I sat down with Stefanie O'Connell, journalist and author of The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up--and Then Pushes Them Down, a data-driven guide to dismantling the hidden forces that hold women back, burn them out, and make us all pay.

In this episode, we discuss:

-the failed promises of "girl power"

-what the 'ambition penalty' is and how it affects women

-mind-blowing statistics about gender in the workplace, in relationships, and in the domestic sphere

-what girlboss and tradwife cultures have in common, and the insidious goals of the latter

-a shocking new way to look at the costs of childcare and your career

-what women who date men should know before partnering up with them

...and so much more that will make you feel a little more sane, and perhaps actually empowered