Tradwife Or Career Woman: Corinne Low on On Ambition, Kids & Equality

Описание: “I don’t sweep the floor with my uterus,” asserts Corinne Low, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s a stark statement, but her underlying point is to urge men and women to re-examine gender roles around the work needed to maintain a home and family: cooking, cleaning, making the kids’ doctor’s appointments, and so on.

Low was on the tenure track when her first marriage fell apart. She was overwhelmed with her job, a bad commute, a new infant, and housework. She was the higher earner of the couple, and the division of labor at home felt way too lopsided. So she used her know-how as an economist to study the data on how men and women divide tasks at home and develop strategies for how couples can create a system that’s fair.

Today, Low is a tenured professor and is remarried to a woman. (She notes that it is not a prescription for everyone, but it works for her). She writes about her research and her experience in HAVING IT ALL: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours, which is a USA Today National Best Seller and an Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year.

💬 In this episode, we explore:
How to approach a conversation with a partner about reallocating work around the house
Why parents today are feeling “the squeeze” - when time pressures and money pressures hit at the same time - more than previous generations
What concerns Low about the “tradwife” trend
Questions to ask yourself about your career path to determine if it’s compatible for the life you want outside of work
Why a job with “boundaries” is better for women than a job with “flexibility.”

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