Bobbi Thomason studies gender for a living. She was aware of the pitfalls couples can fall into, even those who assumed their relationship would be absolutely equal. Still, when her own marriage foundered over career equality (or the lack of it), she was gutted. At the same time she was reading social media comments urging women to demand a ‘50/50 partner.’ ‘I tried that,’ she thought, ‘and it didn’t work.’
In this episode we hear Bobbi’s story. She says sticking to her belief that she deserved a partner as willing to sacrifice for her as she was for him, has cost her a great deal. But she’s learned through academic research and personal experience that support comes in many forms, and that all women need a ‘village’ to get ahead.
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Final Episode: What's Changed in Ten Years
Episode 200: You and Your Money
Episode 199: Age and Possibility
Episode 198: From Convent to Corporate
Episode 197: Facing the Music
Episode 196: Where Partner Violence Meets the Workplace
Episode 195: The Road Less Traveled
Episode 194: How to Confront Bias
Episode 193: Bucking the System
Episode 192: Better in Scandinavia (re-release)
Episode 191: Woman in Command: Life in the Army
Episode 190: Difficult Relationships: managing drama at work
Episode 188: You vs. Burnout
Introducing Remote Works
Episode 187: Redefining success (revisited)
Episode 186: Our Obsession with Winning (and how to re-think)
Episode 185: Women Getting Paid
Episode 184: The Long Game
Episode 183: Rejection
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