<p>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.</p><p>In this episode, we discuss:</p><p>-the failed promises of "girl power"</p><p>-what the 'ambition penalty' is and how it affects women</p><p>-mind-blowing statistics about gender in the workplace, in relationships, and in the domestic sphere</p><p>-what girlboss and tradwife cultures have in common, and the insidious goals of the latter</p><p>-a shocking new way to look at the costs of childcare and your career</p><p>-what women who date men should know before partnering up with them</p><p>...and so much more that will make you feel a little more sane, and perhaps <em>actually</em> empowered</p>