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Iceland is the best place in the world to be a woman. Hear what Icelandic men have to say about that.

In the season finale of Divided States of Women, we traveled to the feminist haven of Iceland. For nine years in a row, Iceland has been ranked No. 1 on the World Economic Forum’s gender equality index.

We had to find out why.

In the country’s gorgeous but chilly terrain, we talked to the youngest woman to ever be elected to the Icelandic parliament and huddled with a group of men to talk about the near-certain pitfalls they experience with so much gender equality around them. Their responses may surprise you.