Episode 143: True Equality: When it's OK to be Mediocre

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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We all need inspiration in the form of successful women. But sometimes the pitches I get about the latest amazing, do-it-all star who's 'killing it' can make me feel tired rather than inspired. Financial Times columnist Pilita Clark is in the same boat. She argues that true equality means not having to be utterly stellar to receive recognition. In this show we discuss her theory that women should be allowed to be as mediocre as any man.

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0:46.5	This time, we all love a bit of inspiration in the form of successful women.
0:51.8	After all, you can't be what you can't see, right? But maybe all that
0:56.2	lionising reveals an unpleasant truth. That women need to be just utterly brilliant,
1:04.3	utterly wonderful to get recognition. Actually, real equality boils down to not having to do that.
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