Can Women Have A Career And A Family? - Kristina Durante - #528

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Kristina Durante. She's a professor of marketing at Rutgers business School and a social psychologist who studies the biology of decision making and evolution of female psychology. For the first time in history, many women have the opportunity to pursue a career as their primary life path. But does this prohibit them from also having a family? Do women actually want to be mothers or is it their only option? Do women actually want careers? Or is it just a shiny new opportunity? Expect to learn if women have an impulse to actually have children or just to have sex. Whether careers make women happy, whether the marriages of career women are more or less successful, whether women's ovulatory cycles change their preferences for bad boy mates, what buying expensive bags and shoes signals and much more. I very much appreciate Kristina's input and viewpoint here. I like the fact that she is an advocate for women's wealth. I like the fact that she is aware of some of the challenges that are faced in family lives of women that are pursuing careers and in the career lives of women that want to have a family. I think that the elephant in the room that continues to be ignored by mainstream messaging is that everybody needs to make trade-offs and sacrifices.
In order to be able to get past these problems and not have them completely destroy you and come out of nowhere, you need to be aware of what the data suggests and subjectively the experiences of people that have already tried to do things you're trying to do. So yes, very much appreciate the fact that we've got an evolutionary psychologist coming at this from a different angle. In other news, this episode is brought to you by MyProtein. They are the number one sports supplement company on the planet, literally the biggest in the world. I'm flying orange and mango clearway in a suitcase back over from the UK to America. That is how addicted to that stuff I am. If you need a new protein, I highly recommend that you check out their clearway. It's see-through, it's light and fruity. It looks and tastes like juice, but it has more protein in than a normal protein shake. It's so easy that you can drink it during a workout. Also, their layered protein bars are fantastic. They've just released a new collection of men's and women's clothing on their website. There is an unlimited number of sports supplements, protein foods and everything else. Anything that you need with regards to training, food supplements or clothing you can get from MyProtein. And there is a 37% discount on everything site-wide. Go to bit.ly slash protein wisdom. That takes you to my super secret product page and that unlocks the code. If you use that code, Modern Wisdom, a checkout, you will get 37% or greater off everything site-wide. Go to bit.ly slash protein wisdom and Modern Wisdom, a checkout. In other other news, this episode is brought to you by Verso. It's important to get the right exercise, nutrition and sleep as we age. But there is more that you can do for your longevity routine as well. Verso's cell being is a nicotinamide mononucleotide or NMN based supplement. NMN is a precursor to NAD and a decline in NAD is associated with age related diseases. This is a staple of most longevity hackers' supplement regimes and Verso has compiled everything together into one supplement. You've got your NMN, you've got your naturally derived micronized trans-rasveratrol and TMG3 of the most popular supplements that people who are doing longevity work rely on and it's been encapsulated into one product. All that you need to do is take tablets once per day. So if you've been wanting to get started with longevity supplements, this is a great place to begin. Head over to ver.so.modernwisdm or use the code MW15, a checkout, to save 15% on your order. That's ver.so.modernwisdm and MW15, a checkout. And in final news, this episode is brought to you by Craftd London. They are the number one men's jewelry brand on the planet, literally over half a million customers worldwide. I wore their Hourglass Necklace yesterday for an interview with the BBC, and I was dressed kind of smart, and usually it's kind of hard to wear jewelry if you dress smart, because you can sometimes look a little bit gauche, but it looked fantastic, which is one of the reasons that I like their stuff, because you can wear it if you're dressed casually, or if you're going to a more formal event. Crafted have got a huge range of products, necklaces, chains, pendants, bracelets, rings, and earrings in gold and silver. And they are sweatproof, waterproof, heatproof, gym proof, and come with a lifetime guarantee. So if they break for any reason while you've got them, they'll send you another one. Head to bit.ly slash cdwisdom. That's B-I-T dot L-Y slash letter C, letter D. Wisdom and the code MW15 will get you 15% off their entire collection, everything site wide. And they deliver no matter where you are in the world. But now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Kristina Durante.