♪ making love with each other, uh-huh ♪ we're making love! ♪ islands in the stream ♪ that is what we are ♪ no one in-between ♪ how can we be wrong ♪ sail away with me ♪ [percussive music] ♪ - oh, good. you're not busy. have you seen this? - "mild hypertension"? - oh, sorry. those are my test results. this. the u.s. is ranked 49th in the world when it comes to gender equality. 49th! i mean, how did america get so far behind? we have oprah. i got to do something about this, even with my mild hypertension. - we could schedule some time on the show on thursday. - no, no, no, no, no. i got to do my own thing. i'm gonna need an hour. and a crew. and a producer. and a producer to replace that producer.

you know, creative differences. and this naacp award. i'm gonna take this. - [stammers] - good? - she stole the award again. ♪ - america. the greatest country in the world... minus 48. as long as there's been an america, there have been american women fighting the status quo. ♪ fighting to vote, fighting to work, fighting for all the rights everyone else has. we fought so much that even posters of us are jacked. and yeah, things are definitely not perfect, but 49? i had to do something to put america back on top, so i went to saadia zahidi from the world economic forum, and to help put america's ranking in perspective, i asked her to meet me in the 49th best pizza place in midtown. i'm not hungry.

maybe america should just take the test again, because sometimes you can get a false positive. - well, it's a methodology we've put together with researchers at harvard, and it's relying on some of the best statistical sources in the world. we try to rank countries on how women and men are faring in terms of education, health, economic participation, and political empowerment. - this gender gap report measures the disparity between men and women in these four categories in 144 countries around the world. so where is america falling behind? - the united states needs to improve its performance, ensuring women can actually get access to better-paid jobs and can rise to positions of leadership, and to ensure that there's a lot more effort in getting women into politics. - isn't america the greatest country in the world? - you know, america really has a lot of economic opportunity, but it's very clear that 50% of the population doesn't benefit from it the way it should. - mother[bleep]. we can't be ranked this low again.

if america wants to catch up with the rest of the world, we're gonna have to start copying some of their homework and if anyone's qualified to help, it's me. my whole life has been leading up to this. it's "the desi lydic show." i've always wanted to be a journalist and make every voice heard. our first guest will be melissa and her dog, lassie. and growing up in a family of strong women, my mom and grandma were my best friends and biggest supporters. - desi, put that away. - why? it's cool. i had other friends too. [goat bleats] i didn't have time to socialize anyway. i was focused on my career. ♪ yes! covering american gender issues has been a dream come true. who do i have to grab around here to get a pink pussy hat? - don't grab, honey. it's all yours. - oh. do you have one that's a little smaller and less floppy? i just want it to be accurate. my career has taken me to the front lines in the battle for gender equality. if i wanted america to be the best,

i needed to meet the best, so i said good-bye to my family and headed out. it wouldn't be easy, but like my grandma always said, when times get tough, throw on some lipstick and get to work. this is "desi lydic: a broad." my first stop: number one on the global gender gap report, iceland. it's a vast, barren tundra at the edge of the world. there are glaciers, waterfalls. even the ground has female orgasms. with a total population of just over 300,000, they're a happy people, one with nature, and so friendly. - oh, you can't walk there. - oh, it's okay. i'm an american. they've led the world in equality for nine years straight, but things weren't always so equal here. iceland was once as male-dominated as a white house cabinet meeting. ugh. but then, in 1975, almost every woman in iceland went on strike,

both at home and in the workplace, and the entire country shut down. according to former presidential candidate halla tómasdóttir, this is the moment when everything changed. - it was a crucial event in order for us to, five years later, be the first country to democratically elect a woman as president. - you had a female president in 1980? - we did. her name was vigdís finnbogadóttir. - vigdís... [stammers] - vigdís finnbogadóttir. - vigdís... fin-mint-boga-dottir. - vigdís... - dis... - fin... - fin... i'm gonna call her madam president. iceland's madam president served for 16 years, all while being a single mother. - [speaking icelandic] - ushering in an era where a woman in power was the norm, not the exception, and women in iceland aren't just getting their dream jobs. they're getting paid. - we are probably the most progressive country in the world when it comes to closing the wage gap between women and men. - specifically, what is the wage gap?

- it's when women get paid up to 20% less for doing that same job as men do. - for all women, the average gap in america is around 20¢ on the dollar, and when you break it down further by race and ethnicity, it gets even wider. but iceland is moving fast to eliminate their gap. - we have legislation that requires every employer with 25 employees or more to be transparent about their pay practices, and they have to show proof that they're not discriminating against women. - and iceland's efforts are working. here, let me explain using these traditional icelandic strongman. - [yells] - magnus over here represents iceland, and the other magnus over here represents america, and while iceland magnus is working to end their wage gap by the year 2022, america magnus won't finish closing the u.s. wage gap until the year 2159. so how is iceland getting this done so much faster than us? - it's very important to have equal parental leave if you want to close the gap between women and men,

because motherhood does increase the potential for a wage gap. - what? yeah. motherhood doesn't just decrease our ability to sleep or pee in peace. it also decreases our salaries by up to 18%-- rough when considering that 1/5 of families are headed by a single working mother. meanwhile, men's salaries actually increase by 26% with fatherhood. their genitals weren't even destroyed. - when you make parental leaves equal for women and men, it makes it equally risky for an employer to hire a woman or a man during childbearing years, so it leveled the playing field. - what is your parental leave policy? - men and woman are given a total of nine months, 80% of the pay that you were earning before you go on leave. - nine months? - yes. - this is for every job in the country? - yes. - the teachers? - yes. - the doctors? - yes. - the elf hunters? - every job. - can the policies that you've created in a small country actually work for a much larger, more diverse,

much better country like ours? - is it working not to do it? - holy shit. we're so far behind this strange nordic wonderland. i still had so much to learn. it's not a bathroom. whoops. but before i could find out how to fix america, i'd have to completely assimilate into icelandic culture.

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no, that's not right. clearly iceland had me shook. i never forget my own name. but this country is making me reexamine the future of gender equality. - we are very proud of the fact that we are number one when it comes to closing the gender gap. - and even more impressive... - fathers in iceland also take time off to be parents to almost equal levels as most women do. - fathers putting their careers on hold to take care of their newborns isn't the norm in the u.s. when american men actually take paternity leave, 72% of them only take two weeks or less. so could icelandic men be that different? what was really going on here? - hi. - [whispering] so how long have you been unemployed? - well, i'm currently employed, just on parental leave at the moment. - you can admit it. my dad used to pretend to go to work every day, but really he was at the casino bankrupting his family. it was all because he was fired. - i'm employed. - you have a job?

- it's perfectly normal for fathers to take paternity leave. it would be hard to imagine the first months without being able to take this parental leave. [baby crying] that might be a hungry baby. - no, i know. yeah. i'm a mother, so... - yeah? [crying continues] - can you make it stop? rútur wasn't just taking his parental leave. he was owning it. how do you get him to go to sleep? - well, sometimes we sing icelandic lullabies. - oh, i love lullabies. - yeah? - yeah. what's your favorite? - "krummi svaf í klettagjá." - [muttering] yeah. i love that one. - yeah? ♪ krummi svaf í klettagjá - [singing along off-key] [baby murmurs] it translates to "mary had a little klap-to-gob"? - it's about a raven who sleeps during--in the cold night. - hmm. that's dark. sure, he loved singing his baby nightmare lullabies now, but rútur must be terrified of losing his career.

- both me and my fiancée have careers, and it's not fair for her to take too much time off work when i can also take time off work. - wait, aren't you afraid of missing all the gossip at work? i put in a nest cam when i'm not at work so i don't miss a single thing. - we're a small company, so there are not many rumors. - well, if you don't think there are rumors, the rumors are about you. - mm-hmm. - when rútur abandoned his job as an attorney in downtown reykjavik, it must have left his firm in turmoil. i needed to expose the truth about the chaos he's caused at work, and there was only one way to do that: become one of them. so i went undercover, deep undercover, transforming myself into a typical icelandic lawyer. perfect. [hip-hop music] ♪ no one suspects a thing. [in accent] so excited for the weekend. i can't wait to go to my fish drying shack. - okay. and who are you, actually?

- hmm? - who are you? are you... - oh, i'm--i work here. - really? - mm-hmm. time to get the truth. rútur guy being at home, not even working, the whole place is just, like, in shambles. - no. - i mean, look at your desk. shambles. what a difficult icelandic working day, huh? how about this rútur guy? it's like we all resent him. - not really. - you don't? - rútur is okay. he's just at home with his baby. he's coming back soon. who--whose food is that? - it's mine. - really? - karen. that's me. i was starting to sense they were onto me, even with my impeccable icelandic disguise. this may come as a great shock to you, but i am not an icelandic lawyer. - yes, we-- we all know that. - bottom line: how much is revenue bleeding with rútur sitting around with his baby at home? - we're actually doing okay.

- honest truth? - yeah. we think you need to have a family-friendly kind of environment for people to want to work for you. - these small businesses are so precious in their infancy. - yeah, but society also believes that the time when the children are very young is very precious, and it is important for the fathers as well as the mothers to be with them, so that's kind of what we are participating in. - what is this place? as i become more and more one with iceland... - right side, desi. right side. - sorry. i thought this was european. my own life is becoming more and more distant. hey, buddy. hey, i heard what happened at playgroup today. what does mommy always say? we never hit, ever. we get inside people's heads and play on their weaknesses. everywhere i traveled, icelanders were content, especially in their aqua blue earth jacuzzis. but policies are like deodorant. just because it works in one place

doesn't necessarily mean it can be applied all over. could this system ever work in america? - i mean, it's difficult to generalize. i know many americans, and they are as different as they are many. - the size difference is, of course, immense... - size does matter. - yeah, size does really matter. - yeah. of course, maybe it's because of jokes like that that we're 49th. - yeah. i could believe that. - iceland's emphasis on gender equality is trickling down to every corner of their culture. [all rapping] - just look at the daughters of reykjavik, an all-female rap collective who are running the scene like an icelandic lady wu-tang clan. - we didn't politely ask. we just took the space. - and got all the hate for it. - yes. in the beginning. - but now it's ours. - we have also space to swing our clits, but we took the space. - mm. clit-swinging. here i had done it so many times, yet never knew it had a name. are you a feminist band? - yes, of course, just by being very energetic and powerful and not perfect, but really perfect though.

- just being so many together, being gorgeous, being [bleep] saucy... ♪ - they're not just swinging their pleasure centers. they're also changing the way iceland's male rappers view women. - since we are, like, such a big part of the scene now, they're not as rude. - so you changed the conversation. - yeah. - in the videos now, they are, like, riding horses or something instead of riding some girl. - yep. this is a real video from the biggest rap group in iceland, behind the daughters. sorry, horses. - we decided all to get the same tattoo like this. - it's a symbol. - that's so cool. - do you have a tattoo? - no. there was one time my sorority sisters and i agreed that we would all get bangs, and then i didn't show up, 'cause i got too scared. - yeah, bangs can be tricky. - we were really starting to connect. i was basically an honorary member who they wouldn't let on stage. - [rapping in icelandic]

- whoo! ♪ - they were amazing. for that moment, we were all sisters and daughters and clit-swingers, and we were all one. [dance music] ♪ this night was so special, and now with the band's symbol on my wrist, it was official. whoo! - [speaking icelandic] - yeah! [laughter] - huh? what did she-- what did she say? - like, another beautiful... - vagina tattoo. - vagina tattoo. - i just got a vagina tattooed on my arm? - yeah. - yeah, that-- - obviously it's a vagina. - it's a vagina. - that's right. i just got a vagina tattooed on my arm. suck it, patriarchy.

maybe it was the blood rushing from my head to my wrist wound, but iceland is truly like no place on earth, though even in a country where the water is the color of the sky, and the sky is the color of chris pine's eyes, everyone i spoke to made sure to point out that it's not all as dreamy as it seems. - iceland is not perfect when it comes to gender equality. we still have work to do. - [sighs] i'm glad you're, like, at least a little bit [bleep]ed up. - we are. i would like to see a lot more women in leadership roles. - they say that we have more gender equality here than in other countries, but really, we're not equal, just to make it clear. - but you're number one. - number one doesn't mean that there is equality. - we're not gonna keep being number one if we relax. - oh, i'm not relaxing. i'm doing kegels right now. - no. please don't. - kegels could wait. i still needed to tighten up america's situation. iceland is truly a beacon for gender equality, but across the globe, there's another place jam-packed with politically empowered women.

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[traditional music] - i'm here in the 13th-ranked country on the global gender gap report, namibia. not to be confused with zambia, which is northeast of here, or nambia, which is not a place. let's find out what namibia is doing right. [upbeat music] how could the u.s. be so far behind a nation that was founded in 1990? their country is only 29 years old. you're not supposed to have your shit together until your 30s. - we have a prime minister who's a woman. we have a woman who is her deputy prime minister. we have many women ministers. we have mps who are women. - you have a lot of women up in the mix. - we have competent women, not only women. - those competent women make up 44% of their parliament. now, to put that in perspective, in america, women make up just 20% of congress, and namibia's female mps aren't just taking seats.

they're taking a stand. - the laws actually spoke about, "your dress should not be above your knee." - oh. [scoffs] well... - so it didn't say anything about your top. so i put on a see-through top, and i went into parliament as the second-in-command, and i said, "if this law is not passed by tomorrow, i'll come stark naked." - what? - a few minutes later, it was passed. - so namibia might not be ready to free the nipple, but women are getting shit done. at number 13, namibia is beating us when it comes to women in representation. they're also beating us at sand. and namibia's equal representation has had tangible effects. - the difference that women has brought is the highest chunk of our budget goes to health and education. we have passed the married persons equality act. we have passed the rape act. we have passed the domestic violence act.

we have changed many laws. - because women have more endurance than men. - absolutely. - men'll pass one law, and, like... women can pass multiple laws just over and over and over, and... now, to truly understand how namibia got here, you have to go back to 1990... [all singing] ♪ - when namibia broke free from south africa and became its very own country. - there is a reason behind why we have women in parliament, because when we were doing our struggle, women were participating. - so you're saying women were instrumental? - absolutely. our women were in the front line. - i was on the front lines as well of my apartment reno and my co-op. - military. military women. - yeah. same, same. - yeah, but maybe it's different, because this was war. - oh, actually in the military. - yeah, they were. - yeah, no, that's different. yeah, that's badass. namibian women fought side by side with men

for their country's independence, but when the war ended, they didn't go back to the kitchen. they wanted to test out some recipes for equality. so they introduced a quota policy ensuring equal representation. - we have an animal called the zebra. - mm, yes. - and it's white stripes and black stripes. the congress of democrats introduced the zebra system, which is if you put a man first... - mm-hmm. - number two must be a woman. - so zebra system: woman, man, woman, man. but do you actually sit that way in parliament? because, see, now that seems problematic, 'cause you have manspreading, so it'd be like man, woman, man, woman. - oh, no. - yeah, it's not really an issue. you have all this space. - yeah, but it is-- having a space, it's about occupying the space. - so it's not just about female representation in government; it's about occupying your space. - and taking charge of that space that you are given. ♪

- namibian women aren't just occupying space. they're protecting it. 'cause you know what else happens when you have women in government? 40% of their land is under conservation. ♪ see, you can tell it's a male because of the large penis on the end of its nose. - actually, that one is not a penis, and that is horns. - oh. see, here in namibia, they call penises "horns." very cool. ♪ it was like being at the zoo back home, only the animals weren't sad. how many animals do you have? - we have about 2,020 different species. - 2,020? - different species, yes. - new york, we have three. you got pigeons, rats, cockroaches. that's all you need. i felt inspired and moved by all the natural beauty around me.

wow. but it was bittersweet to learn all the things namibia had that america doesn't. - our constitution has provision for the fundamental human rights, especially the rights for women. - so your country has equal rights protections in the constitution. yeah. no, we have that too. - yeah. okay. - [mouthing words] in america, the equal rights amendment was first proposed in 1921 to give equal rights to all, regardless of gender. seems like a no-brainer, right? not exactly. congress didn't even pass it until 1972, and then, it still needed to be ratified by 38 states. but it's been met with resistance at every turn. to this day, it's still one state short of ratification--one! you believe that? we're still working on it. [rhino bellows] i know. i'm shocked too. namibia might be one of the youngest countries in the world, but they've had equal rights for women from the start, and their strong female leaders have already inspired a whole new generation of poli-sci students.

but they aren't living it up like i did all six years of college. instead, they're focusing on something bigger. - my role model was always our prime minister. - it makes me hopeful that everything that's happened with her can also happen with me. - compared to other nations, you guys are doing great. - it is a good start, but we want young women empowerment. yes, it is a good thing there's a 40% representation in parliament, but we want more. - it's not just equality. it's representation in key positions. - have you been here the whole time? - yes, i have. but as we're having a conversation about equality amongst women and so forth, i decided to let the ladies go first. - don't you think you should slow down a little bit? it took america 128 years to get one congresswoman. one. - the faster the better. - the faster the better. - mm-hmm. - you really are in college. - it's time for a new party that relates with our-- - i love this idea, starting your own party. in college, i started a ton of parties--keg parties,

toga parties, pill-popping parties, rachel-palooza. that one was for rachel. do you have a rachel here? - no, no, this is a political party, and we're going to make a change. - but these inspiring young nerds weren't the only namibians joining the conversation on gender equality. ndapwa, paleni, and brigit started the feminist podcast "heard not seen" after realizing that none of their favorite podcasts about women's issues focused on their part of the world. - the whole point of feminism is trying to figure out what women need to live equal and fulfilling lives, so it's not gonna be the same everywhere. - it's just about being a bit more aware of different cultures and different realities. - the constant thread through all these conversations we have is really thinking about approaching it from an intersectional framework... - mm. - looking at how race plays a role. looking at how class plays a role. looking at how location plays a role. - right. intersectionality, man. ooh. i'm just gonna run to the bathroom real quick. - oh, okay. - siri, google "intersectionality." what were we talking about-- oh, right.

intersectionality. i believe the term was coined by legal scholar kimberlé crenshaw in an essay that asserts that anti-discrimination law, feminist theory, and antiracist politics fails because they each focus on, you know, a single factor. - you did google it. - hmm? - these are some of the principles that we're trying to get through with our conversations. like, this idea of burning your bra because it's a symbol of patriarchy and, like, constraint, that's super great, but, you know, for some people, like, you only have the one bra... - yeah. - and you need it. - so you're saying that different people from different parts of the world have different ways of expressing their feminism. - yeah. it's good to know what people are actually experiencing. - i would carry ndapwa's words with me back to america, along with the baby rhino i disguised as an emotional support dog. namibia has so much to celebrate-- generations of women who fought for their space and occupy the shit out of it. - cheers! - to equality. all: to equality. [cheering] - they know that listening to others

is just as important as making yourself heard. - this is for you. - thank you. - these are the birds in our country. yeah. - it's beautiful. - you can wipe your tears when you are sad about america. - do you think you could be prime minister one day? - for sure, yes. - do you think you could be president one day? - yeah. - why do you have a prime minister and a president? anyway, point is, you can be both. - okay. - not at the same time. but before i could take these lessons home and save america, i had one more stop: spain, where they're completely shifting the culture-- in between siestas. [snores]

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their modern artists with upside-down mustaches, their massive spirit, and minuscule tapas... is that javier bardem and penélope cruz making out? which the spanish love to share. - that's called, in english, "blood pudding." - blood pudding? - yes. [laughs] - it's a historically patriarchal society where men prove their masculinity by wearing cropped jackets while waving tiny tablecloths at oncoming livestock. - we are born equal, but then culturally, the expectation is that you're a macho man. - in fact, spain is the birthplace of machismo. thanks for that, spain. - the disease of the machismo is to make you feel in a secondary position. - but spain is changing. in march of 2018, they launched their own me too movement when 5 million women went on strike to make their voices heard. [crowd chanting] women took to the streets to protest spain's laws

on reproductive rights and sexual violence. it signaled a nation heading in a new direction. to learn more, i went to meet journalist and gender correspondent pilar alvarez. she agreed to meet me in the only location i could remember from eighth grade spanish. ¿dónde está la biblioteca? - [speaks spanish] - gracias for meeting me here. it was this or el baño, and i will not do that again. - absolutely. - pilar's been at the forefront of the massive changes that are spreading across spain. - i think it's a very interesting moment to be here now in spain. women are awake right now, you know? three months after the strike, we have a new government, and 11 of the 17 people in that government, they are women. - 11? - mm-hmm. - that's more women than we got for an "ocean's" movie. spain's female majority cabinet got straight to work, introducing a progressive "yes means yes" consent law. - maybe with a male cabinet, you don't have that debate.

- i'm sorry, i just have to wrap my mind around this. women spoke out, and the government listened. - yeah. - how does that feel? - doesn't happen in the states? - not yet. and change is happening on a local level too. wait. this is a local government building? madrid's not just peacocking with their architecture. the city council has an entire department dedicated to gender equality. - i develop gender policies and policies against gender violence. - so other council members are like, "i got to work on these potholes. done." and you're like, "i have to work "on this patriarchal structure that's existed since the dawn of man." - yes. yes. - you really chose the hardest job. - gender equality sometimes is hard, but we need to change the culture of power, which is mainly masculine. we need to convince men that they need to change some of their attitudes.

- how do you convince the men? do you trick them into thinking it's their idea? - no, not at all. right now, we are creating spaces of equality. - these public spaces scattered throughout the city are built for the support and empowerment of madrid's women, with free psychologists, legal advice, and arts initiatives. - these are spaces of sorority. you use this word? - sorority? - yes, absolutely. - i was in one. - okay. cool. - yes. i mean, they would say i wasn't, but i basically was. - okay. we're trying to give tools to women to react to inequalities, but there is also men workshops. - men too. - yes, for sure, to work with their toxic masculinity. - a room filled with men whipping out their toxic masculinity? i wasn't gonna take any chances. to most people, toxic masculinity is just an expression, but to me, it's literally toxic.

when i went to the "entourage" premiere, i broke out in hives. [rap music] ♪ so if i'm gonna expose myself to this, i've got to protect myself. - [speaking spanish] ehh...okay. - [speaking spanish] - uh-huh. - wait a second. marginalization? empathy? - i didn't need the suit or my epipen. these men were so evolved and vulnerable.

but could this drastic shift be an overcorrection? are you worried about little boys growing up without machismo culture? aren't you worried about a society of michael ceras? - what are you doing about how men just leave their clothes right on the floor when the hamper is right there? - could we take you back with us? - i think i heard a yes. - this masculinity repairman was just getting started.

and he's not alone. just like iceland and namibia, spain's still got a long to-do list. - it's just--it's a beginning, you know? in fact, they are talking about a new strike. - it would be all the women the same advice: conquer yourself, love yourself... - i conquer myself a lot, if we're being honest. - yeah. - in the bath. in bed. when i'm watching wolf blitzer. - wow! - no one said equality was gonna be easy. they said it's gonna be tough. ♪ - it's not gonna be easy, but if the culture that gave us machismo can change, maybe there's hope for america. i'm ready to go home and put the u.s. back on top. let's make some trouble. - let's make some trouble. let's get one! oh yeah! argh! everytime i wanna get a.... i ran out of storage. yesterday i had to delete a picture of my grandma -why? so i could take a picture of my grandma! now that's cold! ice cold. i just want a phone that gets me, you know. knows my schedule.

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and since i was waking up at 3:00 a.m. every day from jet lag, i had plenty of time to come up with some new ideas, like writing letters to the remaining states to ratify the era, starting with virginia, and figuring out how to occupy space. - checking with the edits, making sure all the editors have... [bubble creaking] - [clears throat] sorry. - so... - nope. you know what? i'm not sorry. - do you need help? - yeah, no, i got it. - um... - and confronting toxic masculinity. [zipping up] i just pooped on harvey weinstein's doorstep. pretty sure. definitely a weinstein. [siren wailing] [bleep] go, go, go, go! and demanding equal representation, with a little inspiration from my new tattoo. so in 2020, i am proposing this. what? the washington monument gets to be phallic?

it's only fair we have a vagina. thank you. thank you! yeah! i was killing it. i could feel the landscape shifting. but there were other women doing things too. - i think all of us should think about what we can do to help right the ship of this country. women are ultimately the caregivers in most families, and so we want that responsibility to be shared by everyone, and it also allows men to be there when they want to be there for their parents or a child or a new baby, 'cause you want to let everybody be part of a family. we're creating the momentum so we could finally get a national bill and actually pass it. - it's way past time, and time is up. no one should fear for their job because they have rebuffed a sexual advance. there are a number of bills i've introduced. all of them are about trying to just make our country more accountable.

- you definitely do not have to be in government to make a true impact. a lot of the impact actually comes from everyday people who say, "you know what? i want things to change." just know that there are so many more of us out there on the right side of history, more than those that are not. - when we talk about equality, we need to talk about equality for all. gender equality is not just about men and women. it's about all genders, especially for young people who identify as nonbinary, gender nonconforming. we're always gonna have biases, and that's really why you need laws that will enforce, you know, things like gender equality. - it was so inspiring to see the work these women were doing to help the movement i had started. america might have been ranked 49th before i was on the case, but we were on our way up. nothing was gonna stop us now.

the new gender ranking is in, so to see how america did, i'm throwing a gender gap reveal party. ♪ [clears throat] thank you, everyone, for being here. my husband, my rock-- true equal partner, this guy. mom, dad. guy from 4b. see you found the cheese log. i'd also like to thank all of the incredible people that i met along my journey. thanks to these women, i learned that equality starts at the top, that when women do better, we all do better, that getting sand in your vagina isn't just an expression. you know, i started this journey because of a number, but that's all it is. it's a number. it doesn't matter. today is a celebration about the potential that america has, and i know we can get there.

so that's what we should care about, not some number. well, let's see that number, right? honey, music cued up? - oh, yeah. ready. - usa! [all chanting "usa!"] - from 49 to... [chanting stops] - ♪ looking in your eyes i see a paradise ♪ - no! no! 51? - ♪ want so much to give you this love in my heart ♪ - [bleep]! [bleep]! [bleep]! [bleep]! [bleep]! [groans] no! i got a [bleep] tattoo! [bleep]! [bleep]! - ♪ and we can build this thing together ♪ ♪ stand this storm forever - [bleep]!

[bleep]! - come on. - [grunts] - everybody, your coats are just in the other room. if we could get-- thank you so much for-- so good to see you. - [screams in slow-motion] [bleep]! [sobs] we moved down! - yeah. - we moved down! [sobbing] - we could just order in. do you want-- - [crying] - chinese? - yeah. - okay. [soft music] ♪ - change takes time, and i think equality takes time. what i've seen about what a woman is capable of in 20 years, i'm very hopeful for what we'll see in another 20. ♪ - so when you put yourselves out there, you're really winning.

take it from a three-time loser. i lost for student body president in high school, i lost the first time i ran for congress in 1979, and i lost for lieutenant governor of california in 2006, and i'm here today. - "ambition" is not a dirty word. ambitious feminists are important for the country. - you just have to be someone who's willing to roll up your sleeves and do some of the work. - yeah, not gonna lie, moving down two spots hurts like hell. but you know what? we're just gonna dust ourselves off and work harder this year. ♪ how's my lipstick? good? - ♪ and we can build this thing together ♪ - the new congress is ushering in the most diverse class of lawmakers in history, the so-called pink wave cresting.

- i like to think that every girl can think of herself as being governor, president, whatever she desires in her heart. - we're tired of men telling us to wait our turn. it is our turn. - we have the political courage. we have the women we need to lead us. we have each other. ♪ i'm goin' down to south park, gonna have myself a time ♪ ♪ friendly faces everywhere ♪ humble folks without temptation ♪ ♪ goin' down to south park, gonna leave my woes behind ♪ ♪ ample parking day or night ♪ people spouting, "howdy, neighbor!" ♪ ♪ heading on up to south park, gonna see if i can't unwind ♪ ♪ mrph rmhmhm rm! mrph rmhmhm rm! ♪ ♪ come on down to south park and meet some friends of mine ♪