International Women's Day- Can You Solve the Riddle? (Mindspace) 

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

Wonderful!

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

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.

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.

Mind blowing.... It really helped me understand about what is breaking the bias means....

Actually, the (proposed?) solution can be seen as sexist. The CEO might very well be a man. The son can have two fathers.

Loved it💗💫💫💯💜

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 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.

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

Wonderful Video!! I love it!

I initially guessed that he had two fathers. Arguably a more inclusive answer(?)

Solved this riddle easily.

Really??? That was literally the first thing that came to my mind.

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.

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?

Solved it instantly!

The question is a little misleading. But I got it before they answered. If thinking logically, it's not a hard task.

I remember when I tried to solve this riddle, I seriously failed

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.

I think so at the beginning 👌👌👌

This is mind blowing..

Has anybody been called by your mom as (and only) 'son'...？

This was insanely simple. Who were these people ?

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

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 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! :)

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?

Excellent Riddle

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.

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.

This isnt you being biased. If you dont focus on the father and son relationship like its trying to tell you to think about then duah. Mom calls from work…Mothers also play a different roll in kids life. A very warming , emotional support. If we keep making them more like men eventually kids won’t get as much of that warm, kind, patient, comfort that a mother has after giving birth to her child. The beauty is our differences .

Very cool campaign Mindpsace, however take notice of the other side of the video, which is nepotism.

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.

I got it straight away 😂👀

the way that question is engineered directs the mind to think as if the caller is his father... hence the question is biased.

Usually the phrase “good luck son” is used by fathers. That also leads people astray with this riddle

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

Many possibilities - The mother, stepmother, the other fathers (stepfather, co-father, etc).

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.

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?

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.

Good exercise for the mind... "She has the greater burden and the greater work. Look at the vegetable and the animal worlds. The palm which carries the fruit is the tree most prized by the date grower. The Arab knows that for a long journey the mare has the longest wind. For her greater strength and fierceness, the lioness is more feared by the hunter than the lion.

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.

Every day is International Women's Day.

WOW...I'm amazed that people did not consider his Mother was the CEO

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'm up for the message of thinking about our biases. That said questions induce biases as well.

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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"

When you said the phone rings I said it is his mother

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.

Same

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.

Mom called I got it right away.

Lateral thinking

I mean this was really easy 😌 LIKE COME ON

i guessed it right!

Replace CEO with watchman... It still works. And all fortune 500 don't have more lady watchman.

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.

I solved it before the answer was revealed 💃💃

I solved ☺

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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

Wonder what the result would be if the entire narrative is in a female voice? Or simply written and handed out to participants.

Super easy riddle because of the video’s title 😅

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.

1:35

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 think it was his mother calling him.

I immediately said mom. What does it say about me?

but of course and why not , my mom was my dads boss at home and was also my boss at work while i worked for my dad as she also took a valuable part in my dads work , they were partners , so = of course the ceo , being partner to my dad would had also been my mother , now i do agree with the one whom also stated that is could had also been another man as in todays times it is possible , but also the dad in the vehicle could also had been a woman as well / vise versa , being of a trans culture as well = either , i also believe highly in supporting all women but also all means of being a parent jst fyi i am straight , however you label that , and would seek out a woman to be partnered with , but hold no bar on any subjection that may differ from that view

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.

Easy - call was from his mother

hahaha, got it on the first try, but probably just because it's an explicit women's day video

His father is the CEO

Its the Mother who called him

It's a great example on challenging unconscious bias, though the video is somewhat leading by casting a male voice actor to narrate. (Thereby imbuing the phone contact with a male voice.) To be fair my first thought was that the young boy had a father and step-father, given my own background from divorced parents. Still, it gets you thinking and challenging your own preconceptions! Well done.

This doesn’t make you sexist it is implying that the dad is talking to him

I got this within the first two seconds LOL

So fkking easy. None could answer. LMAO

The women is the CEO! DUH!

His Mom is the CEO

we had a similar riddle inclass. nobody guessed

Duh! Mind blown.

It's a generation thing. It's his mother .

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?

The mother is the CEO :)

The CEO was his mother🙂

To be honest this is a language hurdle. There would not have been any misconception in languages that have gendered nouns.... but yeah.

Today is International Women's Day, for any woman to advance a career on American television must have learned long ago, since so many women have found employment on television. There are only two meaningful tools that count to ensure any advancement, they are hair dyes and wigs, just try to make a go of it without those appearance enhancements, as soon as you try, will either find yourself retired or on the unemployment line.

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

They have done the opposite experience? The mother goes with the sun...

It's the mother.

IT IS HIS MOM!

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.

The Chicken or the Egg?

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?

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.