![Men in Gorilla Suits Ep. 125: Last Seen…Talking about [Gender] Equality - Gender equality symbol](http://www.meningorillasuits.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/migstitlecard125.jpg)
Hey, we hit episode 125! In honor of that, we’ll get right to it: this week, we’re talking about gender equality!
We begin by talking about how old we were when we first realized that men and women were treated differently. After that, we move on to the event that made us think, “This imbalance in equality just isn’t right.” Next, we talk about why women generally make less than men at work.
We don’t cut ourselves slack in this episode — find out if either of us have ever made what could be deemed a sexist statement (and what those statements were). The flip-side of that: find out what feminist statements we’ve made. (Hell, Christopher once wrote this.)
We devote some time to whether or not anyone’s ever given us grief for our stances on gender equality before discussing the most enlightened — and unenlightened — people we know when it comes to gender issues.
We wrap up the episode as we often do: talking about the future of the week’s topic. In this case, we close with what we believe will be the solution to gender equality.
We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
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My first vivid childhood memory of gender-based discrimination was when my neighbor paid me less than the boy she also hired to do yard work, because “he’s a boy.” She actually explained her discrimination that way. It didn’t matter that the “boy” flipped sand the whole time I was pulling weeds. He was a “boy.”
My second vivid memory I wrote in the comments on your linked “once wrote this.”
Interesting that I’ve only considered or pursued the very few careers in which gender can be anonymous, or favored toward women.
But…
“At least it no rain!” 🙂