A recent study predicts that American women won't earn the same amount as men until 2058, and Jon Stewart brought Kristen Schaal on The Daily Show to discuss it. They talked about the laws that are in place, and the bigger changes that need to happen for pay parity to become a reality. Still, if it's so hard to change society and laws to get women equal pay, Schaal said, why are we a year away from commercial flying cars and 15 years from sending humans to Mars?
"They've been talking about that shit forever — the mars, and the flying cars, 'oh, we're gonna have jet packs, dinner in a pill'," Stewart protested. "I've seen The Jetsons.... Give me something real." She does. "You're telling me we're going to print a human heart out of a Xerox machine before women get pay equality?" Stewart asked. No, Schaal said, we'll print hearts "30 years before women get pay equality." She suggests that women might be better off 3D-printing a different organ if they want their fair share. You can probably guess which one. —Peter Weber
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