Why the Gender Revolution Stopped | Corinne Low

Hey groovers, welcome to Behavior Grooves. I'm Kurt Nelson. And I'm Tim Houlihan. This is the podcast that communicates serious science in not so serious ways. No, we are not serious at all, are we?

But it's very serious information. And today, we're very seriously taking our talk with Corrine Lowe, an economist at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the new book, Having It All, and Corinne's work dives deep into the economic and behavioral forces shaping gender roles, parenting, and modern-day relationships. Yeah, this may sound familiar if you're a regular listener. We've covered similar ground with other researchers, but Corinne's an economist and her way of looking at these problems is

Well, it's very much like an economist. It's a very number-driven conversation. Exactly. And one of the big ideas that Corinne brings to light is that the gender revolution, it stopped halfway, Tim, you know? And and what she means by that is that women have entered the workforce in massive numbers and took on lots of new responsibilities in households and and and work and variety of other things.

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