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Docs Outside The Box

220 – She makes more money than I do... am I cool with that?!

Docs Outside The Box

Dr. Nii Darko

Career, Education, Doctor, Medicine, Careers, Job, Business, Health & Fitness, Finance, Investing, Premed, Black, Money, Lifestyle, Mindset

4.9516 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! What’s good everyone! We all know that money talks in a relationship aren’t the smoothest especially when the breadwinner is the female. Today, we have more and more women going into medical school and graduating compared to men, which means that... it’s more likely that they’re going to earn more than their partner unless they're dating their colleagues. Join me and Dr. Renee in this episode as w...

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To learn more, check out set for life insurance.com. What's good, everyone. This is Dr. Ney. So I'm going to say

0:28.5

money, power, and respect. Once again, money, power, and respect is the key to life. And that is from

0:35.7

one of my favorite songs back in 1998. Actually, that's the name of the song. The name of the song is Money, Power, Respect. It was made by The Locks featuring Lil Kim. And this came out when I was a sophomore in college. And just real quick side note, like Lil Kim to this day, I think, is definitely underrated in terms of her delivery.

0:56.8

She had the coldest, coldest hook on this.

0:58.4

She just doesn't get a respect.

1:03.9

Anyhow, money power and respect is something that when I heard in 1998 was definitely my jam.

1:04.5

And as a man, I definitely relate to this, right?

1:06.9

I think it's easy to say that men play by these rules.

1:13.3

The question is, is do women play by these rules? I think it's easy to say that men play by these rules. The question is, is do women play by these rules? I think there are some women. I can't speak for all women. Y'all let me know, ladies, write in,

1:19.7

let me know. In terms of who listens to the show, I think there's more women listening to the show

1:24.0

than men. I get the stats. I got all that stuff. But as you all know, there are more women in medical school than men. And you all know what that means, right? For the most part, you all are going to be in the upper echelon in terms of salary. And more than likely, you're not going to be dating someone who's a doctor, which means that you're going to be making more than your partner. Let's be

1:44.4

honest with that. The question is, in terms of money, power, and respect, which men abide by, right?

1:50.0

We have the money, we think, in a relationship which confers a certain amount of power,

1:54.7

and that gives us, we think, a certain amount of respect. Does that work in a relationship

2:00.0

when you are trying to date someone

2:01.8

of the opposite sex or if you're just in a relationship with someone that you're making more money then?

2:06.6

How does that power dynamic structure differ? Right. Who asks who out? Who pays for dinner?

2:13.8

Who's the head of the household? I don't know. I'm not going to sit around here and put myself

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