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Why Do Men Never Have to Reckon With Their Ambition?

Women are told they want 'too much', even as "too much" is what men already have
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Who Stands Behind Ambitious Women?
Celebrating the release of my new book "The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up — and Then Pushes Them Down" (and the women…
 • Stefanie O'Connell
36:13
"What We Inherit From Our Mothers In A World That Hates Them": The True Price of Shame
with journalist and author of "My Mother's Daughter," Tracy-Clark Flory
 • Stefanie O'Connell and Tracy Clark-Flory
41:31
“Why be a star when you can make a constellation?”
“Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success" with author Ruchika Malhotra
 • Stefanie O'Connell and I Want You To Win Too
26:58
Why Moms Fantasize About Being Hospitalized
When the only way to access meaningful rest and support is in your darkest daydreams
 • Stefanie O'Connell and Saumya Dave
Your Boss (Husband, Partner, Peer) Won’t Listen to You If He Doesn’t Listen to Women
And he doesn’t “get it” because he’s not even trying
 • Stefanie O'Connell
47:52
Why The Best Way to Reproduce Gender Inequality Is To Pretend It Doesn’t Exist
Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs on her book "Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us"
 • Stefanie O'Connell and Anna Malaika Tubbs
39:13
Is This The Only Career That Rewards Women for Having Children?
Cashing in on the fatherhood bonus by convincing other women to pay the motherhood penalty
 • Stefanie O'Connell and Fortesa Latifi
57:40
How "Mad Men" Paved The Way For Trad Culture (with Amanda Montei)
And why watching "Mad Men" makes men more likely to embrace misogyny
 • Stefanie O'Connell and Amanda Montei
What Hiding the Price of Ambition Actually Costs Women
It’s not just about what ambition costs women, it’s about how that cost compounds when we pretend it doesn’t exist
 • Stefanie O'Connell
TOO AMBITIOUS
TOO AMBITIOUS
Debunking the myths around women’s work, money and ambition fueling modern day gender inequality
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