The day women shut down Iceland

[@Vox]

Halley here! You can listen to the songs sung at Kvennafrí on Spotify. I spent a lot of time listening to it while I researched the story! What’s your favorite? open.spotify.com/album/790po7WG1AzdIIPKrERMUh

[@themanwnoname3454]

2023(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

[@walkerpaulp6526]

Every Taylor Swift's song and my love to you Halley

[@walkerpaulp6526]

Halley I thought it's gonna be in English but it's some language I don't understand But love you and love you Vox

[@coolorphans]

Very ignorant to assume that women work just as hard or just as efficiently as men.

[@walkerpaulp6526]

@@coolorphans feminists right they're the worst

[@lukejs3182]

It's important to note that this was not just a victory for women, but a victory for workers and their families. Equal pay for women means more money going to working class families from their employers.

[@olska9498]

But weren't most women employed by state-owned sectors anyways (schools, hospitals, telecommunication, national airline etc.)? Doesn't this just mean that working class families had to pay more taxes and higher fees to pay the women higher wages, resulting in a net zero income increase for working class families?

[@Anthony-db7cs]

An increasing share of women are single and childless.

[@Anthony-db7cs]

That's not how taxes work@@olska9498

[@lukejs3182]

That isn't how progressive taxation works. You are taxed based on the extra income you make in certain income brackets. Someone who makes £50,000 is still going to bring home a lot more after taxes than someone making £25,000.

[@TunaFish556]

@@olska9498its not about more taxes to pay woman more, its about paying their worth. these people are not protesting out of greed, only the ultra rich is like that.

[@radicalprolapse9807]

Iceland is pretty cool. Only country to prosecute some of the bankers who caised the 2008 crash rather than punish the poor for a disaster they didnt cause

[@queenbey6678]

The only bank in Iceland not affected by the 2008 disaster was led by women. When asked how they managed to avoid financial loss one of the leaders said "if it didn't make sense we didn't invest in it".

[@Munchausenification]

@@queenbey6678 what is the name of the bank?

[@savagepro9060]

^^"ICELAND is pretty cool"

[@tinnagigja3723]

@@Munchausenification They probably mean Auður Capital, an investment fund which later merged with Virðing and then those merged with Kvika under the latter name. Today Auður is the name Kvika uses for their online-only, no-fee banking service.

[@Munchausenification]

@@tinnagigja3723 Thank you very much

[@RemnantCult]

Unified solidarity gets things done. Really proud of Icelandic women.

[@nobodyburgen4594]

All 8 of them

[@jakeleo4518]

And the men in the crowd

[@msruag]

@@nobodyburgen4594 HELP

[@believeit1234]

Those Icelandic women just wanted a day off from working in their non-essential jobs.

[@jefflebowski918]

They all died alone and their cats ate them.

[@alperenbastiat]

If a person or organisation constantly do a thing you don't like and you are not saying "I don't like it.", nothing would ever going to change. To change something we should raise our voices, this video shows a great example of this.

[@speicaldark]

This moved me to tears. Calling it a 'day off' was such a smart move. It could be potentially useful in countries like China (my home country) where essentially no protests/demonstrations/strikes are allowed. Fight on, sisters around the world!

[@kcode233]

首先需要"砸墙" 💪

[@yadediuburekyolu8481]

I remember something like this happening in Nanjing in the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s. Some government official wanted to cut down trees growing on the sidewalks of the city, so a ton of people took strolls along those streets to “protest.” In the end, some trees were still cut down, but some were also saved.

[@speicaldark]

@@yadediuburekyolu8481I remember this, too. It seems to have taken place in 2011. Even Taiwan was involved, as the trees were first planted in 1920s to commemorate Sun Yat-sen. In fact, perhaps Taiwan's involvement was the reason why the organizers were let off easily, because the government didn't want to 'lose face'.

[@kingace6186]

I love seeing clever ways to pull off civil disobedience.

[@believeit1234]

This moved me to gag and spit out my coffee. Calling it a "day off" is pretty much spot on.

[@bjornolafsson5306]

My country is progressive in nearly every way. We still have a ways to go, but it's nice to see our accomplishments celebrated globally!

[@neoieo5832]

I mean Iceland is the safest country in the world.

[@videt7459]

If citizenship was easier to obtain, I would already have left horrible America for Iceland!

[@neoieo5832]

@@videt7459Icelandic is a hard language to learn

[@osheridan]

​@@neoieo5832 98% of Icelandics speak English (compared to 95% of Americans) tho

[@melissaaldosari8024]

Im so proud of the women in your country! I’m an old lady from the US and I never knew about this! I wish I had been an Icelander!

[@BreezyMaplesFarm]

Thank you to the women who went before us 🙏🏼

[@apollofateh324]

And thank you to the ones working to make progress now, for the future is grown of the seeds we are planting today 🌱

[@deeznutz8320]

​@@apollofateh324Like onlyfans

[@believeit1234]

Those Icelandic women just wanted a day off from working in their non-essential jobs.

[@701chevy9]

@@believeit1234The country ran better than ever that day😂

[@warffxfreak]

I'm just sobbing over here. The idea that a group of women can be so united and organised with a common goal is very touching.. Especially when around me there are so many women that believe feminism is toxic and wrong or that have been thought to watch out and mistrust other women.

[@charliecordes3532]

This is why the way this was worded was so important. Not calling it a women's strike, but a "women's day off". You can get a lot of people to do feminist things, if you meet them where they're at and word it in a way that doesn't seem that radical to them. I think a "women's day off" could happen in any country, if the salespitch was good.

[@warffxfreak]

@@charliecordes3532 yes. A 100% yes. Phrasing is so important in issues like this. I believe very vew, if any, men and women in my cirkels would be against any feminist viewpoints but the words around feminism and women issues have been so twisted and taken out of context., that most people's gut reaction is to stay away from it.

[@shaaravguha3760]

Tbf, it's a lot easier when you only have like 100,000 women in your country. (how many they had back then)

[@Tondadrd]

​@@warffxfreakI wander where you live. I immediately jumped to the USA...

[@warffxfreak]

@@Tondadrd No not the us this time.. I live in the Netherlands and I wouldn't say its necessarily a fair portrait of my country but just like everywhere in the world sometimes these ideas spread in small groups. And now that I think about it, it's just a few women and definitely not most.. I got swept up in the moment I guess...

[@chayfebruary9252]

If women are paid so less than men why don’t companies hire just women and pay them less?

[@YDEN_]

because misogyny is still rampant across some societies where men are favored over women, even though most of them have the equal amount of skill and knowledge required for the job.

[@YDEN_]

not saying that what you commented should happen, feminist movements are not about favoring women over men. But rather about giving women equal rights and opportunities that the men have

[@loeki8478]

@@YDEN_ Excuse me, but how does that happen despite the scientifically proven psychological physiological and anatomical differences? Would you put your child to labor because thats "inclusive" and they have the right to work in construction despite them being literally weaker than you? If you say no, then how would you do the same for women who are ALSO physically inferior to fully built men with more muscle mass than the strongest woman without training even? When it comes to rights you'd have to specify since i know of no "human right" that favors men over women in my culture, as for opportunities you'd have to prove women are as capable for these opportunities and then you talk.

[@YDEN_]

@@loeki8478 i dont know if you watched the video but this does not talk about physical opportunities or jobs like construction at all. What I was referring to with my comment is that even when a man and a woman have the same amount of skill and knowledge for a job (let's say accounting or marketing or whatever), or sometimes even when women have more of it than men, they are still paid less compared to them because of patriarchal systems that perpetuates misogyny that favors men. This is not about 'physical inferiority' of women.

[@loeki8478]

@@YDEN_ And where is your source on this?

[@josegers5989]

shout out to Belgium for having the smallest pay gap!!!

[@toonsmits2485]

I mean, im from Belgium and from my opinion here everyone gets paid the same, for the same labor. Isnt this the same in almost every (develloped) country? Isnt the largest factor of the 'wage gap' the interest of job and hours worked by the genders?

[@josegers5989]

@@toonsmits2485 In the sources from the OECD you can find the definition they used for this graph. Dag Toon, groeten uit Antwerpen!

[@josegers5989]

@@toonsmits2485 I think the reason for the pay gap is that traditional jobs for women like nursing, education, etc are payed less than traditional jobs for men.

[@toonsmits2485]

If so, can it really be seen as a sign of inequallity if the gap is a result of free choice? Greetings from Antwerp (Provence)

[@toonsmits2485]

In modern times in the West, I feel we shouldnt need to press women into higher paying, demanding jobs just for the argument of closing the gap

[@simplyepic3258]

The fact that just calling it something other than a strike proves that words have power, and your selection of words greatly affects who will support an idea.

[@fungo6631]

Yup, just like calling the war in Ukraine a Special Military Operation. Icelandic vooman words had so much power that even Putin was inspired by them and took the advice! Genius! Absolute genius! Perhaps Elon's employees should call unionizing "strengthening of the apes thru solidarity". Since Elon is Elon, he'll see apes as an NFT and, by extension, crypto shekel reference and be inspired to accept their demands.

[@zm1786]

well a strike would imply work would not get done. work got done as usual . men actually enjoyed not being distracted.

[@myeka1273]

I can’t believe that production went up and the nation had no catastrophic consequences for that entire day, cracks me up.

[@Lorenzconnok]

Your comment deserves more likes because it's true and simple = beautiful.

[@sopfhie748]

Source ? because I’ve not come across ANY articles stating that… y’all are just bitter and sour 🥱

[@rickb06]

Truth is not popular on the left.

[@jinijinxer97]

Is that so?! Aww you see women, just take an off day everyday. The men love bringing their children to work & bandaging their own wounds at the hospitals, how lovely!! We must listen to the logical ones, it's just good ole facts. Aren't I right ladies? Thank You for letting us know that we are meant to do nothing, & even if we do, it means nothing. Now men can never say jackshit.

[@zm1786]

@@sopfhie748 okay, show one article where the economy was ruined from women not working..

[@jorgecruz1235]

Impressive but I think it’s a bit more impressive how countries like Costa Rica and Colombia have a near 0% pay gap between men and women. I’m sure there’s a fascinating history behind that too

[@AliceP.]

I would actually put my bet on lack of reliable data. I was thinking about that during the video... Some of the data they do have probably isn't very correct as well, especially in authoritarian countries where journalism and media can't say much

[@zlmayo92]

​@@AliceP. Those countries are full democracies with Costa Rica having even a better democracy Index than a lot of European countries and the U.S.. Colombia also having a lot of laws protecting women right like abortion full suffrage protection on women voting. So yeah, they have those numbers thanks a to a job well done, not because of lack of data like you say.

[@estebanslavidastic4382]

Its more likely that the women in those countries, since they are less developed, are forced to work traditionally "masculine" jobs. Lets look at some other "workplace gaps". Workplace mortality gap. Hours worked gap. Vacation time gap. Leave taken gap. Do you think that MAYBE these have a contribution to the "average earnings gap" ?

[@VijayThakurMD]

​@@estebanslavidastic4382yes Even India has a higher percentage of women in STEM like pilots etc than progressive western countries Proving that when given choice women choose to just have fun without major responsibility and go for less hard jobs and leeches of state

[@bartimaeusofuruk9681]

"Some men were foolish enough to threaten me" A true queen.

[@kingace6186]

Spoken like an absolute anarchist. Slay queen.

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

Yes go lazies 👍

[@loeki8478]

Lets have ALL the men stop going to work for a day. You know just to see what happens, for funsies!

[@estebanslavidastic4382]

@@loeki8478 the economy would collapse.

[@piyam7345]

​@loeki8478 Any cause/ purpose for this? Are the men undervalued in the workplace and at home?

[@MythicalRedFox]

I absolutely love the detail that strikes outside of unions were illegal, so instead they just called it a day off. 😆

[@kitfrias3469]

As a working mom with a toddler, with a family I do a lot of emotional labor for - this video moved me to tears. Women do a lot of unpaid invisible labor in and out of workplaces. The matters we make a difference in are so impt, our society has not figured out how to compensate for it: raising children, teaching them, keeping marriages going, sustaining families and communities. I imagine this strike also helped form Iceland’s strong social security system to support childcare, education, maternity leaves, women’s health. Bravo Iceland, and well done on this video, Vox 👏🏽

[@andrewrobertson1124]

Cry about it men hold the fabric of society's infrastructure together, if they all went on strike society would fail to function

[@Dg90204]

Exactly! If men went on strike society would collapse in like a day

[@erischaos]

Do you perhaps mean "mental load" instead of "emotional labor"? These are two distinct and not at all equivalent terms: *Emotional labor* comes from the service industry where you put on a happy face despite your actual feelings to to appease customers. *Mental load* refers to keeping track of all the incidental household tasks that aren't usually written down but must be completed to keep a household running smoothly, essentially acting as a manager.

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

@@erischaos it's laziness. men don't complain about ish like this

[@petitthom2886]

Chad Icelandic women, brave and courageous

[@JustayoungBBCliving]

Simp

[@iamsomebody6267]

Lets see how "brave" they can be in Iran or Saudi.

[@smittoria]

​@@iamsomebody6267what do Icelandic women have to do with Iran or Saudi Arabia?

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

@@iamsomebody6267 No civilian can survive the drones and machine guns bud. Try it yourself maybe?

[@petitthom2886]

@@iamsomebody6267 can’t they both be brave ?

[@angelicabridgwater]

i had no idea the pay gap in iceland was that terrible! im glad the protests worked and helped women across the nation!

[@Hans.Dewitt]

south Korea is at more than 30% right now! that is what is terrible

[@Mastermind12358]

It as the 70s, I'd be surprised if it was much better in the rest of the western world at that time.

[@triple_gem_shining]

I'm glad women started educating themselves and no just dreaming of being banged up and taken care of by a man 🎉

[@fungo6631]

Well there's a reason Iceland was pumping out more kids than other developed nations even after the boomer era, and without Muslim immigrants driving up the average.

[@angelicabridgwater]

@@Hans.Dewitt that's literally so sad i really hope it improves soon

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Shoutout to not only to The Redstockings but also to Valborg Bentsdóttir forcoming up with a ‘day off’.

[@scottmescudi3423]

I lived in Iceland for 3 years. To say it’s a country run by women who victimize themselves without reason would be an understatement.

[@Cool_Rain_12]

I know they act so innocent just to get privileges over men in men build society

[@pratyakshaawasthi7838]

to say that you're insufferable would also be an understatement ❤️❤️

[@tinnussy]

glad you left ❤

[@steven1671]

@@pratyakshaawasthi7838You’ve got no legit response to his point, so you just go for an ad hominem attack. Real classy.

[@zm1786]

@@steven1671 typical womyn response

[@Tactcat]

man it's so beautiful when people come together :(

[@bltvd]

Sticky too!

[@chuaadelpheus9656]

“The day women shut down Iceland”? Didn’t companies report higher productivity and fewer HR complaints 😂

[@jasondeslatte7611]

shhh dont ruin the narrative with the truth

[@sopfhie748]

Where does it say that? KZbin comments? 😂 The first time it happened the entire country was paralysed…. Shops closed, schools, hospitals, banks and etc were understaffed and men ended up having to take their kids to work 🤷‍♀ sooo.

[@DillonHathaway]

​@@sopfhie748 and the 2nd time?

[@LordDaret]

⁠@@sopfhie748 but that doesn’t shut down the country, just slightly constrains it. Shutting down a country requires it to also shut down its critical infrastructure. Everything you listed is important, but it would take at least a week for results to start showing. That’s more of a slight inconvenience more than outright paralysis since all of those are more like auxiliary functions rather than primary. Were the following hindered: power, water, imports/exports, agriculture, or law enforcement? Remember that the purpose of protest is to generate further discontent in people’s Standard of Living or to strong arm the government into immediate action. While that sounds impressive, it shows that women did not choose critical roles (except medical care) and preferred tasks with less stakes involved.

[@sssss-zb2jd]

you must be mistaken. that would be the day you decide to unalive yourself ❤

[@laszlogere5062]

You have to note 25% of the country on this strike. And nothing got shut down! Man just carried on like norhing happenned. Infact they find it easier to work without woman complaining 😂

[@westlycoast3635]

I hope to god you’re not a woman. The misogyny reeks from this comment.

[@mukunimulundika5359]

This should be done again and again across the world to drive the point home that NOTHING will get done without Women!

[@ejtattersall156]

Men go on strike and the lights go out, the garbage piles up and the bugs are everywhere.

[@nueat6]

@mukunimulundika5359 highly doubt it.

[@mtk77621]

@@nueat6 really? Just look up historical garbage strikes. It's happened before, no reason it can't happen again (and it absolutely does happen again)

[@Muhammad45450]

Nothing will get done without men lol. Pray for the day men wake up.

[@mtk77621]

@@Muhammad45450 How about we DO wake up and realize nothing would get done without us, but direct our action against the people who actually exploit us ie the people who own capital and the people who send us to pointless wars, rather than women?

[@ShubhSharma-jq1le]

The editing that Vox done is actually amazing. They make some of the most compelling stories

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

25% of the population went on strike, the economy continued as normal and HR departments received no complaints for 24 hours. I'd love to see the outcome of men going on strike for 24 hours.

[@unk-ps1]

what issue are you gonna go on a strike for???

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

@@unk-ps1 who cares?

[@VG_164]

​@@unk-ps1 Oh plenty. Like how men work longer hours and more demanding jobs yet women demand they get the same wages. Or men being shut out of academia at an increasing pace, or all the inequal laws regarding parenting etc Plenty of things. But men are also productive and rather bare with it then act like spoiled brats.

[@yourgrandpa2539]

@@VG_164 men should actually go on a strike for family courts with not marrying, "wage gap" but for working more dangerous jobs for longer ours it is not really "acting like spoiled brats" if there is a real issue that should be addressed, women do and they get results so should men

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so this was all for nothing and proves how useless feminism is

[@64ccd]

Being from Scandinavia it got me thinking about how this story is labeled as a "Missing Chapter". In Scandinavia it's a widely known piece of history, that even people born decades later still know very well. It's a great big world we live in where huge historical events in one part of the world can be labeled a missing chapter of history in another part of the world. I wonder what parts of well known American history are missing chapters to me.

[@hhwippedcream]

Organizing is NOT easy. Even with food and goodies! What an accomplishment!!!

[@AugustRx]

That's with men. These people are simply more civilized..

[@yaboimosh]

You know what also would've been interesting.... To show why Belgium is the most equal in terms of pay gap.

[@Silverizael]

And why South Korea is so terrible.

[@SimpleJackPC]

Soo is it based on the exact same job and hours or is it based on the different jobs people pick and hours worked?

[@jeremyeblack4987]

All I know is I worked in a bank. Right out of the training class men got paid 10 an hour, women 9.25. Same exact job. This was 1998.

[@SimpleJackPC]

@@jeremyeblack4987 where, in Iceland? Or the US. Because if it was here, you're either lying, don't know the exact position and duties that whoever else you're basing that off of had to do, or they bank just doing something incredibly illegal since its been illegal since 1963 to pay someone unequally for the same job. So which one lol, unless it's Iceland, then they didn't pass something until 2018 for equal pay act

[@jeremyeblack4987]

@@SimpleJackPC It was in the U.S. in Ohio. I'm not kidding. It happened and that isn't the only thing. Prejudice and double standards exist everywhere.

[@SimpleJackPC]

@@jeremyeblack4987 then that's on y'all for not reporting it because its against the law since 1963 for doing the EXACT same job with same credentials so... hard to believe it or y'all just didn't fight it at all

[@jeremyeblack4987]

@@SimpleJackPC It's real in my country. I know what I saw and see now. Don't know if it will ever change, but if this isn't an issue in your country, why are you considering it a personal attack on you that it happens in mine?

[@armannbjornsson6490]

As someone that was born in 2002 in Iceland I remember learning when I was a kid that women are not equal everywhere For me it felt strange because I thought they were equal everywhere

[@unclescavie2121]

Falsifying numbers doesn’t make you right

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

@@unclescavie2121 being louder doesn't make you right

[@DerStammtischphilosoph]

This was the most quiet, productive, drama free day in Iceland professional history.

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

For real 😂

[@sssss-zb2jd]

wise words from a statue 😮🎉

[@righteouslydefiant5362]

All the women went on strike,,,and nobody noticed 😂😂😂

[@yn849]

Somebody didn't watch the video

[@theghostofrazgriz5228]

​@@yn849 i think you didn't understand what he meant cuz woman went on strike that day and men get their work done and no PR complaints 😂

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

@@righteouslydefiant5362 nobody would notice if you went missing ❤

[@the1stmetalhead]

I just wanna show my appreciation to those strong woman. ❤

[@Anthony-db7cs]

They're in a free, democratic country. Relax. It's not like they were doing this in Iran.

[@Dynamic241]

@@Anthony-db7csbut they did, there’s multiple protest that women has partaken in the Middle East. There was one a few months ago

[@steven1671]

Strong for doing nothing, and changing nothing, in their country where they experience more privileges than most people throughout human history could only dream of? Yeah, “strong women”

[@hiddenname9809]

It did not shut down anything.

[@Pumpy_88]

Frr

[@MBJean]

It obviously did have an impact, the wage gap decreased drastically from 70’s to now. Ofc the bitter men of the 70’s (and those in these comments) would claim it made no difference, however the numbers reflected in the wage gap says otherwise.

[@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر]

Now all men in iceland go on strike and see what happens 😂😂

[@lewis6138]

But didnt Iceland keep on moving that day? Like apparently nothing stopped, and production in Iceland moved as normal?

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

The effectiveness actually went up with the infrastructure of only men just working more efficient and less drama 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 feemails are useless

[@hteacave]

Most kids are raised mainly by moms. A lot of kids are raised in single family homes by moms who are footing the financial bills almost entirely by themselves. Without women, a lot of people wouldn't have existed. Those people grow up to have jobs, pay taxes, have kids, and keep the society functioning. Women are extremely important.

[@zingyburger]

Good job stating the obvious

[@D3UberD3]

kids raised by single moms become criminals. You need both parents to raise a kid.

[@topapo3661]

@@D3UberD3were you raised by wolves? is that why youre so out of touch with reality?

[@defibae]

Without women we'd have no humans

[@Muhammad45450]

@@defibae Without men, wed have no humans too

[@thl205]

This is what people in power are afraid of

[@X2LR8]

This is people trying to get things that they aren't entitled to.

[@topapo3661]

@@X2LR8 people are not entitled to equal pay? or just women?

[@X2LR8]

@@topapo3661 People are entitled to equal pay for equal work output and results.

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

@@X2LR8 shut up

[@randdiamond8090]

@@X2LR8 women’s unpaid work and hours in the household is estimated at $189k/yr, while men only brings in about $90k/yr(and they use that for themselves too). Men also get pay increases when their wives birth more children: more work for her, more money for him. Divorced women have so much less work after the men are out of the house. All charities prefer giving money to wives instead of husbands, because women spend on their families, but men only on themselves. This makes me think: men should really just be sent to war at every opportunity.

[@SAmaryllis]

I loved that detail about why it was changed to "a day off". Thanks for bringing this piece of history to a broader audience!

[@believeit1234]

Those Icelandic women just wanted a day off from working in their non-essential jobs.

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

This was an L in history

[@123takealook]

It’s important to note that this made ZERO difference to the economy 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@ZackCali]

The fact that there was no difference in the economy 💀

[@Seagull_House]

this and countless other stories of grass-roots resistance should tell us that we don't need to wait for elected officials to promise to save us, we need to step up and force them to act. or just, take charge and do it ourselves if/when another party gets elected into power.

[@am-mm2sl]

They did not shut down anything. Women have the same rights as men. Women are not getting paid less. Companies would employ only women to save some money. Women are paid the same amount per hour.

[@vtwinxtreme]

They also take more time off on average. Women make less because of the jobs they go into. Those women don’t want to build homes and do construction to further the world development.

[@nickkuiper32]

They have more rights then men. They can single handedly end a kids life without being thrown in jail for murder (abortion)

[@vtwinxtreme]

@@nickkuiper32 true facts

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

​@@vtwinxtreme and also women work more in the house. you pigs should try thinking for once. just for fun ya know?

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

males should try shutting up for once. thinking is good for the brain. seriously try it.

[@martylovejoy]

Great vid!! Really enjoyed this!!! I was eight years old in 1975 and I'm sad to say that as an American lawyer now retired, I feel like my whole career was filled with discrimination... we Americans have a long way to go. Still, this was a fun watch - go Iceland!!

[@CarveYourLegacy]

Apparently, no unnecessary HR complaints, overall productivity stayed unchanged, even improving in some places. One guy even said, “it was nice to get some things done”. Big show. How does it make sense that the only women who can actually sign legislation to change supposed unfair wages, also took the day off? Kinda counter productive no?

[@jackmiller6554]

I heard that businesses were happy because for that one day, they were able to get some real work done done without unnecessary distractions and their productivity went up tremendously.

[@LavroseRovender]

This made me tear up, good on those women!! I hope I can someday make a good change

[@steven1671]

What exactly did they change though???

[@zm1786]

@@steven1671 they proved they could fire every single woman in the nation and nothing would change. they could just pay every man 2x as much and women could just live off their mans salary instead.

[@ReinhardVanAstrea.]

Iceland was not “shut down” by women,lol. Stop inserting your opinions and just report. Absolutely nothing changed when 1/3 of the population stopped working. Heck,we had a record low HR complaints that day. They just embraced their insignificant input in the working of the entire country. Good job.

[@shanemacc]

Per hour per work done… completely false!!!!!

[@elizabethpenny7732]

Awe inspiring. Ninety percent. Success. Sixty two years old and do not recall a news broadcast about this beautiful event in the states. Flabbergasted! Thrilled!

[@Mokkel73]

Pay gaps are illegal in most countries. Earnings gaps are not.

[@Dg90204]

I am saving that quote that is amazing

[@dokusha519]

At a work I had once, I was getting paid 10$ a day, my fem coworker was getting paid 30$, she didn't do her job 98% of the time and I had to first check what she didn't do then do what I was supposed to do. She was always talking on her phone or with the receptionists, I told the boss the situation many times and he didn't do anything for like 6 months. I don't think that's fair

[@jaja2536]

and nothing happend, imagine all men on strike :D

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheM41a]

"Shut down Iceland" Yeahhhhhh but not really.

[@TheBikeOnTheMoon]

because all the important parts of the economy are mostly done by men. Women when given a choice still refuse to work on those important sectors of the economy.

[@steven1671]

@@TheBikeOnTheMoon…and that’s why they get paid less than men. It’s not patriarchy, it’s simply that they don’t want to work hard jobs, like construction.

[@susannehuber3996]

When women work together they can solve every problem ❤

[@juliuszkocinski7478]

I'd widen is to people in general. Unify big portion of mankind enough and nothing is impossible really

[@queenvanagon]

No. This video is about WOMEN. Not "people in general". WOMEN. I know you can't stand women celebrating their power without shoehorning men into it but try to control yourself just this once.@@juliuszkocinski7478

[@Dg90204]

@@queenvanagonoh wait so your telling me only women can do great things? (Back of my mind is thinking about Albert Einstein, Elon musk, and many others)

[@Muhammad45450]

Can they create a baby? L'es'bi'an's like you are delusional.

[@sirennexus1675]

@@Dg90204I mostly agreed with you until you mention Elon Musk, the incel king himself. Bro grew up with money from his daddy’s emerald mine and has yet to produce yet a single good idea without stealing it from someone else.

[@019KADESH]

If women made such an impact imagine if it had been Icelandic men the ones who decided not to work! Iceland's economy would have collapsed with effects to this day

[@dharmamvibe5430]

Wait a minute... This is the protest where the economy didnt had a single scratch when women's was protesting.... Mad respect to the man for holding the ground.

[@sssss-zb2jd]

shut up. women can just decide not to do anything and humans would go extinct. men have no such power. not even close.

[@jorik41]

Wait Belgium the Lowest pay gap. Nice to see us in place 1 on a good list 😅

[@irissupercoolsy]

We also have the highest median income in the world!

[@VijayThakurMD]

Money collected by looting countless countries came handy

[@sophiaisabelle027]

Seems like women have more power in their hands. I’m all for them changing up ways to improve the economy.

[@TheCarlScharnberg]

I wish women would have a day where we did this globally. 24 hours without women.

[@marwanshahid6922]

100 years ago, no women worked, any day. Let's do that again.

[@randdiamond8090]

@@marwanshahid6922except working for their husband-master, of course. let’s not forget that 50% of women filed for divorce the INSTANT they could, even though it would lead to sure poverty. Poverty is preferable to a man in, a lot of cases, while the others were thinking of their children… that’s how sh!tty men were as bosses.

[@queenvanagon]

That is patently false. Women have always worked. @@marwanshahid6922

[@jackjohnson6230]

​@@randdiamond8090play the victim some more While I play the worlds smallest violin just for you It must be such hard work being a professional victim

[@ariverofbears]

@@randdiamond8090 now they switch the husband-master for a boss that pays them and has control over firing them. and those bosses are more than likely men lol

[@user-bw8yn3zr1s]

I just wonder how that many women managed to gather together. This should happen again and again in every country in the world. What a magical thing!

[@Muhammad45450]

For what reason?

[@user-bw8yn3zr1s]

@@Muhammad45450 demanding equal power and money distribution among genders, equal pay, equal responsibility in domestic chores, finance and in taking care of children, elders and ailing persons. women's safety, dignity as well as freedom.

[@Martin-ls9bz]

Who should enforce the equal responsibility in house chores ?

[@Muhammad45450]

@@user-bw8yn3zr1s Hasn't that already been given to women and even more? It isn't even equal. It has been given more to women.

[@specialk5340]

@@user-bw8yn3zr1swhen women make up 50% of work place deaths, then they can make an argument for equal pay.

[@brown7583]

The first five seconds of the video and the lies already begin

[@nickkuiper32]

Only things that shut down were HR departments because their were no women to file complaints. That was one of the funniest thing i've seen in my 34 years

[@miguelrosado6348]

Vox - you can't show a graph with 43 countries and then say that Iceland is one of the "few" countries in the world with a smaller pay gap when Iceland is in the 19th position. That's almost half of the graph. Unless you mean out of all the countries in the world which goes beyond the content of this graph.

[@sushi610]

they said that cause the video was on how the women of iceland lowered the pay gap between the two genders.

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

I mean, it's Vox. Why are you surprised?

[@hannahwinterhalder741]

They said of the western/developed countries. So Vix decided 49 countries were developed. Out of this countries Iceland placed 19

[@GillumTyler]

It's not a pay gap; women choose professions that pay less. While men choose jobs like scientist, stock broker, or doctor; women choose lower paying jobs like woman scientist, woman stock broker, or woman doctor.

[@winterviveca5976]

Women just love to earn less, guys

[@catherinechase9292]

Had me in the first half ngl

[@johnsonphang471]

No wonder I just found out about this strike, 1/3 of the population which are women go on strike but barely any dent on iceland economy. Safe to say majority of women workforce are redundant then

[@johnsonphang471]

@@Maayaa117 women ☕ can't just form an argument without resorting to blatant meaningless shaming

[@Lorenzconnok]

1. They didnt shut down Iceland. 2. All infrastructure, emergency services, and the building of Iceland remained in tact. 3. There is no pay gap. Any economist who understands how decisions of work are made between the very different motivations and incentives of the sexes has known this for nearly 50 years now. 4. How are we still talking about this provable non-issue? You're mind is not your own, that's how.

[@getthefakepanda8334]

Thank you for making this video, such an inspiring video

[@delekkunjang6357]

Do they research why women get paid less??

[@justcausee]

They can't. It'd break their narrative of man=bad.

[@jawesomes6939]

They shut down nothing 🤣🤣🤣 economy went on like normal

[@arisboom2757]

Feminism destroyed everything

[@ruffgook]

They didnt shut down anything

[@islandboy9137]

😂 ok. But no men = No Infrastructure.

[@BriLaDivina98]

And we’d have breathable air and better environment

[@audreyharris7643]

@@BriLaDivina98 there's good and bad with everything

[@steven1671]

@@BriLaDivina98You say that and continue using your smart phone to comment on an internet video, and driving your automobile every day, all of which were invented by men…

[@Coffeepanda294]

An inspiration for women everywhere.

[@imberrysandy]

Missing Chapter is a fantastic series! ❤ Great videos

[@panda88881000]

I heard when they on strike the efficiency goes up..

[@mahdimm9962]

I love to see this in reverse. I would assume way more than canceling two flights and no child care happens if men go on strike😂😂

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

oh and if women go on full strike and stop having children.. imagine that scenario. I'd like to see that happen 😂😂

[@emptyhad2571]

Pay gap doesn’t exist. Women tend to choose lower paying jobs over higher paying jobs because it’s easy.

[@mustbeaweful2504]

Really cool bit of history. It blows my mind when there is a mass political consensus. It doesn’t even make sense to me how people can come together like that.

[@denzblog2710]

If women are paid less then why don't companies just hire women? I genuinely still haven't found a reasonable answer to this question from an economic perspective

[@DavidCruickshank]

Can you imagine any large group of people having 90%+ agree on anything now days? We're so divided now days.

[@eminemeatingmmswithotherem5879]

In Greece we paid almost equally because the salaries are very low for everyone 😂🗿🗿

[@trigun4]

Now watch what happens when the men strike.. All this men vs women thing is so selfish. Just learn to appreciate each other instead of taking it out on each other. Women, I guarantee you if all of men had a strike, your world wouldn't just become inconvenient for a bit, it would collapse for however long the strike takes place. Just learn to appreciate each other, instead of taking it out on each other. BOTH genders face invisible burdens both in and outside work. And I would argue men have a bigger burden in life in general..

[@j.a.velarde5901]

Thank you for your wonderful documentaries!

[@Mr.Septon]

Really interesting story and always great to see the efforts that solidarity can bring, however, after popping up that chart twice, I have to admit I'm curious about Belgium being that they were on the best side of the spectrum. I also wasn't surprised to see that here in Canada we are effectively on par with the United States of America. How very, North American of us lol.

[@cycklist]

Is it law that all thumbnails must have a useless red arrow?

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

the 14 Vox thumbnails before this one didnt have any arrows, and the 15th was a yellow one

[@Kessoku]

red mean danger

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

red is for danger @@Kessoku

[@Taggez1]

You clicked so it worked

[@thugai8150]

​@@Taggez1Bold of you to assume he clicked because of the red arrow.

[@andreawallenberger2668]

Excellent! Keep up the great work, Vox.

[@_maxgray]

Ah yes, the reply guys desperately looking for excuses other than structural inequality for why women are paid less are already out in full force.

[@novarem9828]

Ywnbaw

[@TheCoralie87]

Exactly.

[@1ellisd1]

well do you really believe that a single problem is the root of a large issue? You probs believe that you are the victim of tyrannical patriarchy as well

[@zingyburger]

Why do you guys hate it when men have opinions that disagrees with yours?

[@topapo3661]

​@@zingyburger "why is it that people hate my different opinions?" the different opinion: "WOMEN SHOULD BE PAID LESS THAN MEN BECAUSE IT HURTS MENS' EGOS!!1!"

[@justcausee]

Exactly what shut down? It looks to me like feminists went on strike and life went on as normal.

[@andreasheld2362]

And yet another topic I knew nothing about! Vox, you are broadening my horizon everytime another one of those reports drop. Thank you!

[@johndavid9418]

Just wait until men do this.

[@donttalktomeplzimsad]

men would have to beg women and give them privileges. I'd like to see that day.

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

Literally nothing happened when all of them went to strike.....everything continued to function as it should have been just more efficient... tells you much more about their assumed role... hahahaha

[@amsterdam_uva]

Pay gap doesn't exist

[@mulsenhfk]

Exactly

[@zeref0007]

Exactly

[@demian5631]

Nice video! i wonder how Belgium got their gap so low, might make for an interesting video (hint, hint).

[@curcicreations]

can you also provide a graph that shows the pay gap depending on amount worked and the difficulty of the jobs as the first graph doesn't reflect anything that matters beside from the amount paid.

[@jefflebowski918]

...and all of these women died alone and their cats ate them. The End

[@Haddin665]

you mean they lived the best life im so jealous

[@sasuke36571]

Lol 😂facts

[@JohnBoyed-fo6fm]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aerah76]

​@@Haddin665 That's also what they keep telling themselves 😂