So apparently female CEOs start to speak more like men when they get to the top. "Good luck, my darling boy" is what I would have said to my son. "Good luck, son" is more likely to be to used by a man addressing his son or a younger man, isn't it?
The "father" thing was a red herring. Very clever. Obviously the actual learning is about how unconscious bias (framing innocent, stereotypical thoughts as morally-wrong sexism) can easily distract us from actual bias (the very present and ethically wrong nepotism!). Ethically wrong practices - whether in hiring or socially - hurt fair-minded people - no matter the gender or situation. Understanding how unconscious bias clouds your judgement is imperative! Women and other groups are just as capable of corrupt business or social practices. It shouldn't be tolerated just because you might feel there is a power imbalance or calling out bias in our society might be seen as "unwelcome". I applaud the bravery and impartiality of this video, even if they didn't drive their point home as clearly as the could have by the end. But you can (!) when you share this very important video during "Unconscious Bias" training in your workplace!
It's a shame that they only show the candidates who didn't solve the riddle within seconds. My very first thought was "easy, he has two dads", then I realized it could also be his mom. Took me about 10 seconds to come up with what I think of as two equally valid answers.
@@veramuster9566Tbh me and many others in school thought of it and I only realised how it was advertising international women's day after I figured it out
The question is loaded. "How is this possible ?" As if there is a mystery. Subconsciously Implying the other person on the phone is kinda his father too
Exactly and how often does a CEO interview their child for a position in the company, is that even legal for a CEO of a stockbroker to be hiring their child into the company.. this is just one of those loaded questions and why are we mentioning the father why not say parent.. if we supposed to be talking non binary 2 sexes and being inclusive they should not be mentioning father, or son.. it should be.. A parent was bringing their child to a job interview.
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I have heard a different version of this riddle. 'Once a father and his son were travelling in a car. The car gets in an accident. The father dies on the spot and the son is grievously injured. He is taken to the hospital and he needs an operation. The doctor sees him and refuses to work saying, "He is my son". How is this possible?' And I failed to solve it.
The video makes a great point and raises awareness on an issue that still needs to be talked about and worked on; however, I believe the starting point we were given has influenced and anchored our thought process. "A man is the car with his son > he receives a call from the CEO who calls him "son" > how is this *even possible*? We automatically, maybe subconsciously associate the person on the other side of the phone with a man.
Good point. But I'm not so sure we're completely led. A while ago our school organised a debate with a panel of five politicians. This was all the info I received. I went along but when I got there I was surprised. All five politicians were women. When I thought about it I realised that in my head I had expected a panel of men, before entering the room. Old stereotypes still persist.
I kind of had the same reaction. It's a hard one, and I'm a female CEO myself! But everything in the riddle made me think of a man, and it wasn't so much because it was a CEO that was calling but more because of the use of the word "son" like that, which is often associated with a father talking to his son. I never hear mothers around me calling their son "son", so that's also influenced my answer.
If the riddle was narrated by a female voice, it would have an impact in the responses... the test is a biased already because it gives hints that lead the participants to the conclusions that the research expects...
This video is more of the same - feminists preaching the false narrative that women are eternally oppressed by a society that actually caters to their every demand. It also gives the false narrative that young men have it easy, which, in today's world, could never be further from the truth.
No, I don't think it's a sexist bias. In my opinion, this is what the issue is: in the first part of the video when the audio recording narrates the riddle, the sentence spoken by the CEO of the company is in a male voice ('good luck son you got this'). So, naturally, the person who is hearing it forms a subconscious connection.
Tbh, if the narrator's voice was female, more people would've gotten it. He sounds like a father and reads the "Good luck son, you've got this" in a particularly fatherly tone. Not saying we don't need more women CEOs though, but the setup had an influence imo
Well not really because you are still trying to shoehorn a male into the role, even though a gay father CEO would be statistically far less likely than a mother simply being the CEO.
This is the first time I stooped to the level of trying to talk to these people through my computer going "it's the mother" sigh it did not work, they did not hear me! :)
I think it’s the phrase that got us thinking it’s a man, since the word “son” is always attributed to the father. If the phrase went like “good luck honey, you’ve got this”, I think most of us would’ve got the right answer. So I would say that, in this situation, it’s more than the wording rather than internal sexism that got us to have this bias.
Try the riddle with: A father is in the car with his son, the son is going to a school for an interview. The son receives a call, the caller is a teacher of the school who says "Good luck, son". How is that possible? Is it easier? The wording "Good luck, son" didn't change though ;)
I have been called "filha" which translates from portuguese as "daughter" many many times by both my mother and my father. I don't understand the question.
Spot on! implicit bias! The riddle did not use misleading words, isms are social constructed bias that we learn to conform to. What a gentle way of sparking awareness. Thank you
Damn, you MUST be a gender studies major. You spew every buzzword "Social constructs" "Awareness" "Implicit bias" What a smug, self-righteous way to attempt to spark awareness.
It was International Men's Day 2020 yesterday. The poster reads "It is time to recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices men make for their families and society" You notice they don't recognize and honor and honor men? It is contributions and sacrifices they honor. No video like this was made, google didn't change their thumbnail, news stations didn't mention it nothing. Face it guys you are just a wallet on legs to women and cannon farter to society.
Oh my goodness.... really.... us poor unrecognized "white" men need more recognition... please please please give your head a shake. White men run the world, take and guard most of its capital for themselves while depleting its resources and running amok over billions of people... We need to recognize these impacts from white men and make a better world with more women and diverse people engaged in making the decisions. Please don't whine about the poor, overlooked contributions of men. They are apparent everywhere and fully acknowledged.
@@josephreilly4562Just about everything you mentioned is wrong... You are not woke. You are sleepwalking. Majority of homeless are W men, majority of crime victims are W men. The house of Shad owns $1.4 trillion in combined assets and controls another $45 trillion. That is more than the top 1000 richest people in the world. The world wide population of W people is 9% while B people make up 18% and Asian and Indian people make up 67%. W men are the minority ... Just so you know Elon musk is from Africa.
@@josephreilly4562 International Men's Day (Nov 19th) isn't just about white Men you SIMP. It's about tackling Men's mental health and tackling Male suicide which is a massive issue in the Male gender and it's also about celebrating the good Men out there and their contributions to society. Try educate yourself and stop your silly self hate. 🤡🤡
I think was more influenced by the narrator's voice than the bias...and also calling the son "son" is more a father thing, I would say... English is also tricky because of the absence of gender in preprositions and adjectives. In my language (Portuguese) the word "The" has different gender forms.
The words used in this riddle is misleading. The riddle itself questioning us that the caller has to be male. Cause when the caller greets, Good Luck Son. He looks at his father and orator question us How is this possible? Misleadingly say that the other person is also male and how is it possible another male to call him son? Instead of How is this possible question it should be who is the caller?
the CEO is the mother, a the son is actually a daughter because in many countries parents adress their daughters "son", at least they do so in Bosnia. My dad regularly adressed me "Listen son", eventhough I was his daughter.
WAIT!! This was an excellent video, but what confused me was this very inappropriate message from someone at the top of a comany making clear to their son that they have the job even before the interview. I wasnt even thinking about the gender of the caller, but rather the issue of how fair employment processes are sabotaged by relationships outside the interview. And this wasn't even mentioned!! Am I missing something? The video presents this as normal when these kinds of practices are exactly what prevents, women and minorities from achieving success in their careers.
For me it was difficult because of nepotism aswell. But because it felt hard to believe that they would have to interview at all at a close relatives company. And it is kind of weird that they would have to be driven by one parent when the other parents works there anyway. I thought it was a biological father who abandoned them and that's why he didn't just get the job without an interview. So I tried to find a solution like his name was "Son". Or I tried to think about it as a metaphor that he was the actual "sun".
I got that straight away. Of course it's his mother. :) And I'm Dyslexic. But then Dyslexics are Problem Solvers, which is on the UK NHS Healthcare website about Dyslexia. 👍 We need more Dyslexics in Government, because currently our world is very messed up. And problems need solving. Most people don't talk about problems and solve them. Why is that? The biggest problem we have is the abuse on children and women. Getting this debated is impossible. I know too many people that have been hurt by bad men. But I know a lot of good men. I am a proud mum. And quite honestly, for me, I am glad I gave up my career for our daughter. I have a child that does not swear, she is not on the Internet trying to meet men. She does not get drunk or take drugs. And is putting her career first. This to me is the biggest success story. And I am proud beyond words. I wish Women good luck if being a CEO is their dream. Now my daughter is older. I hope to have my own business. And be my own boss.
The fact that i was crying after watching all of them to not expect that the CEO was this boy mother. Like is it that impossible for a woman to have a higher place at the company
This is like a really old riddle where it is a doctor who is his mother. But I heard that young kids now don't have this confusion at all anymore. Typical that CEO still does the trick though.
Is that even legal for a "PARENT" to hire a "CHILD" or "DEPENDENT" (if we want to be inclusive) into a stockbroker company, not sure but the thought I had was that its just not common for a CEO "PARENT" to be interviewing their "CHILD" for a stockbroker company. They would probably just hire them. The riddle reminds me of those old word tricks where after having you spell and say words getting you to think about RED, they then say and What do you do at a GREEN LIGHT.. and often the person responds.. STOP.. because your mind was processing words and things around Red and then its quickly changed with a question and since you thinking its relevant to RED you think STOP. Questions can be created in such a way to get just about any response they really want to prove the point they want. Out of all the jobs I have had in my 50 years I have had 2 managers that I feel were the best of the best, one was a male one was female, however that said If I had to pick one as tops it would be the woman, and there were 2 other women I would say were very good, the worst manager I had was a male, and the others were just ok. I base this on their interactions and how they managed the team, how the team responded to them etc.. no bias no bs
I had a vision that many women marching on Rome would uncover a great mystery that would uplift women everywhere and set children free. I think a March on the Vatican is in order.
I don't think it is appropriate to conclude only here. If the narrator is female and replaces "son" with "daughter", then I will subconsciously think that the CEO will be female. This test does not explain the problem. I am sorry that my English is not good, and it may be misleading in tone, but it is clear that this test does not explain the existence of prejudice
A lot of people call younger people "son", the real inclusive answer is that it could have been anyone, including the mom, older people who speak like that, etc.
I have never in my life had my mother call me son. She calls me by my name. My father on the other hand almost always calls me son. So that is why I thought he had two fathers
I gave the right answer I am from BANGLADESH and I always used to think western people are not sexist as our people but this video changed my mind . As a high schooler I can answer this question but these grownups can't matter of great sorrow 🥺🥺🥺🥺
i have a feeling this is more about mostly male figures calling male children "son", while mothers calling their children somewhat "warmer" things like "darling" or "honey" or whatever. This is my view based on american movies portrayal of american families, as a non native english speaker. did not give a moment to think what gender was the ceo, because gender is not relevant for being a ceo (you sexist bastards :P ). from my point of view maybe we should calm down about finding problems everywhere, distracting us from the instances where there really are problems (as in there is sexism in the world, but in my view this is not an example of it)
I'm not biased, CEO could be his/her teacher, who knows the capability of their students more than anybody else, if he/she is candidate's parents then there won't be any fuss about the interview.
The CEO is the mom - or possible the son's other father, in case his parents were 2 gay guys, or maybe he was adapted - or it was a wrong number - or it was an older relative or friend who uses the affectionate term "son"
I thought either it's like his grandfather calling him "son" like that or his father in law, the latter seeming better but then boom, why not mum. Huh, agree we still have sub-conscious biases :(
I didn't get how this was a riddle. It's common enough for older people to call a younger man 'son', especially since the CEO clearly knew him enough to make an encouraging phone call before his interview.
Was I the only one who thought not about the person who's CEO, but about the timeline. That occupied my mind. It's was said that the father was going to bring his son to the job interview? Why did he knew the answer before the interview? They were still at the parking lot? Or did I get ut wrong?
Such hypocrisy. Consider that women get preferential treatment in many ways, including the workforce because their "rights" are protected more than men's., hence they get hiring preference, especially in government jobs. We haven't achieved what we like to call "equality" for that reason alone. We have attained ROLE REVERSAL or equity, not equality. The words "equality" and "equity" are condescending and insulting to anybody's intelligence who actually knows what those two words mean.
the phrase is good luck son, it's literally a normal common phrase to say good luck to someone. Same with good luck girl but somehow everyone forgot good luck girl has been forgotten
I don't think these people think that women can't be CEO's, but the true fact is, they are still mostly men. And that's because of men and the old boy network that prevails. It isn't how we always think but how it has been put across.
I think it's also has to do with who is asking the riddle. When you hear the riddler saying "good luck son..", you may subconsciously assume that its a man. If you would have read this riddle yourself instead of listening it from a man, then you may have reached to the right answer.
Every time a husband and wife are expecting a child and they find out it's going to be a boy, you got to imagine the jubilation going through the husband's mind. Fist pumps in his head.
I thought of the mother easily and many others in my school, how did they struggle.this much We watched it in school and I was so confused that people couldnt answer that I searched up the video myself
Let's change the question specially for IWD 2021. A man turns up for an interview for a type of job which is poorly represented by women. He says he is a woman. Do you interview him?
So apparently female CEOs start to speak more like men when they get to the top. "Good luck, my darling boy" is what I would have said to my son. "Good luck, son" is more likely to be to used by a man addressing his son or a younger man, isn't it?
That is a good linguistic catch . The video however makes the point.
The "father" thing was a red herring. Very clever.
Obviously the actual learning is about how unconscious bias (framing innocent, stereotypical thoughts as morally-wrong sexism) can easily distract us from actual bias (the very present and ethically wrong nepotism!).
Ethically wrong practices - whether in hiring or socially - hurt fair-minded people - no matter the gender or situation. Understanding how unconscious bias clouds your judgement is imperative! Women and other groups are just as capable of corrupt business or social practices. It shouldn't be tolerated just because you might feel there is a power imbalance or calling out bias in our society might be seen as "unwelcome".
I applaud the bravery and impartiality of this video, even if they didn't drive their point home as clearly as the could have by the end. But you can (!) when you share this very important video during "Unconscious Bias" training in your workplace!
It's a shame that they only show the candidates who didn't solve the riddle within seconds. My very first thought was "easy, he has two dads", then I realized it could also be his mom. Took me about 10 seconds to come up with what I think of as two equally valid answers.
Well you also saw that it was posted in connection to international women's day so you knew what to look out for. not really the same
I know right!! Same..
You also proved the point of the experiment because your first initial thought was that it was another male.
@@drscatman1914I mean if it helps you, I thought of it
@@veramuster9566Tbh me and many others in school thought of it and I only realised how it was advertising international women's day after I figured it out
Omg I am so glad i guessed it right. This was the first answer that came to my mind when I paused the video to think
The question is loaded. "How is this possible ?" As if there is a mystery. Subconsciously Implying the other person on the phone is kinda his father too
Exactly and how often does a CEO interview their child for a position in the company, is that even legal for a CEO of a stockbroker to be hiring their child into the company.. this is just one of those loaded questions and why are we mentioning the father why not say parent.. if we supposed to be talking non binary 2 sexes and being inclusive they should not be mentioning father, or son.. it should be..
A parent was bringing their child to a job interview.
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@@nikocreed8244Bro still hasn’t got an answer.
I have heard a different version of this riddle. 'Once a father and his son were travelling in a car. The car gets in an accident. The father dies on the spot and the son is grievously injured. He is taken to the hospital and he needs an operation. The doctor sees him and refuses to work saying, "He is my son". How is this possible?' And I failed to solve it.
The video makes a great point and raises awareness on an issue that still needs to be talked about and worked on; however, I believe the starting point we were given has influenced and anchored our thought process. "A man is the car with his son > he receives a call from the CEO who calls him "son" > how is this *even possible*? We automatically, maybe subconsciously associate the person on the other side of the phone with a man.
It's a leading question
hello dear
Good point. But I'm not so sure we're completely led. A while ago our school organised a debate with a panel of five politicians. This was all the info I received. I went along but when I got there I was surprised. All five politicians were women. When I thought about it I realised that in my head I had expected a panel of men, before entering the room. Old stereotypes still persist.
I kind of had the same reaction. It's a hard one, and I'm a female CEO myself! But everything in the riddle made me think of a man, and it wasn't so much because it was a CEO that was calling but more because of the use of the word "son" like that, which is often associated with a father talking to his son. I never hear mothers around me calling their son "son", so that's also influenced my answer.
It's because too many women are lazy slackers who don't work and prefer to marry a rich desperate guy
I remember when I tried to solve this riddle, I seriously failed
do you know where I could find the riddle video?
If the riddle was narrated by a female voice, it would have an impact in the responses... the test is a biased already because it gives hints that lead the participants to the conclusions that the research expects...
I have seen this in a text message and people still got it wrong.
do you know where I could find the riddle video?
I had the same interpretation.
Actually, the (proposed?) solution can be seen as sexist. The CEO might very well be a man. The son can have two fathers.
This was insanely simple. Who were these people ?
Actors or people from the 1960ies...
I know right!
It's a staged question. They're actors and the responses are scripted.
Mind blowing.... It really helped me understand about what is breaking the bias means....
This video is more of the same - feminists preaching the false narrative that women are eternally oppressed by a society that actually caters to their every demand. It also gives the false narrative that young men have it easy, which, in today's world, could never be further from the truth.
No, I don't think it's a sexist bias.
In my opinion, this is what the issue is: in the first part of the video when the audio recording narrates the riddle, the sentence spoken by the CEO of the company is in a male voice ('good luck son you got this'). So, naturally, the person who is hearing it forms a subconscious connection.
Tbh, if the narrator's voice was female, more people would've gotten it. He sounds like a father and reads the "Good luck son, you've got this" in a particularly fatherly tone.
Not saying we don't need more women CEOs though, but the setup had an influence imo
I said the riddle to my coworkers in a particularly “motherly” note and still got the same answers.
Based on what evidence do we need more Women CEO's?
I initially guessed that he had two fathers. Arguably a more inclusive answer(?)
Me too
I guessed the guy’s ‘ real’ father is the CEO 😆
how exactly do you measure inclusiveness?
men = 0%
women = 15%
same-sex = 20%
and is there a combo-bonus?
@@MisterL2_yt do you know where I could find the riddle video?
do you know where I could find the riddle video?
Well not really because you are still trying to shoehorn a male into the role, even though a gay father CEO would be statistically far less likely than a mother simply being the CEO.
This is the first time I stooped to the level of trying to talk to these people through my computer going "it's the mother" sigh it did not work, they did not hear me! :)
Maybe next time?
Still trying?
I think it’s the phrase that got us thinking it’s a man, since the word “son” is always attributed to the father. If the phrase went like “good luck honey, you’ve got this”, I think most of us would’ve got the right answer. So I would say that, in this situation, it’s more than the wording rather than internal sexism that got us to have this bias.
Try the riddle with:
A father is in the car with his son, the son is going to a school for an interview. The son receives a call, the caller is a teacher of the school who says "Good luck, son". How is that possible?
Is it easier? The wording "Good luck, son" didn't change though ;)
Has anybody been called by your mom as (and only) 'son'...？
I have been called "filha" which translates from portuguese as "daughter" many many times by both my mother and my father. I don't understand the question.
Really??? That was literally the first thing that came to my mind.
Spot on! implicit bias! The riddle did not use misleading words, isms are social constructed bias that we learn to conform to. What a gentle way of sparking awareness. Thank you
Damn, you MUST be a gender studies major. You spew every buzzword "Social constructs" "Awareness" "Implicit bias"
What a smug, self-righteous way to attempt to spark awareness.
What if he had two dads?
Usually the phrase “good luck son” is used by fathers. That also leads people astray with this riddle
Wonderful Video!! I love it!
I love you
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Solved this riddle easily.
Ya me too. But I think I solved it bcz i have seen the title 'international women's day '
@@vahni7891 hahahaha yep
More like International Sexlsm Day
Same
It was International Men's Day 2020 yesterday. The poster reads "It is time to recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices men make for their families and society"
You notice they don't recognize and honor and honor men? It is contributions and sacrifices they honor. No video like this was made, google didn't change their thumbnail, news stations didn't mention it nothing. Face it guys you are just a wallet on legs to women and cannon farter to society.
Oh my goodness.... really.... us poor unrecognized "white" men need more recognition... please please please give your head a shake. White men run the world, take and guard most of its capital for themselves while depleting its resources and running amok over billions of people... We need to recognize these impacts from white men and make a better world with more women and diverse people engaged in making the decisions. Please don't whine about the poor, overlooked contributions of men. They are apparent everywhere and fully acknowledged.
@@josephreilly4562Just about everything you mentioned is wrong... You are not woke. You are sleepwalking. Majority of homeless are W men, majority of crime victims are W men. The house of Shad owns $1.4 trillion in combined assets and controls another $45 trillion. That is more than the top 1000 richest people in the world. The world wide population of W people is 9% while B people make up 18% and Asian and Indian people make up 67%. W men are the minority ... Just so you know Elon musk is from Africa.
@@josephreilly4562 International Men's Day (Nov 19th) isn't just about white Men you SIMP. It's about tackling Men's mental health and tackling Male suicide which is a massive issue in the Male gender and it's also about celebrating the good Men out there and their contributions to society. Try educate yourself and stop your silly self hate. 🤡🤡
I think was more influenced by the narrator's voice than the bias...and also calling the son "son" is more a father thing, I would say...
English is also tricky because of the absence of gender in preprositions and adjectives.
In my language (Portuguese) the word "The" has different gender forms.
Loved it💗💫💫💯💜
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Very cool campaign Mindpsace, however take notice of the other side of the video, which is nepotism.
And bingo... I thought the same thing
The question is a little misleading. But I got it before they answered. If thinking logically, it's not a hard task.
The words used in this riddle is misleading. The riddle itself questioning us that the caller has to be male. Cause when the caller greets, Good Luck Son. He looks at his father and orator question us How is this possible? Misleadingly say that the other person is also male and how is it possible another male to call him son? Instead of How is this possible question it should be who is the caller?
the CEO is the mother, a the son is actually a daughter because in many countries parents adress their daughters "son", at least they do so in Bosnia. My dad regularly adressed me "Listen son", eventhough I was his daughter.
WAIT!! This was an excellent video, but what confused me was this very inappropriate message from someone at the top of a comany making clear to their son that they have the job even before the interview. I wasnt even thinking about the gender of the caller, but rather the issue of how fair employment processes are sabotaged by relationships outside the interview. And this wasn't even mentioned!! Am I missing something? The video presents this as normal when these kinds of practices are exactly what prevents, women and minorities from achieving success in their careers.
For me it was difficult because of nepotism aswell.
But because it felt hard to believe that they would have to interview at all at a close relatives company. And it is kind of weird that they would have to be driven by one parent when the other parents works there anyway. I thought it was a biological father who abandoned them and that's why he didn't just get the job without an interview.
So I tried to find a solution like his name was "Son". Or I tried to think about it as a metaphor that he was the actual "sun".
Wonderful!
I got that straight away. Of course it's his mother. :) And I'm Dyslexic. But then Dyslexics are Problem Solvers, which is on the UK NHS Healthcare website about Dyslexia. 👍
We need more Dyslexics in Government, because currently our world is very messed up. And problems need solving.
Most people don't talk about problems and solve them. Why is that?
The biggest problem we have is the abuse on children and women. Getting this debated is impossible. I know too many people that have been hurt by bad men. But I know a lot of good men.
I am a proud mum. And quite honestly, for me, I am glad I gave up my career for our daughter.
I have a child that does not swear, she is not on the Internet trying to meet men. She does not get drunk or take drugs. And is putting her career first.
This to me is the biggest success story. And I am proud beyond words.
I wish Women good luck if being a CEO is their dream.
Now my daughter is older. I hope to have my own business. And be my own boss.
The fact that i was crying after watching all of them to not expect that the CEO was this boy mother. Like is it that impossible for a woman to have a higher place at the company
same feeling.
Yeah even the women guessed wrong. Even the woman CEO guessed wrong! That's just how sexist our society is, that's how deep this poison runs
WOW...I'm amazed that people did not consider his Mother was the CEO
Every day is International Women's Day.
Many possibilities - The mother, stepmother, the other fathers (stepfather, co-father, etc).
What a riddle! The realisation is eyebrowraising.
This is like a really old riddle where it is a doctor who is his mother. But I heard that young kids now don't have this confusion at all anymore.
Typical that CEO still does the trick though.
I think so at the beginning 👌👌👌
Is that even legal for a "PARENT" to hire a "CHILD" or "DEPENDENT" (if we want to be inclusive) into a stockbroker company, not sure but the thought I had was that its just not common for a CEO "PARENT" to be interviewing their "CHILD" for a stockbroker company. They would probably just hire them.
The riddle reminds me of those old word tricks where after having you spell and say words getting you to think about RED, they then say and What do you do at a GREEN LIGHT.. and often the person responds.. STOP.. because your mind was processing words and things around Red and then its quickly changed with a question and since you thinking its relevant to RED you think STOP.
Questions can be created in such a way to get just about any response they really want to prove the point they want.
Out of all the jobs I have had in my 50 years I have had 2 managers that I feel were the best of the best, one was a male one was female, however that said If I had to pick one as tops it would be the woman, and there were 2 other women I would say were very good, the worst manager I had was a male, and the others were just ok. I base this on their interactions and how they managed the team, how the team responded to them etc.. no bias no bs
This doesn’t make you sexist it is implying that the dad is talking to him
It's not implying that at all. It said "the CEO"
I had a vision that many women marching on Rome would uncover a great mystery that would uplift women everywhere and set children free. I think a March on the Vatican is in order.
the way that question is engineered directs the mind to think as if the caller is his father... hence the question is biased.
This is mind blowing..
Solved it instantly!
I don't think it is appropriate to conclude only here. If the narrator is female and replaces "son" with "daughter", then I will subconsciously think that the CEO will be female. This test does not explain the problem. I am sorry that my English is not good, and it may be misleading in tone, but it is clear that this test does not explain the existence of prejudice
Excellent Riddle
I got it straight away 😂👀
I think it was his mother calling him.
A lot of people call younger people "son", the real inclusive answer is that it could have been anyone, including the mom, older people who speak like that, etc.
But what would happen if you change it to daughter and mother? would people then immediately think of a father?
When you said the phone rings I said it is his mother
I immediately said mom. What does it say about me?
It's a generation thing. It's his mother .
Mine,too
Wonder what the result would be if the entire narrative is in a female voice? Or simply written and handed out to participants.
Replace CEO with watchman... It still works. And all fortune 500 don't have more lady watchman.
How is it people don't know this riddle? I heard it 40 years ago (except it was about a surgeon who couldn't operate on her child).
I am at 0.55 of the video and I know the answer. It's MOTHER. Why Father can only be the CEO. The position of CEO doesn't define any gender.
do you know where I could find the riddle video?
I have never in my life had my mother call me son. She calls me by my name. My father on the other hand almost always calls me son. So that is why I thought he had two fathers
I gave the right answer I am from BANGLADESH and I always used to think western people are not sexist as our people but this video changed
my mind . As a high schooler I can answer this question but these grownups can't matter of great sorrow 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Khankir chole gandu🇧🇩
i have a feeling this is more about mostly male figures calling male children "son", while mothers calling their children somewhat "warmer" things like "darling" or "honey" or whatever. This is my view based on american movies portrayal of american families, as a non native english speaker. did not give a moment to think what gender was the ceo, because gender is not relevant for being a ceo (you sexist bastards :P ). from my point of view maybe we should calm down about finding problems everywhere, distracting us from the instances where there really are problems (as in there is sexism in the world, but in my view this is not an example of it)
I'm not biased, CEO could be his/her teacher, who knows the capability of their students more than anybody else, if he/she is candidate's parents then there won't be any fuss about the interview.
Its the Mother who called him
The CEO is the mom - or possible the son's other father, in case his parents were 2 gay guys, or maybe he was adapted - or it was a wrong number - or it was an older relative or friend who uses the affectionate term "son"
I thought either it's like his grandfather calling him "son" like that or his father in law, the latter seeming better but then boom, why not mum. Huh, agree we still have sub-conscious biases :(
The women is the CEO! DUH!
Well if you just thought that doesn't that make your biased towards females then not thinking it could be a man.
Mom called
I got it right away.
So fkking easy. None could answer. LMAO
I didn't get how this was a riddle. It's common enough for older people to call a younger man 'son', especially since the CEO clearly knew him enough to make an encouraging phone call before his interview.
Was I the only one who thought not about the person who's CEO, but about the timeline. That occupied my mind. It's was said that the father was going to bring his son to the job interview? Why did he knew the answer before the interview? They were still at the parking lot? Or did I get ut wrong?
Such hypocrisy. Consider that women get preferential treatment in many ways, including the workforce because their "rights" are protected more than men's., hence they get hiring preference, especially in government jobs. We haven't achieved what we like to call "equality" for that reason alone. We have attained ROLE REVERSAL or equity, not equality. The words "equality" and "equity" are condescending and insulting to anybody's intelligence who actually knows what those two words mean.
hahaha, got it on the first try, but probably just because it's an explicit women's day video
His Mom is the CEO
IT IS HIS MOM!
I mean this was really easy 😌
LIKE COME ON
The CEO was his mother🙂
They have done the opposite experience? The mother goes with the sun...
The Chicken or the Egg?
The mother is the CEO :)
the phrase is good luck son, it's literally a normal common phrase to say good luck to someone. Same with good luck girl but somehow everyone forgot good luck girl has been forgotten
I don't think these people think that women can't be CEO's, but the true fact is, they are still mostly men. And that's because of men and the old boy network that prevails. It isn't how we always think but how it has been put across.
I think it's also has to do with who is asking the riddle. When you hear the riddler saying "good luck son..", you may subconsciously assume that its a man.
If you would have read this riddle yourself instead of listening it from a man, then you may have reached to the right answer.
Easy - call was from his mother
we had a similar riddle inclass. nobody guessed
Can u please tell me what was that riddle u got asked?😁
I solved it before the answer was revealed 💃💃
But its the son getting that opportunity from his Mother directly through a call just before an interview-is this not nepotism
Every time a husband and wife are expecting a child and they find out it's going to be a boy,
you got to imagine the jubilation going through the husband's mind. Fist pumps in his head.
Seriously?
I thought of the mother easily and many others in my school, how did they struggle.this much
We watched it in school and I was so confused that people couldnt answer that I searched up the video myself
Super easy riddle because of the video’s title 😅
I got this within the first two seconds LOL
Liar
Let's change the question specially for IWD 2021. A man turns up for an interview for a type of job which is poorly represented by women. He says he is a woman. Do you interview him?
Same
i guessed it right!
To be honest this is a language hurdle. There would not have been any misconception in languages that have gendered nouns.... but yeah.
The riddle just started i already had the answer, so easy being a feminist!!
Do feminists get a prize at some point? like a badge or a medal?
Is it the mother..and I have not seen the end...since CEO didn't mention the gender and son could be addressed by mother as wel.
Lateral thinking
I solved ☺
What if he had 2 dads you bigots