Modern feminists talk a lot about “the patriarchy,” but what is it really? Where did it come from? How is internalized patriarchy showing up and impacting modern women? And what’s the true cost of women being on our best behavior in the name of enduring and thriving in a structure not meant for us?
This week, Eleanor is sitting down with writer, editor, and host of the Pulling the Thread podcast, Elise Loehnen. Among many accolades, Elise is the author of instant New York Times bestseller, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good, where she explores the ways patriarchy lands in the bodies of women and embeds itself in our consciousness, leading us to live at half mast.
Join Eleanor and Elise on this episode as they explore the cultural and shared experience of the patriarchy and how it historically shaped and continues to shape the modern woman’s life. Elise is sharing her thoughts on the policing women perpetuate onto themselves and other women, the price women pay to be good in our society, and how the more we discover who we are, the more women can be unleashed and unfurled in the world.
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Today on Anchored Intelligence:
- What sparked the writing of Elise’s book.
- An exploration of patriarchy and what it is.
- How the patriarchy has shaped and continues to shape the modern woman’s experience.
- What Elise has learned about the ways in which she has unwittingly upheld the patriarchy.
- Why women often try to destroy other women who are shining bright.
- The problem with perpetuating the idea that women need more confidence.
- Elise’s thoughts on why men are more wounded by the patriarchy than women.
- The cost of women being on our best behavior.
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