Let's break down the factual claims in the text and verify their accuracy: 1.
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Fact checked on: January 19, 2025
Fact Check Analysis
Let's break down the factual claims in the text and verify their accuracy:
1. "90% of infrastructure jobs are still held by men": This claim is generally accurate. According to data from sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, men do hold a significant majority of jobs in construction and infrastructure-related fields, often around 90%.
2. "The top 20 jobs held by women now in 2024 versus 1924 are almost the exact same": This claim is misleading. While some traditionally female-dominated professions, such as nursing and teaching, remain common, there have been significant changes in women's employment over the last century. Women now work in a wider variety of fields, including law, medicine, and business, which were not as accessible to them in 1924.
3. "Women have had 100 years to do whatever they want, and they still do the same 20 jobs they did 100 years ago": This statement oversimplifies the progress and changes in women's employment. Over the past century, women have gained access to a broader range of careers and have made significant strides in various industries, including STEM fields, politics, and leadership roles.
4. "Men are the ones tasked with every time there's a natural disaster, they have to go out and rescue people": While it is true that many first responders, such as firefighters and police officers, are men, women also serve in these roles and contribute significantly to disaster response efforts.
5. "Every time there's a war, the men have to go and fight it and defend the country": Historically, military combat roles have been predominantly filled by men. However, women have increasingly been allowed to serve in combat roles in many countries, including the United States, where women have been eligible for all military positions since 2016.
6. "Anytime there's a criminal who needs to be violently arrested, it's gonna be a man who goes and does that, not a woman": This claim is not entirely accurate. While law enforcement is male-dominated, women serve as police officers and are involved in arrests and law enforcement activities.
The text presents a skewed view of gender roles and employment, overlooking the significant progress women have made in various fields over the last century.
1. "90% of infrastructure jobs are still held by men": This claim is generally accurate. According to data from sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, men do hold a significant majority of jobs in construction and infrastructure-related fields, often around 90%.
2. "The top 20 jobs held by women now in 2024 versus 1924 are almost the exact same": This claim is misleading. While some traditionally female-dominated professions, such as nursing and teaching, remain common, there have been significant changes in women's employment over the last century. Women now work in a wider variety of fields, including law, medicine, and business, which were not as accessible to them in 1924.
3. "Women have had 100 years to do whatever they want, and they still do the same 20 jobs they did 100 years ago": This statement oversimplifies the progress and changes in women's employment. Over the past century, women have gained access to a broader range of careers and have made significant strides in various industries, including STEM fields, politics, and leadership roles.
4. "Men are the ones tasked with every time there's a natural disaster, they have to go out and rescue people": While it is true that many first responders, such as firefighters and police officers, are men, women also serve in these roles and contribute significantly to disaster response efforts.
5. "Every time there's a war, the men have to go and fight it and defend the country": Historically, military combat roles have been predominantly filled by men. However, women have increasingly been allowed to serve in combat roles in many countries, including the United States, where women have been eligible for all military positions since 2016.
6. "Anytime there's a criminal who needs to be violently arrested, it's gonna be a man who goes and does that, not a woman": This claim is not entirely accurate. While law enforcement is male-dominated, women serve as police officers and are involved in arrests and law enforcement activities.
The text presents a skewed view of gender roles and employment, overlooking the significant progress women have made in various fields over the last century.
Video transcript
So wait a sec, how are you equal if the men are the ones that have to fight and die to defend the country, the men are the ones that build and maintain all the infrastructure, right? Like none of this stuff in the studio is built or maintained by women. You know that like 90% of infrastructure jobs are still held by men, and that if you look at the top 20 jobs held by women now in 2024 versus 1924 are almost the exact same. So women have had 100 years to do whatever they want, and they still do the same 20 jobs they did 100 years ago, other than we switched out farm labor for HR work. But other than that, we're secretaries, nurses, daycare ladies, early childhood education, administrative assistants, retail workers, all the same shit that we were a century ago. So if the men are the ones tasked with every time there's a natural disaster, they have to go out and rescue people from the fires and the floodwaters, and every time there's a war, the men have to go and fight it and defend the country. And anytime there's a criminal who needs to be violently arrested, it's gonna be a man who goes and does that, not a woman. Where does the equality come in?