Here’s a nice introduction to our class conversations about equal pay. Watch how the perception of unequal pay provokes anger and frustration.
In the full Ted Talk version of this talk, the professor notes that when the study continues, eventually, the monkey who gets the grapes (who is getting better paid) eventually stops taking the grapes until the other monkey also gets grapes.
Wage envy and collective solidarity in one monkey video! Who could ask for more than that?
Watch What Happens When Monkeys' Paid Unequally