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Man & Society
CEFR B2
Upper
Intermediate
warm up
Answer the questions below. Then listen to the model answers and think about how you could improve yours.
| Should men and women be paid equally for the same type of work? |
TRANSCRIPT
Absolutely, men and women should be paid equally for the same type of work. It’s a matter of fairness and equality. If two people are doing the same job with the same level of skill, experience, and responsibility, there’s no reason why their gender should affect their pay. Equal pay ensures that everyone gets what they deserve based on their work, not on outdated biases.
| Why is this an issue in so many countries? |
TRANSCRIPT
This is still an issue in many countries because of deep-rooted cultural norms and stereotypes. For years, men were seen as the primary breadwinners, and women’s work was often undervalued, especially in jobs traditionally held by women. Even today, many industries still reflect these old ideas. Plus, unconscious bias plays a role, with employers sometimes unknowingly favoring men when it comes to promotions and salaries.
| What do you think governments should do to tackle this problem? |
TRANSCRIPT
Governments should introduce stronger policies that enforce transparency in pay, like Iceland has done. Pay gap legislation is a good start, but governments also need to promote gender-neutral education and shared parental leave, so men and women both have opportunities to contribute at home and at work. It’s also important to raise awareness and address unconscious biases through education and workplace training.
part one
key language
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COMPREHENSION
- What are the three areas of inequality between men and women?
- Which country is bridging these gaps successfully?
- What is their secret?
- How are kindergartens organised on Iceland?
- What do these special schools aim at?
- What do they teach girls and boys?
- Does this bring positive results?
part two
key language
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COMPREHENSION
- What are men encouraged to do in Iceland?
- What is a Daddy Quota and how does it work?
- Do other countries have a similar scheme?
- How is this creating more equal field on the labour market?
part three
key language
watch the video
COMPREHENSION
- What legislation was passed in Iceland?
- What do companies have to prove from now on?
- How does this pay calculator work?
- What did the featured company find out?
- Do you agree that we place more value on traditionally male dominated jobs?
POLL
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COMMENTS
How do you feel the issue of gender inequality should be fixed?
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1. Changing stereotypes in perceiving certain roles and tasks as dedicated only to men and only to woman (upbringing in families and educational institutions)
2. Social campaigns encouragings fathers to become involved parents, really present in their children’s lives
3. Obligation to indicate salary ranges in job advertisements
4. Delegating cleaning and/or other household duties for a fee, if possible (availability of such services, wages on the labour market that allows you to be able to pay someone else for work)
5 A sufficient number of places in nurseries and kindergartens with reasonable fees
I think that the most important is how children are brought up. Stereotypical gender point of view shouldn’t exist in 21. century. But it could be rooted out relatively quickly only in developed part of the world. In many countries there is society opinion and religion issue too strong to make people understand that gender inequality leads to nothing but problems.
Nowadays, parents are more aware of disadvantages that divide creates. They are not always focused on changing gender role, but try to persuade children that they can do everything: girls can be bold and decisive and boys can be empathetic and more community oriented. It could have influence how they will perceive and deal with home and work burdens.
I don’t have any idea how governments can help to bridge the gaps between gender now. What else besides create freely available schools, provide facilities in communication and open access health care (sorry but some governments should be eliminated in one moment and successors should be led and taught how real world looks like properly… because for some there is no hope…) Productivity and good relations between coworkers this are valuable company traits for me. This depend from good education, self-esteem, ability to cooperate. And this is independent from any gender domination.
https://hbr.org/2021/01/how-iceland-is-closing-the-gender-wage-gap