Episode
#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
1:29:45
Published: Mon Sep 19 2022
Description
Kristina Durante is a professor of marketing at Rutgers Business School and a social psychologist who studies the biology of decision-making and evolution of female psychology. For the first time in history, many women have the opportunity to pursue a career as their primary life path. But does this prohibit them from also having a family? Do women actually want to be mothers or was it their only option? Do women actually want careers or is it just a shiny new opportunity? Expect to learn if women have an impulse to actually have children or just to have sex, whether careers make women happy, whether the marriages of career women are more or less successful, whether women's ovulatory cycles change their preferences for badboy mates, what buying expensive bags and shoes signals and much more... Sponsors: Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on all VERSO’s products at https://ver.so/modernwisdom (use code: MW15) Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Extra Stuff: Check out Kristina's website - https://kristinadurante.com/ Follow Kristina on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KristinaDurante Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/
Chapters
The podcast explores the challenges faced by women pursuing careers and balancing family lives, including the impact of their ovulatory cycles on mate preferences and the significance of buying expensive bags and shoes.
00:00 - 05:27 (05:27)
Summary
The podcast explores the challenges faced by women pursuing careers and balancing family lives, including the impact of their ovulatory cycles on mate preferences and the significance of buying expensive bags and shoes. The host acknowledges the difficulties in balancing careers and family lives and examines the success of marriages involving career women.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Research shows that women who work outside the home actually do more housework than stay at home moms.
05:27 - 11:43 (06:15)
Summary
Research shows that women who work outside the home actually do more housework than stay at home moms. This could be attributed to a greater sense of guilt and pressure to fulfill traditional gender roles.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Women were known to have an obligatory investment in children while men had the freedom to go off to war or do other things, resulting in a lot of burnout and stress for women, especially in the absence of birth control.
11:43 - 19:00 (07:16)
Summary
Women were known to have an obligatory investment in children while men had the freedom to go off to war or do other things, resulting in a lot of burnout and stress for women, especially in the absence of birth control. This traditional system has been around for so long that it continues to haunt us even today.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The differences in the way men and women think about sex are not an imbalance that needs to be corrected; it is a byproduct of the asymmetry in the way we create babies, with women's biology geared towards caregiving once the "parenting switch" is turned on.
19:01 - 22:49 (03:48)
Summary
The differences in the way men and women think about sex are not an imbalance that needs to be corrected; it is a byproduct of the asymmetry in the way we create babies, with women's biology geared towards caregiving once the "parenting switch" is turned on.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Women experience changes in hormones across their menstrual cycle resulting in fluctuating sexual desire.
22:49 - 30:41 (07:51)
Summary
Women experience changes in hormones across their menstrual cycle resulting in fluctuating sexual desire. During ovulation, when estrogen levels increase, women tend to have a greater interest in sexual activity while their interest in parenting decreases.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
A scholar suggests that sexual strategies may have major implications for political views, especially those with sexual undertones that aim to control people's sexuality or punish for different mating strategies.
30:41 - 37:03 (06:22)
Summary
A scholar suggests that sexual strategies may have major implications for political views, especially those with sexual undertones that aim to control people's sexuality or punish for different mating strategies. Single women are freer to optimize their mate choice, while it becomes more difficult for women in marriages.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The need for work-life balance is not just a concern for entry-level employees.
37:03 - 44:27 (07:24)
Summary
The need for work-life balance is not just a concern for entry-level employees. Mid-level managers face challenges in finding time for their careers as well as their family duties. This may require high-status men to take on domestic tasks and parental leave.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Researchers observed that women prefer stable men over bad boys when they're most fertile, but that preference decreases at lower fertility.
44:27 - 56:04 (11:36)
Summary
Researchers observed that women prefer stable men over bad boys when they're most fertile, but that preference decreases at lower fertility. Women, when led to believe that there are more women than men, tend to want to pursue their career.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Women spend more on luxury than men, particularly on items such as bags and clothes, as luxury is associated with high status and can signal status to other women.
56:04 - 1:03:14 (07:10)
Summary
Women spend more on luxury than men, particularly on items such as bags and clothes, as luxury is associated with high status and can signal status to other women. This could be a result of wanting to feel sexier, be more attractive, and optimize choice.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Without the presence of men, women are free to express their preferences for following passions or pursuing careers, but many still face the trade-off between career and family.
1:03:14 - 1:08:19 (05:04)
Summary
Without the presence of men, women are free to express their preferences for following passions or pursuing careers, but many still face the trade-off between career and family. Some are happy being focused on their careers, while others are more aligned with building a family.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
In a world of endless consumer choices, businesses use advertising to create illusions that encourage people to buy their products, even if it may not align with the customer's actual preferences.
1:08:22 - 1:15:21 (06:59)
Summary
In a world of endless consumer choices, businesses use advertising to create illusions that encourage people to buy their products, even if it may not align with the customer's actual preferences. While it can be hard to determine if this is right or wrong, ultimately it's up to consumers to be smart and make up their own minds.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Although cleanliness and hygiene are important in attracting potential partners, the effect of luxury purchases such as expensive handbags on dating outcomes is still unclear.
1:15:21 - 1:19:35 (04:13)
Summary
Although cleanliness and hygiene are important in attracting potential partners, the effect of luxury purchases such as expensive handbags on dating outcomes is still unclear. Women tend to be more attracted to men with higher social status while men are less influenced by luxury purchases.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
In this conversation, the host discusses with his guest the difference between humans and animals.
1:19:35 - 1:25:48 (06:13)
Summary
In this conversation, the host discusses with his guest the difference between humans and animals. Although we share many similarities, the part of our brain that allows us to intellectualize our desires and needs is what sets us apart.
Episode#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The podcast discusses the significance of building knowledge that spans across various domains.
1:25:48 - 1:29:51 (04:02)
Summary
The podcast discusses the significance of building knowledge that spans across various domains. In addition, it highlights the benefits of seeking to understand things thoroughly.