Can Richard Reeves make a change?

vegetables-10000 · 2025-03-31T23:36:52+00:00

Ignoring all the jobs men mostly do that are about helping people.

Police, Firemen, the Army, etc.

Are women to do these jobs.

Cat_Whisperer_2000 · 2025-03-31T21:36:01+00:00

The second slide is a perfect illustration of Schrödinger’s Feminism. They’re empowered because they’re better than men in the HEAL field, but are also disadvantaged because men suppress them by paying them less?

Richard Reeves should have a look at that and explain how that’s possible.

NonbinaryYolo · 2025-03-31T23:39:39+00:00

I was debating this on one of the psychology subs a bit ago. The argument that worked for me and started getting me upvoted was pointing out that if women are simply better caregivers, if they're simply more sympathic, more empathic, and more loving, if men not pursuing HEAL industries isn't an issue of systemic forces and socialization, that only reinforces women's gender roles.

mrBored0m · 2025-03-31T18:14:52+00:00

I lost some braincells after looking at the second screenshot.

ElegantAd2607 · 2025-04-02T02:03:38+00:00

So being an electrician, firefighter or plumber means you lack empathy I guess. What a sad and rediculous comment. What do you think creates sentiments like this? Who told them that men are evil.

YooGeOh · 2025-04-01T19:00:25+00:00

If a woman becomes a chef, she is a chef lol. A cook is a cook.

The greasy haired dude serving waffles is a cook, not a chef. Having a dick doesn't make him a chef anymore than having a vulva makes a chef a cook.

They just victimise themselves with made up nonsense

Gayfunguy · 2025-04-01T04:18:15+00:00

I'm a dietician, and I get paid less than all the other female dieticians that I work with. They're the ones oppressing me, not the other way around.

jessi387 · 2025-03-31T23:12:53+00:00

The acronym HEAL didn’t exist u til like 2-3 years ago.

And no they are not the most demanding, that’s exactly why people are not compensated as highly.

Demanding jobs= high compensation. That’s how you get people to do it.

I work in the service industry. The higher the traffic and the higher the food quality/experience, the more money you will make, but also, the more stress it is.

Laid back restaurants with cheap food and low traffic are easy to work in, but you won’t bring home much.

High end restaurants that require a high degree of food and wine knowledge, high traffic, excellent people skills, and picky customers are VERY challenging and competitive to work in, but the pay justifies it.

jessi387 · 2025-03-31T23:29:06+00:00

Can someone fill me in on what the actual video s take on the subject was ? Not the comments .

Initial_Zebra100 · 2025-04-01T19:36:08+00:00

This feels very misandric. Basically, implying men are only about ego and don't care about anyone.

Juhne_Month · 2025-04-01T19:47:01+00:00

I could also do like some do, and say that "firefighters, garbage collectors, cops and military, and that women are too egotistic to sacrifice themselves for others and that they should be thankful"

But I won't cause that kinds of arguments are trivial and tribalistic. All kinds of works requires sacrifice for others, but not necessarily in the same manner, and it shouldn't be a source of misplaced pride.

ArmchairDesease · 2025-04-04T08:54:02+00:00

Let's examine the argument.

Claim 1: HEAL jobs pay less than others (like STEM) for the same level of commitment. Claim 2: Because of this, men choose not to pursue HEAL careers.

The obvious follow-up question is: if these jobs are objectively less rewarding, why do women choose them? Why do they prioritize lower-paying fields? And once in, why don’t they negotiate for better compensation?

These are the questions that actually lead to meaningful female empowerment. We should be encouraging women to advocate for themselves more aggressively in the workplace and to act in their own self-interest.

But no. Let's avoid these questions. Asking women to improve skills like salary negotiation is too burdensome. Let's default to blaming men. Men are the ones forcing women into nursing and low-paid roles. Men are the ones blocking women from high-demand fields. It’s never women who need to change anything. It’s always the fault of men and their damn patriarchy — an amorphous, omnipresent force that allegedly controls every facet of life and renders women passive and powerless.

BKEnjoyerV2 · 2025-04-01T03:35:32+00:00

I technically work in the HEAL field and the pay admittedly does really suck, but I think helping to detach men from their traditional gender roles would do much in this, it’s either that or pay men in those fields a lot more

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