The price women pay to be good

This week on the pod, the girls talk to author, podcaster and former chief content officer of goop, Elise Loehnen. Elise has co-written twelve books, five of which have been New York Times bestsellers, and Em and Alex are joined by her to discuss her latest, On Our Best Behaviour: The Price Women Pay to be Good.

Why can women rarely recover from their failures? Why is the patriarchy so devastating to boys and men?

Elise shares her manifesto, which argues that the seven deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride) have been used by the patriarchy to control women throughout our history. This fascinating theory expands on our episode with Jameela Jamil, back in January 2022, in which the girls spoke about why, as a society, we build women up only to tear them down.

Pre-order Elise's book On Our Best Behaviour: The Price Women Pay to be Good

Listen to Elise's podcast: Pulling the Thread

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Produced & edited by Daisy Grant

Music by Alex Andrew

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