Rape and morality in popular media

[shinta|hikari]

About the first video, I find that interviewer did a disservice to all women by acting the part of the irrational, hysterical, and loud female lambasting a rational, composed, and eloquent male. It was also sad to see how she is trying to vilify the dude's every statement by making it seem "things as they are" are "things as he wants them to be." Unlike what he mentioned in the interview, she wasn't doing that to search for the truth. She was doing it to provoke him and to gather attention.

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Since we're all men here, I'm curious. What do you think about the gender equality in your respective countries? Is there a lot of work left to do or is it already a touchdown?

[Kraco]

Since we're all men here, I'm curious. What do you think about the gender equality in your respective countries? Is there a lot of work left to do or is it already a touchdown?

Finland sits in Top 5 in gender equality, so much has been done. That being said, of course there's still work to be done. Our previous president was a woman, with the two consecutive terms in office, so technically women can climb the ladder as high as possible. Still, most notable politicians remain men, although there are plenty of female politicians around, including party leaders and ministers (a cabinet without female ministers would be unthinkable already). However, the person with the actual highest power, the prime minister, has been quite solidly a man. Neither of the only two female prime ministers in history sat the whole term. In the armed forces, the commander's position remain quite distant for female officers for the time being, but then again, the military has only been open for women for a couple of decades.

Gender pay gap exists, but is quite small or doesn't exist if the job title is the same. It's mainly generated by the division of jobs (more women in jobs paying less), plus men doing more overtime and having slightly longer careers due to various factors. CEOs and such are still more typically men, but naturally not nearly always.

Although development has for the most part been positive, general safety unfortunately hasn't been. Still in the 90's even in bigger cities most women would dare to walk the streets at night alone, apart from some parts of the capital, but these days there are more and more women who would refuse to do it in practice. The fact Finland is still among the very safest countries is, in light of that, just a sad indication of the situation in the whole world.