Desi Lydic:
(nata come Lani Desmonet Lydic, il 30 giugno 1981) è una comica e attrice statunitense. È corrispondente senior e conduttrice a rotazione del talk show in seconda serata e programma satirico di attualità The Daily Show.
Gender equality does not exist anywhere.
The quote reflects Desi Lydic’s takeaway from reporting on gender parity around the world for her Comedy Central special. Her point was that even the countries ranked at the very top of the world’s gender-equality indexes — like Iceland, the No. 1 country on the World Economic Forum’s global gender gap report — still have real, unresolved gaps. So the statement isn’t a sweeping abstract claim so much as a grounded observation from her travels: no country, no matter how “progressive” its ranking, has actually achieved full gender equality. She also noted that there were other significant angles to the issue — like sex education, general education, and women’s health care — that a short TV segment couldn’t fully cover.
Origin:
The quote comes from a ‘Variety interview published in 2019’, ahead of the release of her Comedy Central special “Desi Lydic: Abroad.” The special was prompted by the U.S. ranking 49th on the World Economic Forum’s gender inequality report in 2017 (and slipping further, to 51st, by the time the special aired). For the show, Lydic traveled to Iceland (ranked No. 1), Namibia (ranked No. 10), and Spain (ranked No. 29) to explore what those countries were doing differently — and, per her comments, found that even the top-ranked ones still fell short in meaningful ways.
Author: Desi Lydic.
— American comedian, actress, and longtime correspondent/host on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”, known for her satirical field pieces and reporting on gender and politics.
