Episode 1 - Meet the Hosts
What are everyday women discussing and struggling with regarding work/life balance? And why has this remained a seemingly uniquely female problem?
Meet hosts Christie Derrico & Maura Carlin as they explore these issues in the premiere episode.
Further Reading:
“I Don’t Know How She Does It” by Allison Pearson (2002)
“Mompreneurs” by Ellen Parlapiano & Patricia Cobe (2002)
“Unfinished Business” by Anne Marie Slaughter (2015)
“Invisible labor can negatively impact well-being in mothers” (Arizona State University, 2019)
90% of women say they’re responsible for family scheduling; 70% responsible for family routines and assigning chores. 80% responsible for dealing with schools/teachers. In survey, 65% were employed.
“Your Turn: Careers, Kids, and Comebacks - A Working Mother’s Guide” by Jennifer Gefsky & Stacey Delo (2019)
“Coronavirus pandemic disproportionately affecting female-owned small businesses” (US Chamber of Commerce, 2020)
“My husband paid me $15 an hour to be a stay-at-home mom. Here's what I learned.” (Business Insider, 2020)
Article by Melissa Petro about convincing her husband to “pay” her for childcare, housework, etc. Found she needed a second job to pay for personal expenses and she could not complete everything in 8 (or 10) hours. It was a 24 hour job for which she wasn’t compensated. Ultimately put kids in daycare.
“6 things women shouldn’t do when starting a business” (CNBC, 2020)
“The Megaphone of Main Street: Women’s Entrepreneurship, Spring 2018” (Score.org)
Women currently are majority owners of 39% of U.S. small businesses, a 45% increase from 2007 to 2016, according to SCORE, a network of volunteer business mentors sponsored by the Small Business Administration. These businesses employ nearly 9 million people and generate more than $1.6 trillion in revenue each year.
Women entrepreneurs have an uphill road, says certified financial planner Stacy Francis, president and CEO of Francis Financial in New York. “Around 20% of small businesses, in general, fail in the first year, and 50% do not survive beyond five years,” she said.
“Learning From Women-Owned Small Businesses: The Most Important Sector Of Our Economy” (Forbes, 2020)
“The Balance Project: A Novel” by Susie Orman Schnall (2015)
“Dear Guy: ‘I feel like I’m my husband’s maid!’” (Ted.Ideas, 2020)
“Stuck-At-Home Moms: The Pandemic's Devastating Toll On Women” (NPR, 2020)
“Doug Emhoff paused his career for his wife Kamala Harris’s aspirations — and became the campaign’s ‘secret weapon’” (Washington Post, 2020)
“New Data Shows Women Are Being Pushed Out Of The Workforce By A ‘Termination Gap’” (Forbes, 2020)
“Covid-19 Is Forcing Women From The Workplace In Record Numbers—And We Don’t Know When They’ll Be Back” (Forbes, 2020)
“Women in the Workplace 2020” (McKinsey & Company, 2020)