Desi Lydic Educates Americans on The Wage Gap, Female Representation, and the E.R.A | The Daily Show

"If we want to fix it, we need to understand it." When it comes to gender equality, America is ranked 49th. Desi Lydic wants to educate Americans about topics like the wage gap, female representation, and the E.R.A. #DailyShow #Comedy
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[@PaulADAigle]

The key to Equal Pay is to make our culture accept showing our wages. Wage exposure means employers can't hide any discrimination.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

great point thx for saying it!

[@MrMAC923]

That's a fair point for normal circumstances but not for the world of sports. What people are paid directly correlates with what the owners are bringing in. That's why you see NFL makers making much more than someone who plays Arena football. Or how the men's NBA which brings in billions and billions of dollars a year Patriots players more than the WNBA which doesn't bring in a fraction of that. They're not going to pay the players more than they are taking in, that's not how business works. But if women truly want to be paid equal in sports, they're going to have to get women to start watching those Sports the way that men watch sports beard they're going to have to start getting women to buy sports paraphernalia at the same rate that men buy sports paraphernalia. And until that happens they literally can't pay them much more than they already do.

[@PaulADAigle]

@@MrMAC923 Yes and no. The majority of people watching sports (including women) is men either way.

[@MrMAC923]

@PaulADAigle there's not many of them. If there was they would be making more money. The amount of merchandise bought in this country yearly for the NBA alone is astounding. If they were selling WNBA jerseys to the same degree they wouldn't be an issue. But for that to happen there has to be more fans. Which means more women need to get into watching sports and supporting their favorite players the way men do. Personally I don't think athletes even at the highest level should be making as much as they do. But we live in a capitalist Society so if there's money to be made they're going to make it if you're willing to spend it. And I'm sure the women's teams that exist right now have full support from the people who actually do watch. But until more people start watching both male and female, it's not going to make the same money as the male version of the sport. I don't like that it's that way but it really is all about the money.

[@nat3199]

I know right!?! It baffles me how many people are STILL touchy about it. Every time I ask someone how much they make, or have to pay for rent, etc. there's another person shushing me in the vicinity. I always ask, "what's the big secret for?" Sadly, no one has a clear answer... all I know is they act uncomfortably & I can only assume it's because they were taught to (I was too, but I guess call me a rebel...😮‍💨).

[@fdoe9184]

Since the late 60s, as a youngster, I have said .......A woman's place is in the house......and the senate.

[@karenquinn3937]

And the White House!

[@fdoe9184]

@@karenquinn3937 white house is still a house.....so, got you covered. :- )

[@melianen6613]

Nice 😂👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@TourniquetTwin]

I’ll just say this is likely the best comment with the biggest statement and the fewest words. Chapeau.

[@jus7040]

​@@karenquinn3937and the green house!

[@irieyardy]

She would be an excellent host. Love her delivery style

[@WanderingExistence]

Yea, but isn't she on strike because corporations dont want to pay actors properly? Lol

[@vic5015]

​@WanderingExistence I think host are on a different contract. They aren't considered act8rs even though she has done some acting.

[@WanderingExistence]

@@FlameOnTheBeat It's a actually a writer and actor strike, AND I know it's an old clip... Playing this while CC wont pay its workers well is ironic.

[@Tony-723]

What she says is garbage 😂

[@scrappymark]

She would be cheaper too! Win win!

[@jefftarwood4594]

I would go to a local sewer commission meeting just to hear her read the phone book. Such a talent.

[@binnythomas8079]

Desi is soooo Amazing!!!

[@MadDragon75]

Too bad they have to show re-runs from when Trevor was hosting. TDS is nothing without their writers, correspondents and host. End the strike!

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Desi is the ONE TRUE Daily Show host! We want her PERMANENTLY!

[@matthewbzdawka1232]

I'd rather have Hasan. But a very close second

[@MrZeh617]

I love Desi, she's awesome but I'd like to see Roy get the job

[@WanderingExistence]

Isn't it ironic that they won't hire her because they won't pay....

[@LaQuesaDeMI]

I love her! But I’m all for Sarah Silverman

[@V3x0r]

Sarah Silverman and Kal Penn did awesome jobs too.

[@madhouse8301]

When is Desi getting her own show?! Love her ❤

[@LokiBeckonswow]

exactly, I need a weekly hour long version of this, the whole world does imo 🔥

[@naoise555]

Larry Wilmore got his own show, but all he ever talked about were black issues, and people eventually got sick of being preached to and stopped watching. Then Samantha Bee got her own show, but all she ever talked about were women's issues, and people eventually got sick of being preached to and stopped watching.

[@extraincomesuz]

My Dad and Mom said to me, "We put your brother through University to get his DegreeS. You need to find a guy to marry and stop whining about college." So I put myself through school and worked my way up to become a stockbroker. My brother works customer service at the phone co. And he asks me for investment advice. So you can create your own destiny by picking tough sales jobs and being the best. But I 100% agree this should be part of the constitution. Changing hard headedness in men will be the bigger challenge. They already think the brown and black folks are after their jobs and businesses. If "the little woman" rises up, they may get out the camo gear again. #1 don't vote for Trump or his followers who think women are playthings.

[@jimmyguitar2933]

Desi's got it all: smart, funny, and 🔥!

[@drjanines3301]

Theyre all amazing but Desi shines the brightest imho❣️🤸☀️

[@carolmartin4413]

Well said. I experienced wage gap discrimination for decades. Retired now but never analyzed what that translated into for SS pay. Probably don't want to know. Is it better today? Only if women don't have kids. BTW...one of the main groups against the ERA...far right christian women...sound familiar?

[@drjanines3301]

Not true ~ state helps women w/ children faster + more than w/ out. I know personally

[@drjanines3301]

Plus each state is different ~ follow own rules as do corporations

[@carolmartin4413]

@@drjanines3301 my comments relate to wage disparity..not social programs.

[@thegoodreylo4749]

Ikr it’s bs

[@stars4limits]

I had to coach my female friend to negotiate for her salary because she feels uncomfortable negotiating. I asked her how she expected to make the same as a man in her place if he negotiates for more pay and she just accepts whatever is offered.

[@kitspics526]

So much talent packed into Desi, give her a show!

[@mihaipop9771]

I agree!!!! She has to run her OWN show!!!!

[@annarichardson8284]

No!

[@bkbland1626]

Here's the thing: Women are people. Treat them like people. Duh.

[@davidowens5898]

Don't move to Texas then, whatever ya do.........amerika's version of Saudi Arabia.

[@silentmajority8365]

What is a woman? As we speak those on the left still can't decide

[@WalterStanley-zf6lo]

And the same is true for homosexuals and transgenders.

[@silentmajority8365]

@@davidowens5898 Based on what? Give specifics

[@silentmajority8365]

Here's the thing... We do The wage gap happened because women entering the work force along with teens and drove wages down More applicants means employers can pick and choose When it was just Men they had to pay a livable wage

[@fdoe9184]

Love the Desi bits. She's right about inflation. It's so bad, bought a sandwich for lunch the other day and learned pumpernickel is now pumperdime.

[@Vagajammer]

It's pumperquater here

[@fdoe9184]

@@Vagajammer seems inflation is more rampant in some areas. Since I live near a bay, should have gone with a "bay gull".

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

When I was working offshore, I missed out on a job which was assigned to a guy who had been in jail for four months because, “he has a family and needs the work.” It had been slow that year. We ALL needed the work. But most of us had been AVAILABLE to work, meaning we had not done things to get us incarcerated. I missed a lot of work because of these circumstances men were in which made them more needy than me for a paycheck.🙄

[@rebeccabilly7466]

Even though I had more experience and performed better in my metrics, I had a male coworker promoted over me because his wife was going to have a baby and "he needed the money." They were a two-income household and she got paid maternity leave. I was a single mom raising a kid on my own. I needed the money more than he did. Not that an employee's need for income is ever the reason they get promoted , anyway.

[@georockstar09]

@@rebeccabilly7466 Same here. A younger, less qualified guy got promoted over me from a job that involves a lot of traveling to a desk job and became my supervisor because "he was getting married". Gee, wish I could get into a relationship too and not stuck traveling all the time.

[@charlenef.9055]

❤❤ 0:23 🎉🎉 0:36 😮😮 0:58 😂😂 1:08 😢😢 luv love Desisplains 2:13 😊 her humor in reality is priceless 🫡🫣 3:45 if ONLY America valued its citizens and helped them to prosper. "We the people seem to mean nothing" to law makers.

[@raymondtorres-gy8uj]

Totally agree with you on that we the people don't mean nothing at all to them. Only power and more than anything the money, money over people for them anyday 😂😂🎉😂😂 Just ask DARTH TRAITOR he has opened Pandoras box when he took office!! What a nightmare that thing was in the oval office 🤦😱

[@Remmy-iq3bs]

Desi is the best. Bringing up woman’s rights and I love her delivery. I wish they would officially give her the desk. She’s something special

[@MetatronsWing]

😂😂😂Sam Elliot's mustache can do anything it wants in my bed! Love Desi, too funny! 💙

[@jenniferbates2811]

There's a great book called: " Unladylike" By. Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin. It really breaks this topic down really well.

[@airtale8725]

Agree. These should also incentivise men to be stay-at-home dads.

[@RedStretchLimo]

Give her the desk. She's earned it and would be the jewel in the crown of the Daily Show.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

exactly, desi deserves the desk! more desi!!

[@kcdavis5581]

Great segment. Funny and informative!

[@aimeeward44]

Desi. This show should be yours.

[@mihaipop9771]

LOVE this! DESI is something else! WELL DONE!!! And keep going!

[@seankenneth8622]

They should've actually done an updated version of this, instead of reuploading the 2019 version

[@somethingsfishy8477]

Lol, that's why I feel like I have watched it before.

[@rebeccabilly7466]

Has any of this changed since 2019? Other than the severe cost to women of the pandemic? Never mind. I see your point.

[@Limewire1984]

Lol, if they start calling him eighty cents, I would fall inline, and not protest. "Susan B. Anthony was the Cardi B of her time." Desi taught me something new today.

[@tracymeyer1398]

In the 90s I was passed up for a promotion to a man ultimately because he had just got married, and "wasn't that just right?" Not fatherhood bonus but presumed fatherhood bonus.

[@tracymeyer1398]

@@JuanVasquez-zz1mx that company stopped existing shortly after I left, a decade plus. But go ahead.

[@tracymeyer1398]

@@JuanVasquez-zz1mx "you're" not "your".

[@hereigoagain5050]

Great educational video! Women, don your cute, pink hats and march on state capitols until the ERA passes. Even easier, "No ERA, No getting laid."

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

2:27 ironically, the “Motherhood Penalty” cuts both ways. In a culture wherein motherhood is prized, single or childless women are penalized. We are considered “expendable,” because “no one is counting on us.” We are called, “selfish.” We are the ones working the holidays; we are the ones called in early, on the weekends; we are the ones expected to be happy just to be somewhere, if we are forced or expected to work a holiday, because “we don’t have family.” Even in my families of birth, I am not a consideration, because I do not have children.

[@NWforager]

so the Wage gap is closed for childless women you're saying ?

[@beverlywesterkamm-wallrauc5808]

Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t you get paid for it?

[@firstlast8740]

​@@beverlywesterkamm-wallrauc5808people like holidays vacations WAY more than making your burger anyday.

[@mranderson1635]

And what about the single men lol? We work all the holidays and more

[@MorganBondelid]

Not just expected to work - I’ve read stories of managers expecting childfree women to “donate their vacation days” to women with children

[@danielsibley114]

I no longer feel like explaining to anyone how repressed and disadvantaged women were when I was young in the 1960s. We have made much progress since then but more change is needed.

[@NeptunesHorses5909]

There are a zillion ways companies can detail differences between jobs. Unless jobs are given tiers and charted re length of service, only government and unionized jobs have any protections that are clear. 50 percent of workers over 50 lose a long-term job before they intend or are eligible to retire.

[@GuitarBeast-xp8dp]

I love Desi. So funny. ❤❤❤

[@LokiBeckonswow]

I cannot think of a person who could make this video funnier, desi has such a killer delivery, we need more of her!

[@historychannel365]

There are countless methods for businesses to describe the differences between positions. Only government and unionized employment have any clearly defined protections unless such jobs are classified into tiers and have charts based on length of service. 50 percent of older workers lose a stable employment before they are ready or expect to retire.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

desi lydic is likely the funniest person on american TV atm, pls give more great vids like this! 🔥

[@emiletayag1935]

Great video!

[@aarongordon2998]

Let's be real: Our leaders are more than aware of these issues, both reasons why they exist and how to fix it. Sadly, our politicians, both sides, care more about their reelection than they do about solving problems. It's far more profitable to keep us poor folk at each other's throats than it is to address these concerns, among others.

[@Earthoceanfire435]

You ROCK!

[@ananj]

6:55 the first lady space princess haha

[@teleroel]

8:09 Sheroes, nice!

[@SG-es2hf]

Every smart politician says "Free Pre-school for all...". But never really make it happen. That would be THE BEST THING FOR ALL

[@rachelg3274]

Do you mean preschool or day care? Because where I live, there is both Head Start State Preschool and TK (transitional kindergarten, which comes before kindergarten) at our local public schools. Day care I had to pay for, but you also get to put the cost on your taxes.

[@SG-es2hf]

@@rachelg3274 yes I mean free preschool - enough for everyone who wants/needs it. Also community college. That's a common topic those politicians use to get elected.

[@AIvey-qs1so]

❤ Desi!!

[@reconstruct23]

“A man’s income goes up when he becomes a father” aka the father bonus. This just says that they earn more money, not why or how. It could be that once becoming a father they start to work more hours, it could be that they got a second job, it could be that within the same number of hours they’re being more productive because they’re working harder and thus selling more leading to higher commission. Yes, it could also be that employers just pay them more because they need it, but I’ve known companies that would love to NEVER give you a raise even if you’ve been at the company for 17 years because they don’t give a f*ck about you, their goal is always to pay you the least that they can get away with. So absent an actual reason for the “father bonus”, what would make anyone jump to the conclusion that companies just pay fathers more? And more so, why would that be the only explanation you’d accept?

[@charlesdignam780]

J’adore Desi

[@anthonyfigueroa7869]

I love her. They should of gave her the show!!

[@jimmyguitar2933]

Perhaps they even SHOULD HAVE GIVEN it to her, too!

[@LokiBeckonswow]

I've been saying this for years now, Desi needs more time on our screens!

[@raymondtorres-gy8uj]

Desi is the one for me!! She should take over as host. She got me with "MOTHER F****R" then came back up!! 😂😂😂

[@sileshimoltotal8339]

Give it her.. of all of them she is capable hosting the Daily Show. Take a chance on her.

[@skillsmany2235]

🌞 Awesome Skills! ⚘️

[@tylerhackner9731]

Thanks desi

[@angeliquestarsmommy]

Omfg so awesome!!!!

[@drjanines3301]

Give them time + watch after strike is over ! Trevor+ jon are hard acts to follow ❣️🤸☀️☮️🎶

[@markfitzurka9995]

Great video

[@philborer877]

Thanks Desi.

[@amandahayes2306]

I VOTE FOR DESI, that is if my vote actually counts.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

I love well researched vids like this, great work fam, thx for helping me learn

[@annarichardson8284]

You're learning from this person? LOL

[@stephenriggs8177]

Desi was great, during her week of hosting. But NOBODY can match what she does with these segments.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

desi is the american GOAT atm imo

[@waggishsagacity7947]

Women in America should take heart: The US may be 79 in ranking the rights of women, but gosh, we are ahead of Lesotho, Singapore and even Mongolia! not to mention China! Okay we are 3 spaces below Armenia, and that's disconcerting, but it's not so far down. Look at the bright side of things: there are 118 countries BELOW us, isn't that something to celebrate? No? Then look, 79 is closer to the cut off line of 33% (64) and not so close to the end of the second third (128). See? I told you, smile, you are on funhouse camera. Thanks, Desi, it was depressingly funny.

[@tomcoleman8702]

More please! Women splain pink tax!!! Men interruptting them (like that one poscast showed how RBG was interrupted and how Soto handles that! There's so much to cover. Go Desi go! Let the writing commence!

[@seethlaemmert5175]

Came for the entertainment, stayed for the education.

[@sleepinglionarchives]

I love this woman

[@annarichardson8284]

I don't.

[@myriamickx7969]

Incredible, the amount of guys mansplaining the wage gap in these comments and finding it totally normal.

[@darkorion69]

Male voices should not always be dismissed as mansplaining, any more than female voices should always be dismissed as female whinging. Equality, yes? As a transgender female sociologist the idea of dismissing any voice is both culturally and academically abhorrent.

[@akayawindwood5019]

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

[@tedscarlett]

Please, please, please make Desi the permanent host for TDS. She is amazing.

[@ramanivisvanathan6149]

Thank you for your information. Awesome

[@hipoman8087]

Southern states. Go figure! Seems like a map on other issues. Almost identical.

[@spkrlre]

Free and available childcare people!

[@JailbreakTips21]

Crazy how she was in the movie Stan Helsing

[@j.demarco8937]

I love Desi Lydic.

[@erichbrough6097]

Desi for U.S. Senate!

[@nicolebrandt1571]

Oh Desi, so disappointing that you didn’t point out that Stanton and others intentionally decided to hold back women of color - believing they would hold back the movement. The right of women to vote was only for the right of white women. Always important to mention when discussing Seneca Falls and try actions that follow.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

great point, so important that someone says it, thx for saying it, pls continue to say it! 🔥

[@JetstreamGW]

Speaking as a Texan, it's bizarre to me that I'm not in one of those states. Texas ratified the ERA? Really? Are you sure?

[@stephenbouchelle7706]

I agree and would like to see the men’s soccer team’s pay be reduced to be equal to the women’s.

[@gregcorsten2056]

😂😂😂the mustache peel. 😂😂😂

[@brianboyd5501]

She's so funny

[@TheHeikoSch]

1:24 more Profit in percentage or in absolute numbers?

[@rebeccabilly7466]

Both, I believe.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

I am trapped, in texas. Tell me the Constitution protects anyone besides men. Prove it.

[@neebs929]

I need all of the footage of Desi in the MC Hammer getup. Please.

[@annaconigliaro2907]

The US needs to get with the program when it comes to maternal situations

[@lauriekarin1075]

Hunger Games without women is like a JV Luge team...HAHAHAHAHA!

[@wailinburnin]

The problem is like Carlin would see it, language. “Having children is a lifestyle choice”, really? Should have stuck with “shell shock”.

[@oyedeleakande2593]

For the love of Desi

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

Yes. Gerard Butler is very, very pretty. Especially in a leather kilt, with a pink cashmere sweater.

[@JackDespero]

Hi Desi, this is a guy from 2023. Sadly, the US still considers women as second class citizens, not deserving of constitutional protections against. Also since you made this series, women have lost their right to abortion, in some cases even in extreme circumstances. And we have tiktokers gaining millions of views with videos questioning whether women should vote, since they are too emotional. So when you said that it could be worse, you are right, because it was. Cheers!

[@PDCMYTC]

Sure buddy, they are considered as second class citizens while literally having more family rights than men. Go on.

[@mellowyellow2576]

💜

[@minnesota_loon]

I would love to check out the organizations mentioned but, as usual, no links in the description. 😒

[@dah-veed]

America still has a long way to go. We in Germany Had a female chancellor for 13 years and women over here make Up more students at any university.

[@unclejoeoakland]

If it is any cause for cheer, I am reliably informed that women represent 53% of the student body at us colleges and universities.

[@rebeccabilly7466]

Women outnumber men at university here, too. That still hasn't closed the wage gap.

[@jaybird3745]

Love you Desi. I love your bongos. BABALOO! I'm your 900th like. Luuucy! ha ha

[@nayemislam2903]

It's cool to see Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ahead of USA 🇺🇸

[@drudgenemo7030]

I will not go on ANY trip with Tom Hanks But point taken

[@xmm_sg]

Has Desi ever starred in any romcoms ever?

[@brianloper6669]

Im confused. Virginia became the 38th. Is this from 2018?

[@corypaine9858]

Abby Wambach and Susan B. Anthony? 585 Represent boi!

[@Dr_1212]

😆👍

[@stu1037]

I agree with all of this, including how awesome Desi is. *Que trolls.... While I can't stand Jordan Peterson, he has repeatedly mentioned that the wage gap has to do with career choices and women tending to choose paths that pay less. He thinks it's almost the only reason. I think it is at least part of the gap. But, how much is it actually part of it? That being said, lots of those jobs _should_ pay more, regardless of who does them - starting with teachers. I wish we had a lot more teachers, engineers, and doctors & nurses in congress and fewer lawyers. And more women period.

[@jeffking543]

Since when is Kylo Ren an economist? 2:47

[@auroraRealms]

FYI: "Life Choices" or "Lifestyle Choices" is not something that the businesses and governments would be dictating in a "free market capitalist economy". That would make it a "socialist capitalist ecomomy". Also, Iceland may have better policy, because the successfully protested, and changed, the World Bank austerity measures being forced on them.

[@richardjoyce1]

Yeah, about that women's and men's World Cup soccer teams example; the women's team should not get paid the same as the men's, the women's team should get paid far, far more.

[@ronaldblackburn8947]

Desi! Desi! Desi!

[@Raghudegaucho]

Loved the video, but its not womansplaining coz I didn't know so much of the stuff that was explained 😁

[@MrAlvarogottagetit]

When we men decide to work more hours or seek jobs that require more responsibility and hence more pay it is not a bonus 😂😂😂 ok Desi you are full of it on this one

[@ringsaphire]

Well, if they really wanted to fight birth rates decline they know what to do lol It always amazes me how no one connects thoses dots given how obvious they are , just like they were talking about 2 different issues. Make more children but don't ask for better salaries! 😂 😂