Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles DID YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN HALF THE COUNTRY ARE WOMEN? IT'S TRUE. AND YET, SOMEHOW, MORE THAN HALF THE MONEY GOES TO MEN. >> ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU, WOMEN EARN 78 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR MADE MY MEN. >> A NEW STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT AMERICAN WOMEN WON'T SEE EQUAL PAY UNTIL 2058. >> Jon: RIGHT AROUND THE TIME SCIENTISTS PREDICT THE EARTH WILL COMPLETELY BE COVERED IN WATER. I HOPE YOUR PRECIOUS MONEY FLOATS, LADIES. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY SENIOR WOMEN'S ISSUES CORRESPONDENT KRISTEN SCHAAL. KRISTEN! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) KRISTEN. >> YEAH. >> Jon: THIS NEWS I HAVE JUST RELAYED IT SEEMS BLEAK. >> WHAT? NO, THIS IS INCREDIBLE NEWS! TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 2058! DRINKS ON ME! HEY, CAN I BORROW YOUR CREDIT CARD? CAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO GET PAY EQUALITY FOR A WHILE. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> Jon: NOW, HERE'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S GOING TO TAKE SO LONG. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS. LET'S PAY WOMEN THE SAME AS MEN! COME ON! COME ON, YEAH! LET'S DO IT! LET'S DO IT! YOU'RE WELCOME, LADIES! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> YOU DID IT, JON! >> Jon: YEAH! WHOO! WE SHOULD PASS A LAW! A LAW! >> LIKE SOME SORT OF EQUAL PAY ACT LAW! YEAH! >> Jon: BOOM! >> LIKE THE ONE KENNEDY ALREADY SIGNED IN 1963. GREAT IDEA, JON. HEY, JON, YOU HEARD OF THESE FOUR MOP-TOPS OUT OF LIVERPOOL? I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE BIG! >> Jon: WE DID, WE DID? WE PASSED THAT EQUAL PAY LAW? WELL WHAT WAS THE LILLY LEDBETTER ACT A FEW YEARS AGO. WHAT WAS -- >> WELL, THAT JUST MADE IT EASIER TO SUE THE JERKS VIOLATING THE 1963 LAW. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUMED THAT LAW WAS JUST FOR SHOW. >> Jon: BUT STILL, THAT'S GREAT. WE GOT EQUAL PAY! AND WE GOT THE LAW THAT YOU CAN SUE FOR EQUAL PAY, SO GREAT... KRISTEN SCHAAL, EVERYBODY! THAT WAS A SHORT PIECE, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. THAT'S TERRIFIC, EVERYBODY TAKE CARE AND -- >> NO! STOP! WE'RE NOT DONE HERE! CAMERA!... YOU STAY ON ME. YOU, LOCK THE DOORS! BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO WAGE GAPS. THERE YOU ARE! >> Jon: WHAT! YES! ONE OF YOUR CLASSIC, OH, HEY, LADY, HERE'S YOUR PAYCHECK, UH, WAIT ONE SECOND... OH, YEAH, THERE YOU GO. >> Jon: WAIT, WHY DID YOU RIP SOME OF IT? >> OH, I DON'T KNOW, YOUR CHROMOSOMES, FELT LIKE IT. BUT IT GETS WORSE! >> Jon: WHAT? WORSE THAN THIS? YES, THE OTHER MORE MYSTERIOUS WAGE GAP. THE SYSTEMIC ONE. >> Jon: SYSTEMIC, THAT IS A DIFFICULT -- >> SYSTEMIC. IT'S A COMPLICATED WORD. >> Jon: YOU CAN SAY THE SYSTEM-IC OR SYSTEMIC! >> BOTH OF THEM, GROSS! >> Jon: IT'S BAR-BAR -- >> IC! >> Jon: YES! SURE! >> YES, YES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT PRINTS THE PAYCHECKS WRONG. >> OH JON, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU? >> Jon: NO, I'M A DUDE. >> SOCIETY MAKES IT EASIER FOR MEN TO GO INTO HIGHER PAYING JOBS AND SUPPORTS THEM MORE WHEN THEY GET THEM. >> Jon: SO THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PROVIDE WOMEN BETTER CHILDCARE OPTIONS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CHANGE ALL THE MESSAGING IN MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT, I MEAN, HOW COMPLICATED REALLY COULD THIS BE? >> RIGHT, NOT VERY COMPLICATED. BUT HERE ARE SOME APPARENTLY LESS COMPLICATED THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEN. >> MAKERS OF A GROUND BREAKING FLYING CAR SAY IT WILL GO ON SALE IN 2017. >> NASA IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO THE PLANET MARS BY THE YEAR 2030. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE FLYING CARS ON MARS 28 YEARS BEFORE WOMEN -- >> Jon: NO, THAT'S NOT, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT (BLEEP) FOREVER! THE MARS AND THE FLYING CARS, OH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JET PACKS AND DINNER IN A PILL. I'VE SEEN THE JETSONS! THIS IS ALL BULL (BLEEP). GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL! >> ALL RIGHT, NOT REAL ENOUGH? HOW'S THIS FOR REAL? >> 3D PRINTERS CAN MAKE SOME AMAZING THINGS THESE DAYS. ONE MAN SAYS THAT, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, HE WILL BE ABLE TO PRINT AN ENTIRE HUMAN HEART. >> Jon: HOLY (BLEEP). >> YEAH. >> Jon: YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE GOING TO PRINT A HUMAN HEART OUT OF A XEROX MACHINE BEFORE WOMEN GET PAY EQUALITY? >> NO, I'M TELLING YOU WE'RE GOING TO PRINT HUMAN HEARTS OUT OF XEROX MACHINES 30 YEARS BEFORE WOMEN GET PAY EQUALITY! AT THIS POINT WE'D BE BETTER OFF PRINTING A 3-D PENIS, SLAPPING IT ON THE BANK COUNTER AND SAYING HEY SOCIETY,
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