as well, cat calls and many other crimes are inflicted upon women, 220 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:34,840 I think are just some of the few examples of the struggles of the struggles that women 221 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:41,440 face today and how gender inequality, even though we have come a long way, but we still 222 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,760 believe that we still have a long way to go before gender equality. 223 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,120 Yeah, definitely. 224 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:51,520 I think many people tend to overrule the existing gender discrepancies today, especially in 225 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,600 comparison with the way history has treated women. 226 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,360 Building on to that, what would you say are common stereotypes when it comes to the concept 227 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:04,760 of gender equality and the overarching feminist movement itself? 228 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:11,160 I think the main problem is that the feminist or the gender equality movement is only for 229 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,400 women. 230 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:19,360 And that's not true because feminism strives for equality between everyone, not just women, 231 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:22,040 men and other people too. 232 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,400 And for the first topic is toxic masculinity. 233 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:31,160 And it's tying back to the idea of expectations society sets for each gender. 234 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:37,040 While men are supposed to be more strong, tougher, you can't cry in front of other people, 235 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:42,880 you can't really show emotions and it's really affect other people in your life, especially 236 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,320 the people you care about. 237 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,280 So it's really toxic. 238 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:53,640 And to be stuck in a really toxic masculinity ways of life, it can really affect your mental 239 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,640 health as well. 240 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:59,640 And it can lead to depression and commit more likely to commit suicide. 241 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:05,840 While statistically, men are about four times more likely to commit suicide than women, 242 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,720 which is very telling itself. 243 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:14,360 And sticks may surrounding mental health as we mentioned, by not really talking about 244 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:20,720 your feelings, it can make things harder for you because it's just in your head and you're 245 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,840 not talking, letting it all out. 246 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:29,580 And the second thing, I think it's really prominent in our movement in feminism, which 247 00:18:29,580 --> 00:18:33,080 is feminists are men haters, which is not true. 248 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,240 We love men. 249 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,920 And don't let me get starting on that. 250 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:43,440 Many believe that identifying as a feminist means that you hate men or you are angry at 251 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,120 men, which is no. 252 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:49,280 Three no, big no, no, no, no. 253 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:55,100 First group is radical feminists do exist, but aren't there radical groups in every spectrum, 254 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:57,480 every political field? 255 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:02,920 And the second thing is the radical field takes up the least space and very little in 256 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:08,760 the overall population of feminists, but are the lattice and therefore become stereotypical 257 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,640 of that group when simply it is not true. 258 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,520 Feminism by definition has nothing to do with hating men. 259 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,200 We just want to make it balance with every gender. 260 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,720 Feminism strives for one thing. 261 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,680 It's for equal and balance and peace for all gender. 262 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:30,920 In reading research recently, it shows that feminists generally feel positive towards 263 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:31,920 men. 264 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,640 And this is a misandry myth. 265 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:40,240 Misandry for all the audience that didn't know the meeting. 266 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,880 Misagony, dislike or contempt towards men. 267 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,840 Misogyny, dislike or contempt towards women. 268 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,840 Yeah, absolutely agree. 269 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:55,720 I feel like those are some of the most prominent stereotypes that people are assumptions that 270 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,640 people make about feminism and the feminist movement. 271 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,520 Just like it's like a hundred percent agree with everything that you just said. 272 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,640 Like it definitely isn't just for women. 273 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,160 It's for men to thank you. 274 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,480 It's for men too and I think also how feminists aren't men-taters. 275 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:19,360 I think that message gets confused a lot or it doesn't get across as much. 276 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,840 And like you said, there are radical feminists out there. 277 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:27,480 And I feel like, yeah, like what you said, taking up a small percentage of the feminists 278 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:33,440 overall, but taking the most voices up or taking the most space up. 279 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:40,240 And then that becomes like, that becomes stereotypical of what people see for feminism. 280 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:45,240 But okay, here's also another stereotype is that feminists can't take a joke. 281 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,780 I think feminists, we definitely can take a joke. 282 00:20:49,780 --> 00:20:51,120 We do humor. 283 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,960 That is, we do humor. 284 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,520 We take jokes. 285 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:59,920 But I feel like the thing with jokes is that it can also be seen as microaggressions. 286 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:06,280 Marginalizations are belittling comments or things that may or may not be intentional, 287 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:12,960 but they are still belittling and invalidating the experiences of marginalized communities. 288 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:17,720 And I feel like when a joke is framed that way, it can be insulting. 289 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:23,160 It can be offensive and belittling for the efforts of the advocates for gender equality 290 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,120 and against women's marginalization. 291 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:33,300 But the idea or the concept of microaggression definitely extends outside of women's marginalization 292 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:38,240 to other minority groups and other marginalized groups. 293 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:45,720 And so jokes like go back to the kitchen is not something to be laughed at because as 294 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:52,080 long as women's ambitions and contextuality are still placed behind their family and society's 295 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:56,480 needs, the cruel reality for women will be as tangible as ever. 296 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:57,840 I totally agree. 297 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:03,400 These definitely are the preconceived notions many have about the feminist movement, touching 298 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:10,080 on one of the struggles being the disproportionate ratio of men and women in the STEM field. 299 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,280 Could you expand on that a little bit? 300 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:16,360 I'm going to speak this from a really personal experience. 301 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaking of if a woman really are interested in a STEM field, she's not going to really 302 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:29,880 get recognized as a professional or even really good in STEM. 303 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:30,880 And why are you here? 304 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,880 Why don't you go and major in something else? 305 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:39,780 And that's really prominent, especially, well, not saying our school, but I'm saying a lot 306 00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:43,000 of places in Thailand, in society. 307 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:50,040 There's a lot of like belittling STEM women efforts of, you know, like pursuing further 308 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:56,120 career in STEM, especially in computer science is one of them. 309 00:22:56,120 --> 00:23:03,680 It's one of a really prominent subject that a lot of men in that field are not really 310 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,400 recognizing women's effort in it. 311 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,960 And there's a lot of like, career jokes as well. 312 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:16,920 I think a lot of like STEM related careers, it's a, I think it's leaning more into like 313 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,040 a masculine side of things. 314 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:25,960 So that can be why a lot of people are not really recognizing women efforts into going 315 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:32,320 or pursuing further career in STEM, because it's been seen that it's masculine and not 316 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:39,680 really fitting for women in general, for women in general as women is seen as feminine. 317 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:48,040 And so it's a really hard and really complicated subject to really expand on because it's really 318 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,920 prominent in, you know, in every day. 319 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:51,920 Absolutely. 320 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:58,520 And if you like in careers or like, if you look at like certain male dominated fields, 321 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:04,640 maybe like STEM business, computer science, all of that, I think just looking at the ratio 322 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:12,160 itself is telling there should be about roughly about the same number of women and men in 323 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,520 the world. 324 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:20,600 But the numbers for the ratio for like for such fields are just skyrocketing. 325 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,600 We'll get into this. 326 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:26,320 I'm excited for this list, but we also have a top 10 list for this episode two later. 327 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,520 So make sure you stick around and listen to that. 328 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,640 But we talk about all the statistics that I think are very telling in itself. 329 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:38,200 And okay, what you said to him about like expectations and like what society deems is 330 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,080 more masculine. 331 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,360 I have a riddle. 332 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,160 I just listened. 333 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,760 My sister told me that a few days ago, and I think that really stuck with me. 334 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,720 So if you all know this already, don't say the answer. 335 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,880 Okay, here it is. 336 00:24:54,880 --> 00:25:02,240 So there's two people in this riddle, James and a doctor, and they go fishing. 337 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,120 James is the doctor's son. 338 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:10,640 But the doctor isn't James' father, who is the doctor? 339 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,400 Okay, let's let everyone think. 340 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,400 What do you think? 341 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,400 What do you think? 342 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,200 Um, I really have no idea, to be honest with you. 343 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,760 Wait, wait, is the doctor is not a human being? 344 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,880 The doctor is a human being. 345 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,000 I had some help, but the doctor is a mom. 346 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,760 That is the correct answer. 347 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,160 So I feel like that can be seen as like, that's it. 348 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,240 That's like a very simple example. 349 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:41,520 I feel like you can just see it as a riddle and it can be that. 350 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:47,360 But I asked today earlier in marketing class for the podcast, we were planning it and 351 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:52,880 I gave them this riddle and everyone took quite some minutes before Mr. Jason came with 352 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,080 the right answer that the doctor was his mother. 353 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:01,560 So I think like this just like demonstrates that, like the societal labels that go with 354 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,440 certain jobs. 355 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:10,040 So like people would associate being a doctor as a masculine trait, right, or fishing. 356 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,840 Fishing is often seen as a masculine activity. 357 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:19,840 And so with those two in mind, it's begging the question of why would it take for people 358 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:24,280 to take so long to realize that it is his mother. 359 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,680 I think that alone is very telling in the way society treats careers. 360 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:35,280 I think in a family sector as well, when we look into, for example, a father is looking 361 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:41,000 after his own child, it's because babysitting, but when a woman is looking after her child, 362 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,880 it's called, you know, looking after her child. 363 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:52,040 All of these terms are really, you know, highlighting the fact that we have a long way to go about 364 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:59,840 equalizing and balancing the gender inequality between men and women to put women before 365 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:04,960 her family's and societal's need and, you know, her expectations from her family or 366 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,320 husband or society. 367 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:11,560 Otherwise we cannot achieve a really good gender equality movement. 368 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,200 Yeah, absolutely. 369 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,360 And I think just this too. 370 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:20,800 Say there's a single mother with three kids and you're like, oh, like she must go through 371 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:25,760 so much and struggle so much, but then it's more prevalent versus if you see a single 372 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:31,600 father with three kids, everyone will be impressed. 373 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,520 And I feel like the difference of being a single mother or a single father, I think 374 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:41,960 just that alone is very telling about what society deems about the acceptable roles that 375 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,920 women and men should play. 376 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:48,920 And even though I feel like another stereotype I think that people perceive the feminist 377 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:54,400 movement is that we're trying to get every single woman in the career field and we're 378 00:27:54,400 --> 00:28:01,320 trying to eliminate the prospect of a woman being like a mother or having a domestic job 379 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,080 and that is simply not true. 380 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:11,200 I think where we're coming from feminism is that advocating for careers so that anyone 381 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:18,120 can be whatever they want to be and have equal access to all the opportunities in every career 382 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:19,120 field. 383 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:20,960 So anyone can be whatever they want to be. 384 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:21,960 Yeah, definitely. 385 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:27,440 The disproportionate ratio is definitely real and still remains to be one of the many prominent 386 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:33,240 struggles gender equality brings about, deterring other women from joining the field or even 387 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,280 pushing some to leave. 388 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:40,960 For anyone who wishes to make a positive impact, how would you suggest for them to take action 389 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,680 and make a difference in the world? 390 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:48,800 I think the main thing is to find what you're passionate about and to fight for it really 391 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,400 loudly and really just, you know, passionately. 392 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:56,720 Yeah, I think it's like the thing is that don't let anyone tell you otherwise that your 393 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:02,280 efforts are not really going to help or really not going to make the problem go away. 394 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:07,740 I think little efforts building up into big efforts, it's really important to take a step 395 00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:13,880 by step, baby steps to, you know, build up something small, but it can expand later. 396 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:19,960 I think in our school, especially when we're a student as well, by posting a lot of stuff, 397 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:24,440 educating people about the things that you want people to get educated at. 398 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:30,760 I think it's a really good way to help young people or other people in general to get educated 399 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:35,520 and be informed of all the stuff that you want to make change in the world. 400 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:40,720 And I think to remind yourself every now and then that there's always struggle, but that's 401 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,080 why you're doing this itself. 402 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,760 Remind yourself of the end goal that you want to achieve. 403 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,360 And if you're not starting to do something right now, when will you start? 404 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,040 And it's not going to happen if you don't start right now. 405 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:59,280 So remind yourself that and keep going and just ignore anyone else who's belittling your 406 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,520 efforts as an advocator. 407 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:02,680 Yeah, absolutely. 408 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:07,680 I think passion is definitely really important and it definitely does it like whatever your 409 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,120 passion is advocating for anything that you believe is right. 410 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,800 I think that alone, that will drive the changes. 411 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:20,760 And I like definitely get what you're going with, with like how you say like when you're 412 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:25,800 just a student, you're a high school student and you're so, so young and it's the feeling 413 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:30,480 that like you're so small and you can't actually make an impact. 414 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:35,920 Maybe it's that feeling and also the feeling because society deems it to be that way for 415 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:36,920 you. 416 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,840 And so yeah, definitely remind yourself of the end goal. 417 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:45,520 Like for me personally, I have in my notes app, OneNote is specifically dedicated. 418 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:51,720 I call it inspiration and then I pull like quotes or articles, statistics, and then books 419 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:57,720 that I really love that like I think dedicate to the cause that I'm advocating for. 420 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:03,840 And every time that I'm feeling maybe tired or feeling defeated, I go back and I look 421 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,600 at it and I get inspired again and I remind myself why I'm doing this and why I want to 422 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,140 do this. 423 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:11,760 And definitely dream big. 424 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,840 I think dream big and you can always start small. 425 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,160 Like starting small can be just like creating conversations and then safe spaces to have 426 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:25,000 them and then having those relationships and finding other like minded people to build 427 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:30,480 a community off of I think will be also uplifting and it will definitely make you feel like 428 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,760 you're not alone in this and that people are also advocating for the same thing. 429 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:41,720 I think adding on to that as well, the important thing is that to be a really open-minded person. 430 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:46,480 I think there's a lot of people who will not agree with what you're saying or in what you 431 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:47,560 believe in. 432 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,280 But the thing is that human beings don't agree. 433 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,640 We've seen throughout history that there's a lot of wars going on, there's a lot of conflicts, 434 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,360 especially right now. 435 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,080 There's a lot of conflicts going on. 436 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:03,480 So I think the thing is that to be really open-minded and to keep in mind that what 437 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:10,480 you're fighting for and why are you fighting for this, keep in mind of your goals and dreams 438 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:16,040 as Pramani said and to not really be ignorant because I think in like the 21st century, 439 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,720 you can get educated really easily. 440 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:23,420 There's a lot of resources you can research on if you want to know anything at all. 441 00:32:23,420 --> 00:32:29,160 So I don't think like using an excuse as you're not like know a lot about this stuff 442 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,400 so you cannot really form an opinion on it. 443 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,400 Get educated. 444 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:37,960 I think that's a really good way to start advocating for people around the world and 445 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,540 to have a potential to make a change. 446 00:32:40,540 --> 00:32:45,120 What advice would you give to young people who have the potential to make change in today's 447 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,120 world? 448 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:47,120 How can they start? 449 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,920 I think anyone, absolutely anyone can change. 450 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:55,680 And I think especially with young people, other or society might deem you or might see 451 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,120 you as incapable. 452 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,880 But the thing is you were young and you have so much potential in you and there is, there 453 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:08,120 are so many changes you can make and so many impacts, long lasting impacts that you can 454 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,700 make and the differences that you can make. 455 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:14,000 So I think definitely starting small. 456 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:20,040 Just what Dream said earlier to just get educated, learn more about it, start conversations, 457 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:27,040 find like-minded people, maybe start a club, a fundraiser for a cause or do anything. 458 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,920 Definitely starting small is important. 459 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:35,120 And also if we're talking specifically about gender equality as well, 50 Square invites 460 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:42,040 students, high school students around the world to start new chapters and join us, join 461 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:47,480 our community and expand the reaches and the impact that we can make in today's world. 462 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:55,000 Where specifically for our 50 Square club, there's a lot of actions that you guys could 463 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000 be a part of. 464 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,960 And to contribute to, you know, a movement of feminism. 465 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:05,160 First of all, there's a take action page on our website, especially with like spreading 466 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:13,760 awareness and finding great resources, books, movies, TV shows, blogs, statistics, reports 467 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,600 or even research studies. 468 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:23,200 I think be like in a front line of absorbing news, but not really absorbing everything 469 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,880 you've seen because you don't know if it's true or not. 470 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:31,200 To be, I think I said it earlier, but to be open minded is a key here to, you know, not 471 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:36,400 absorb everything that you've seen, but to absorb something that you think it's valuable 472 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,120 and you think it's credible. 473 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:39,120 Yeah. 474 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,760 Or the sources that you think it's incredible and you have great conversation with the people 475 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:47,760 who will not judge you and will, you know, contribute you to like a better conversation 476 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,120 about this topic that you're passionate about. 477 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:55,880 I think that's a really good way to start spreading awareness and start making changes 478 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,880 in this world. 479 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:04,840 And yeah, as like Pramie said, it's you're young, you're not like gonna make that much 480 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,320 changes, which is not to worry as of this stage right now. 481 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:16,360 But I think starting, beginning to do something, that's itself is a really, it's a key here 482 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:21,480 to contribute something, to make some efforts into, you know, what you're passionate about. 483 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,640 Yeah, make a change. 484 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,940 And with that advice, we end segment one. 485 00:35:24,940 --> 00:35:29,540 Thank you for the insightful discussion and ways in which we all can be aware of the inequalities 486 00:35:29,540 --> 00:35:31,000 that still exist. 487 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,080 We'll be right back with some statistics right after this short announcement. 488 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:45,640 Hey everyone, 50 Squared is a United Nations recognized nonprofit organization founded 489 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00:36:27,940 We are back with our second segment. 500 00:36:27,940 --> 00:36:32,440 As we wrap up this discussion, our co-host and guest will be sharing a top 10 list of 501 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,120 statistics that will hopefully shed some more light on this subject. 502 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,440 Premi will start us off with number 10. 503 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:39,440 Number 10. 504 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:40,440 10 Syllables. 505 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:41,440 Intimidating. 506 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,440 Bossy. 507 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:43,440 Aggressive. 508 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:48,920 Women are 30% more likely to receive feedback for being intimidating, bossy, and aggressive 509 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,300 when being considered for promotion. 510 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:52,300 Number 9. 511 00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:57,680 19% is the number of bachelor degrees earned by women in 2016. 512 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:02,840 What's garrulous is that this number dropped significantly from 27% for women who got the 513 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,040 same degree back in 1997. 514 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,040 Number 8. 515 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:12,380 82 cents to a dollar is what a woman makes on average in the United States when compared 516 00:37:12,380 --> 00:37:18,340 to her male counterparts according to the US government accountability office. 517 00:37:18,340 --> 00:37:22,760 This number drops even further in particular for mothers. 518 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:23,760 Number 7. 519 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:24,760 17 to 1. 520 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:29,800 That's how much male CEOs outnumber female CEOs by. 521 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,840 Let's put things into perspective. 522 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:39,140 The New York Times states that there are more CEOs named David than there are female CEOs. 523 00:37:39,140 --> 00:37:40,140 Number 6. 524 00:37:40,140 --> 00:37:43,280 66% or two thirds. 525 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:48,320 Women still account for 66% of all adults worldwide who are unable to read, reports 526 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:49,320 UNESCO. 527 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,160 This discrepancy stems from education from a young age. 528 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,160 Number 5. 529 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,160 1 fifth. 530 00:37:55,160 --> 00:38:01,600 That's the percentage women make up in business and finances as executive team members, reports 531 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,680 a gender equality research from the UK. 532 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:06,680 Number 4. 533 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:12,240 31 is the ratio of men to women in the fields of computer science and engineering. 534 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:13,240 Number 3. 535 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:19,520 34% is the percentage representing women in the workforce in the stand fields, research 536 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,360 by the American Association of University Women, reports. 537 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:24,360 Number 2. 538 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:29,480 20 September 2014 was when Emma Watson delivered her viral speech as she fought for gender 539 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,060 equality when she is quoted for having said, if not me, who? 540 00:38:34,060 --> 00:38:35,720 If not now, when? 541 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:37,960 And make your ways for number 1. 542 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:42,360 One person is what it takes to spark a change and make a difference. 543 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,160 Thank you so much for those stats. 544 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,160 Numbers don't lie. 545 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:50,760 The top 10 list does help show us that many societies still have work to do in this area. 546 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,920 There are roughly an equal number of men and women in the world. 547 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,640 Inequality still very much exists. 548 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:01,040 There is a growing movement among the youth to spark conversations and make a difference, 549 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,080 advocating for what we believe to be right. 550 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:16,920 Dream big dreams and change the world. 551 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,920 As we end this episode, I'm reminded that many inequalities still exist in today's world 552 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:26,560 and that the youth has the ability to make impact and aspire changes. 553 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:33,980 Check out 50 Squared online at 50squared.org or follow them on Instagram at 50squared. 554 00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:38,840 As always, this podcast would not be possible without the hard work and support of our international 555 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,600 student production team. 556 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:46,320 All music and sound effects are courtesy of pixabay.com, a vibrant community of creatives 557 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:50,200 sharing copyright free images, videos, and music. 558 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,600 And we are signing off until next time. 559 00:39:52,600 --> 00:40:05,440 Be your Students Incorporated, because your voice matters.