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“A Seat at the Table” Isn’t the Solution for Gender Equity | Lilly Singh @TED

Lilly Singh is a multi-talented comedian, actress, producer, writer and creator. Watch her full TED Talk:

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  1. @BaresarkSlayne

    July 24, 2024 at 12:02 pm

    LOL. Just LOL.

    • @J.Tronix

      July 24, 2024 at 12:24 pm

      Yep

  2. @rave3nblade886

    July 24, 2024 at 12:03 pm

    Women only want the seat when it’s comfortable enough eh???
    Why did not women fight for signing up in soo many ongoing wars???

  3. @ryancooper1144

    July 24, 2024 at 12:16 pm

    If she meant women do 10% more unpaid work at home, I agree and am thankful to the women I know. But men work more hours outside of home duties.

    • @caspersweeney6044

      July 24, 2024 at 2:46 pm

      No she is talking about gender dynamics within white collar professional culture.

    • @ryancooper1144

      July 24, 2024 at 2:55 pm

      @@caspersweeney6044 is there any study on this? I doubt women work 10% more hours in white collar jobs. It may either be equal or men working longer hours

  4. @zacsayer1818

    July 24, 2024 at 12:16 pm

    More “man-bashing” disguised as equality preaching! 😩

  5. @Lasergun74

    July 24, 2024 at 12:20 pm

    Women on average get things done in more time, because they usually question every part of the assignment and often take the longest, more convoluted way. They work harder, not smarter. And they never accept advice on how to spend less energy and be more effective. On average, not everyone, but that’s my 30+ years experience working with women.

    • @shelby6

      July 24, 2024 at 12:58 pm

      That simply isn’t true, just say you don’t like women and move on

    • @Lasergun74

      July 24, 2024 at 1:36 pm

      @@shelby6 that’s my personal experience working in a 70% women environment, repeat for 30+ years. I like working with women, but it’s hard to just get things done and they’re mean and over competitive with other women.

    • @caspersweeney6044

      July 24, 2024 at 2:48 pm

      @@Lasergun74 seems like your company doesn’t hire the right people if that’s all you have to say about your experience working with women.

    • @Rithmy

      July 24, 2024 at 2:49 pm

      @@Lasergun74
      Thats why we don’t use anecdotal references for that. From my experience women are just as efficient as men.

  6. @OurHeroXero

    July 24, 2024 at 12:43 pm

    So, construction jobs are being handed to women? How many female plumbers are out there? Military is predominantly men.

    Can we just acknowledge that men and women are different? and that that isn’t a bad thing? I’m not saying men can’t be caretakers…or women can’t drive garbage truck…they absolutely can. However, some jobs are better suited for one gender than the other. We need each other to survive. And the sooner we acknowledge/lean into our differences, the sooner we can play to our strengths/talents.

    • @caspersweeney6044

      July 24, 2024 at 2:47 pm

      White collar jobs is the focus of her talk and experience

    • @Sareaesque

      July 24, 2024 at 4:52 pm

      How many of those industries are dominated by men because of the way women are treated in them or kept out of them?

    • @SharkAcademy

      July 25, 2024 at 6:41 am

      @@Sareaesquenear 0. When I did recruiting, everyone wanted women, and about 70% of hires were women. They slowly through the years dropped out as the work became harder

    • @Sareaesque

      July 25, 2024 at 7:07 am

      @@SharkAcademy really? Because military, utility and construction industries are rife with sexism and sexual harassment. The military in particular has a known issue with women being assaulted, women in utility and construction industries frequently have their competency questioned at a rate their male peers don’t face. And that’s assuming they make it as far as trying to get into the industry after repeatedly being told to not bother that they’ll never make it just because they’re female.

    • @sev8538

      July 25, 2024 at 2:31 pm

      ​@@SareaesqueIn the german military there is no racism,sexism and sexual harasment at all especially because of our history.The recruters always say we soldiers are equal wheter its a man or woman, foreigner or german and one case of discrimination or especially sexual harasment can get you in very serious trouble which is why its never happening,but still there are almost no woman in our military.
      If a woman is competent enough on the construction field to work she wont get questioned if she is good enough or not,if a male is not competent enough he will be questioned whether he is good enough for this job.
      Its not because of the things you listed but more because its just a lot harder for women because the jobs require much physical power which women are at a disadvantage.
      I dont understand why you just dont acknowledge this fact and still search for excuses to make it look like men are still the problem and its unfair for women.

  7. @JidJibril

    July 24, 2024 at 12:46 pm

    There’s still time to delete this Ted talk from YouTube 😅

    • @user-kj2zi9ui1g

      July 24, 2024 at 2:30 pm

      Why

  8. @melkorovich

    July 24, 2024 at 1:14 pm

    totally woke fatigued.. one more push like this i’ma unsub Ted

  9. @RisitasKEKW

    July 24, 2024 at 1:34 pm

    Lol if a seat at the table isn’t enough, what is? If you’re allowed a seat at the table and the rest is on you and you fail, that’s on you.

  10. @mosada101

    July 24, 2024 at 1:37 pm

    I wish there was really another life giving planet…during this life.

  11. @sda8jsdj9k121

    July 24, 2024 at 1:45 pm

    Evidence and studies say no 😅

  12. @cp-zh3wm

    July 24, 2024 at 1:46 pm

    Useless 😞😞😞😞

  13. @AnimeSlaps

    July 24, 2024 at 1:59 pm

    This woman has never held a traditional job in her life. What are we even talking about here?

    • @Rithmy

      July 24, 2024 at 2:46 pm

      Being an author seems very traditional to me. Or what do you mean by “tradition”?

    • @JEREMY99218

      July 24, 2024 at 6:37 pm

      @@Rithmy She is detached from reality. Her family is wealthy. She is one of the most priviliged people in the world.

    • @Rithmy

      July 25, 2024 at 3:05 am

      @@JEREMY99218 I can agree with that one. At least when talking about the present. In her early years she grew up as a kid of immigrants and was discriminated for her “tomboyish” behavior. Her parents gave her this idea that she “could do anything” which is quiet common in this era.

      So yea i understand your critic. It woudl say it more nuanced. She seems like a typicall capitalistic feminist. Her feminism is a hit because the capitalistic structure benefits from women being allowed to show more of those “typical” competetive traits. But people see that contradictions that this capitalistic feminism has. They attribute it to feminism instead of attributing it to towards capitalism. Which is a huge problem. (not saying that feminism alone does not have fault. IN this example capitalistic contradictions are just more in the focus)

      So yes she is kinda detached. THat does not make everything wrong, but it puts many things into perspective. THats at least my take as a “leftist” or how you would say.

  14. @rohanpawar8441

    July 24, 2024 at 2:06 pm

    One more argument, why did in Ukraine war no one asked about gender equality for fighting with Russia why all ran away in initial days…

  15. @Eddie12344

    July 24, 2024 at 2:13 pm

    This was the dumbest lecture I’ve ever heard

    • @PrerakMaheshwari-fu5ny

      July 24, 2024 at 8:39 pm

      True

  16. @smw6261

    July 24, 2024 at 3:45 pm

    여성 직원을 집안일 하라고 일찍 퇴근 시켰다.

  17. @damnman7226

    July 24, 2024 at 3:49 pm

    Many buzzwords but a useless host detached from reality 😂

  18. @crackedlolrib8771

    July 24, 2024 at 5:02 pm

    is _equity_ the same as communism?

    • @pXnTilde

      July 24, 2024 at 11:13 pm

      No, communism makes everyone equally poor and miserable. Equity would be more like a caste system. The more diversity boxes you check the more power you get

  19. @skyzar4141

    July 24, 2024 at 5:39 pm

    Nonsense both are paid for only work they do

  20. @D76straight

    July 24, 2024 at 8:24 pm

    Unsubscribe

  21. @ShaneBro

    July 24, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    That attitude is old and the only way old is going to change is if they retire. I hope young knows better and does not bring old ideas forward.

  22. @pXnTilde

    July 24, 2024 at 11:13 pm

    equity is when nothing but more than you deserve is acceptable, and when you get it you demand more

  23. @KYRaSYM_

    July 25, 2024 at 12:28 am

    This is ridiculous

  24. @theexplorechanneluk7934

    July 25, 2024 at 12:42 am

    Coming from a man 8 years experience in diffrent workplaces more women where in supervisor or management positions and I’m still at the bottom and I work way harder that’s probably why I’m still at the bottom just be grateful us men work at the bottom to allow you to loiter around or sit down while we work to keep the business operating so you can work

  25. @PLF...

    July 25, 2024 at 7:15 am

    This is a good example of how scrolling makes you dumber finding clips like this. Wait till she finds out the table is less than 10% of the job

  26. @user-jx2fu4hg7s

    July 25, 2024 at 8:08 am

    This is not worth the applause and is poorly written

  27. @Lolcoca

    July 25, 2024 at 8:33 am

    Again it’s very general ! 😂🤣😂🤣

    Again when I talk about generality it is when the person says “women” instead of taking an objective example and case by case or talk about her own experience or another woman !

    Because of the moment when she put the words in plural : women and men! She must qualify: women in which companies, countries, circumstances, situations, the quantity (2 or 100 or 1 billion)

    Take an objective case of what she experienced or another person !

    And not define it as universal and that it becomes an ideology like feminism !

    Because it does not become credible at all in the long run ! 😂🤣😂

  28. @Zabacleaning

    July 26, 2024 at 2:21 am

    I really hope she reads these comments

  29. @aSHTEBALA

    July 26, 2024 at 3:59 pm

    Seems like a cartoon villain monologue

  30. @eloiselovesdevi

    July 27, 2024 at 5:01 am

    As a woman, just gotta say that this woman has no idea was she is talking about.

  31. @eloiselovesdevi

    July 27, 2024 at 5:01 am

    As a woman, just gotta say that this woman has no idea what she is talking about.

  32. @InkZim01

    July 29, 2024 at 9:58 am

    Ted talks it’s now becoming woke

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