Taking Your Clothes Off for Work? Power, Pressure, and the Lines Women Are Pushed to Cross

Описание: In this episode of My Mother Said I Shouldn’t, we unpack one uncomfortable question that opens a much bigger conversation:

What are women expected to tolerate, trade, or cross at work just to stay employed, relevant, or respected?

From taking your clothes off for work, to being labelled “difficult”, to the invisible penalties women face after setting boundaries, this episode dives into power dynamics, consent, career pressure, and the fear of losing work by saying no.

This is a raw, honest conversation about the lines we’re told not to draw — and what it costs when we don’t.

Key Moments & Topics

00:00 – The line we’re not meant to cross
Why “taking your clothes off for work” is never just about n*dity. It’s about power, leverage, and fear.

05:40 – Saying yes to survive
How often women agree to things that sit outside their values just to avoid being labelled difficult or disposable.

06:20 – The hidden cost of compliance
What happens when you override your instincts to protect your career.

09:00 – “If I say no, I might lose the job”
The real calculation women make behind the scenes — and why it isn’t as simple as walking away.

10:50 – Reputation follows you
How decisions made early in a career can quietly shape how you’re perceived long term.

12:35 – Vulnerability in creative industries
Why actors and creatives are especially exposed to validation-seeking and boundary erosion.

13:15 – Pressure across all creative work
This isn’t just acting. It’s singing, media, freelance work, and any role where opportunity feels scarce.

17:10 – Clothes off vs being “difficult”
Why refusing certain expectations can be punished more harshly than compliance.

19:20 – Motherhood and workplace power
How women with children are treated differently, given less influence, and quietly sidelined.

Advice If This Conversation Hit Home

• If a job requires you to cross your own moral line, pause before you explain it away. Your discomfort is data.

• Being “easy to work with” should never mean being easy to exploit.

• If the fear of losing work is the only reason you’re saying yes, that’s worth interrogating.

• Boundaries don’t have to be loud to be firm. You’re allowed to say no without justifying your humanity.

• Long-term careers are built on alignment, not just survival. What you normalise now becomes precedent later.

If you’ve ever felt pressured to compromise yourself at work, this episode is for you.

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my mother said i shouldn’t is a podcast about unlearning the things we were told growing up. Hosted by life coach Michaela Longden and health coach Sarah Duncan, it’s a space for open, unfiltered conversations about dating, relationships, identity and the messy middle between who we were told to be and who we actually are. Expect honesty, laughter and the conversations you wish you could have at brunch.

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