hi welcome to watchmojo.com I’m your host Leila I got to talk to
I’m your host Leila I got to talk to
I’m your host Leila I got to talk to psychologist Susan Pinker about her book
psychologist Susan Pinker about her book
psychologist Susan Pinker about her book the sexual paradox which reveals how
the sexual paradox which reveals how
the sexual paradox which reveals how learning and behavioral gaps between
learning and behavioral gaps between
learning and behavioral gaps between boys and girls in the classroom are
boys and girls in the classroom are
boys and girls in the classroom are reversed when they grow up and enter the
reversed when they grow up and enter the
reversed when they grow up and enter the workforce do you want to tell us how the
workforce do you want to tell us how the
workforce do you want to tell us how the sacrifices that women make in order to
sacrifices that women make in order to
sacrifices that women make in order to rise through the ranks and earn a lot of
rise through the ranks and earn a lot of
rise through the ranks and earn a lot of money are not sacrifices for men but
money are not sacrifices for men but
money are not sacrifices for men but more rewards there’s some women who are
more rewards there’s some women who are
more rewards there’s some women who are just as keenly competitive as men and
just as keenly competitive as men and
just as keenly competitive as men and will do anything to get that corner
will do anything to get that corner
will do anything to get that corner office and but I would say there are
office and but I would say there are
office and but I would say there are probably fewer women than there are men
probably fewer women than there are men
probably fewer women than there are men and some women who want who are
and some women who want who are
and some women who want who are ambitious and who want to succeed in
ambitious and who want to succeed in
ambitious and who want to succeed in very male oriented environments often do
very male oriented environments often do
very male oriented environments often do have to sacrifice their social networks
have to sacrifice their social networks
have to sacrifice their social networks or the time that they want to spend with
or the time that they want to spend with
or the time that they want to spend with their families whether this be with
their families whether this be with
their families whether this be with their children or with their parents
their children or with their parents
their children or with their parents how might nature and their there are the
how might nature and their there are the
how might nature and their there are the hormones that affect women interfere in
hormones that affect women interfere in
hormones that affect women interfere in their career ambitions I wouldn’t say
their career ambitions I wouldn’t say
their career ambitions I wouldn’t say that they interfere I would say that
that they interfere I would say that
that they interfere I would say that they interact more than interfere women
they interact more than interfere women
they interact more than interfere women who have small children at home will
who have small children at home will
who have small children at home will feel the desire to spend more time with
feel the desire to spend more time with
feel the desire to spend more time with them because it’s it’s agreeable and
them because it’s it’s agreeable and
them because it’s it’s agreeable and pleasing and it feels good
pleasing and it feels good
pleasing and it feels good so it’s not just an obligation and I
so it’s not just an obligation and I
so it’s not just an obligation and I talked about that in the sexual paradox
talked about that in the sexual paradox
talked about that in the sexual paradox that the hormone oxytocin which has been
that the hormone oxytocin which has been
that the hormone oxytocin which has been called the elixir of attachment it’s the
called the elixir of attachment it’s the
called the elixir of attachment it’s the hormone that’s involved it after when
hormone that’s involved it after when
hormone that’s involved it after when women not only when women reach out to
women not only when women reach out to
women not only when women reach out to other people to assist but it’s very
other people to assist but it’s very
other people to assist but it’s very much secreted during childbirth during
much secreted during childbirth during
much secreted during childbirth during sex during orgasm when women nurse their
sex during orgasm when women nurse their
sex during orgasm when women nurse their babies and when women take care of their
babies and when women take care of their
babies and when women take care of their babies and it has an analgesic effect
babies and it has an analgesic effect
babies and it has an analgesic effect it’s a painkiller makes women feel
it’s a painkiller makes women feel
it’s a painkiller makes women feel pretty good so it’s not just a question
pretty good so it’s not just a question
pretty good so it’s not just a question of the fact that they feel like they
of the fact that they feel like they
of the fact that they feel like they should do it but it feels good just
should do it but it feels good just
should do it but it feels good just understanding that men and women are
understanding that men and women are
understanding that men and women are not biologically equivalent what does
not biologically equivalent what does
not biologically equivalent what does that say about the workplace can we
that say about the workplace can we
that say about the workplace can we assume that it’s male oriented in terms
assume that it’s male oriented in terms
assume that it’s male oriented in terms of like if you have to have an extreme
of like if you have to have an extreme
of like if you have to have an extreme job to be considered productive or put
job to be considered productive or put
job to be considered productive or put in 80 to 100 hours of work to be up
in 80 to 100 hours of work to be up
in 80 to 100 hours of work to be up there this is more of a male oriented
there this is more of a male oriented
there this is more of a male oriented model well I would say a lot of
model well I would say a lot of
model well I would say a lot of workplaces were designed when there were
workplaces were designed when there were
workplaces were designed when there were no women at the bargaining table so they
no women at the bargaining table so they
no women at the bargaining table so they were designed when women weren’t there
were designed when women weren’t there
were designed when women weren’t there they weren’t designed for women’s career
they weren’t designed for women’s career
they weren’t designed for women’s career trajectories which tend to kind of have
trajectories which tend to kind of have
trajectories which tend to kind of have a ooh an up and down rhythm to them
a ooh an up and down rhythm to them
a ooh an up and down rhythm to them whereas men you know for the most part
whereas men you know for the most part
whereas men you know for the most part can pursue their goals without as many
can pursue their goals without as many
can pursue their goals without as many distractions and you know women are more
distractions and you know women are more
distractions and you know women are more likely to have kind of a patchwork
likely to have kind of a patchwork
likely to have kind of a patchwork resume and so I would say that not only
resume and so I would say that not only
resume and so I would say that not only are men some of these workplaces
are men some of these workplaces
are men some of these workplaces designed for the male model but it’s
designed for the male model but it’s
designed for the male model but it’s become even more so today which is a
become even more so today which is a
become even more so today which is a paradox because there are more women at
paradox because there are more women at
paradox because there are more women at work today than there used to be but the
work today than there used to be but the
work today than there used to be but the workplaces have become more extreme
workplaces have become more extreme
workplaces have become more extreme because the competition has become more
because the competition has become more
because the competition has become more extreme what can you tell us about the
extreme what can you tell us about the
extreme what can you tell us about the different approaches to competitions
different approaches to competitions
different approaches to competitions between the two sexes when experiments
between the two sexes when experiments
between the two sexes when experiments are done where we compare boys and girls
are done where we compare boys and girls
are done where we compare boys and girls for example in running races we find
for example in running races we find
for example in running races we find that when boys are paired against an
that when boys are paired against an
that when boys are paired against an opponent they run faster whereas when
opponent they run faster whereas when
opponent they run faster whereas when girls are paired against an opponent
girls are paired against an opponent
girls are paired against an opponent they run slower so competition Spurs
they run slower so competition Spurs
they run slower so competition Spurs boys on to perform better and
boys on to perform better and
boys on to perform better and competition has the opposite effect on
competition has the opposite effect on
competition has the opposite effect on most women once again we’re talking
most women once again we’re talking
most women once again we’re talking about averages and I found what was
about averages and I found what was
about averages and I found what was interesting about that study is that and
interesting about that study is that and
interesting about that study is that and the girls did best when they ran on the
the girls did best when they ran on the
the girls did best when they ran on the on their own they performed the best
on their own they performed the best
on their own they performed the best when they ran on their own and when they
when they ran on their own and when they
when they ran on their own and when they were paired against a boy who was of
were paired against a boy who was of
were paired against a boy who was of equal confidence could run just as fast
equal confidence could run just as fast
equal confidence could run just as fast they ran a bit slower but when they
they ran a bit slower but when they
they ran a bit slower but when they paired against another girl they ran the
paired against another girl they ran the
paired against another girl they ran the slowest of all
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