Episode 66 Why Women Cheat and Lie with Susan Shapiro Barash
An expert in gender studies and the gender divide, TBD guest Susan Shapiro Barash describes how commuter-train eavesdropping led to her first book (and study), A Passion for More, about why women cheat in relationships. As she tells TBD, it’s likely more common than you think and growing.
Susan’s written work - and there are 13 nonfiction and 4 fiction books (the latter under her pen name Susannah Marren) - explores the roles of women in society, including taboo issues many are afraid to discuss. Her books explore women’s relationships, including rivalry (Tripping the Prom Queen), lying (Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets), second wives (Second Wives: The Pitfalls and Rewards of Marrying Widowers and Divorced Men ), and toxic friends (Toxic Friends).
A professor of gender studies, Susan explains what this all means for American women, wives, and society. One thing she makes clear is that “The most important and single act [to change things] would be if women earned equal pay for equal work, because until that is established, we're marginalized."
And yes, we asked whether she had cheated in a relationship. You’ll have to listen for her answer.
Episode recorded November 7, 2023
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Susan’s Books
A Passion for More (updated & revised edition) by Susan Shapiro Barash (2022)
The Nine Phases of Marriage by Susan Shapiro Barash (2012)
You’re Grounded Forever But First Let’s Go Shopping by Susan Shapiro Barash (2010)
Toxic Friends by Susan Shapiro Barash (2009)
Tripping the Prom Queen by Susan Shapiro Barash (2007)
Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets by Susan Shapiro Barash (2009)
Sisters: Devoted or Divided by Susan Shapiro Barash and Susan Lipp (1994)
The New Wife by Susan Shapiro Barash (2004)
Second Wives: The Pitfalls and Rewards of Marrying Widowers and Divorced Men by Susan Shapiro Barash (2000)
Mothers in Law and Daughters in Law: Love, Hate, Rivalry and Reconciliation by Susan Shapiro Barash (2001)
Women of Divorce: : Mothers, Daughters, Stepmothers The New Triangle by Susan Shapiro Barash (2002)
Reclaiming Ourselves: How Women Dispel a Legacy of Bad Choices by Susan Shapiro Barash (2001)
The Men Out There by Susan Shapiro Barash and Michelle Kasson, Ph.D
Maribelle’s Shadow by Susannah Marren (2023)
A Palm Beach Scandal by Susannah Marren (2020)
A Palm Beach Wife by Susannah Marren (2019)
Between the Tides by Susannah Marren (2015)