Women & Girls in Utah - with Dr. Susan Madsen

Breaking Down Patriarchy

Amy McPhie Allebest

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.9 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Amy is joined by Dr. Susan Madsen to discuss the current gender inequality experienced by girls and women in Utah, what we can do to create change, and why we need A Bolder Way Forward.

Dr. Susan R. Madsen is the Karen Haight Huntsman endowed professor of leadership in the John M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. She's also the founding director of the Utah Women in Leadership Project and is leading a statewide social change movement titled A Bolder Way Forward. Professor Madsen and her team have written extensive resources on women's leadership and they host many events each year to support the mission of their work. Susan is also a well-known global scholar, authoring or editing nine books and publishing hundreds of articles, chapters, and reports. Her research has been featured in the U.S. News & World Report, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and she is a regular contributor to Forbes. She's a well-known speaker in local, national, and international settings, and she's presented at Argentina's Parliament Palace, the House of Commons in England, Lithuania's Presidential Palace, the Costa Rica Parliament, and NGO sessions at the United Nations. She and her husband, Greg, are the proud parents of four adult children and six grandchildren.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy. I'm Amy McPhee, Allamest. You may have noticed that the title of this podcast is not breaking down the patriarchy. And that's on purpose. There's nothing wrong with saying the patriarchy, but when I think of it that way, I picture a group of men purposely and knowingly orchestrating laws to oppress women. Arguably, maybe that does happen
0:23.6	sometimes, but what's way more common is that patriarchy as a system or a concept pops up in
0:30.3	all different levels of human life. I have patriarchal constructs in my own mind. Sometimes my husband and I discover patriarchal expectations
0:39.7	that we didn't even know we're there in our marriage. There are patriarchal practices within
0:44.6	women's groups and schools and workplaces. And then, of course, most of our religions and our
0:50.2	governments are explicitly built on patriarchal foundations. Some religions and some states
0:55.5	may have more patriarchy and some have less, but it's really everywhere. For example,
1:01.1	if we're talking about states, in 2020, my family moved from the San Francisco Bay Area in California
1:06.7	to Utah. And we love living in Utah. We love the mountains and the national parks and we have
1:12.6	family and such a wonderful group of friends here. But I learned something this last year that on the
1:18.5	state level, if we're measuring for women's equity, gender equity, Utah ranks 50 out of all 50 states.
1:31.8	So suddenly I am a lot more interested in patriarchy at the state level. Why is Utah like this and what can be done about it? So here to talk about this issue with me
1:38.6	today is Dr. Susan Madsen. Hi, Susan. Welcome to the podcast. Oh, so good to be here. And I love to talk about these topics,
1:46.9	even though they're hard for some people and they're frustrating. I think it's important to
1:52.7	continue to talk about them so that we see and can teach and educate other people. Yes, exactly.
1:58.7	Well, I am so excited to learn from you about this. I have to say just
2:02.0	that I, like I said before we started, I've heard your name for years and years, and it is just
2:07.0	an honor to finally be able to meet you. And we'll start by having me just read your professional
2:12.3	biography really quickly first, and then we'll ask you to introduce yourself more personally.
2:17.4	Dr. Susan R. Manson is the Karen Height Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership. first, and then we'll ask you to introduce yourself more personally.
2:23.0	Dr. Susan R. Manson is the Karen Height-Hunzman endowed professor of leadership in the John M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. She's also the founding director of the Utah
2:27.9	Women and Leadership Projects and is leading a statewide social change movement titled
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