Mini Heavy Hitters: Getting Old and Hating Women

It’s the last episode of the season! While we’re out for the next few months, our task for you (should you choose to accept it) is to tell your friends to listen to our cool podcast and to write a review - it’s the second best way to support us other than straight up giving us money, and it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy. Do it, I double dog dare you.

Anyway, I digress.

This week, we decided to revisit the old mini-heavy hitter format and talk about some things we don’t have the capacity to do full episodes about. Olivia discussed her observations regarding the way men treat women in romantic and sexual relationships, specifically in that they don’t seem to like women very much. It may be a factor of conditioning, insecurity, and misplaced resentment, but there’s a strangely common culture of men not actually enjoying being around women. They never want to be friends with women, have no interest in them as people, but they feel entitled to them as romantic and sexual partners. We also discussed what can be done about it, both on a societal level and when it comes to our close relationships.

She also gave an overview of how we treat people who treat others poorly, otherwise known as “bad people.” Her hot take? That we should take them less seriously (unless they’re, you know, pro genocide). Got a weird lady getting way too aggressive about the selection of soda at a restaurant? One-up her! Get way madder about it, but be on her side. She‘ll be so caught off-guard by your energy-matching, she won’t even want to be angry anymore.

I briefly covered my experience reading Dr. Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal and what it taught me about growing old, getting terminally, and dying in America. For the record, this book eased a lot of my fears of the unknown of getting old, losing my abilities and cognition, and ultimately meeting my end. If you’re feeling some anxiety in that department, this book is tough but helped me feel much more prepared that I did before.

I also covered my knowledge of the retirement system in the U.S. and how deceiving it can be to those who don’t understand it. Long story short: open a 401(k) and a Roth IRA NOW. I don’t care if you don’t make a lot of money. I don’t care if you can only save $5 a month. I don’t care if you think the U.S. won’t exist in 60 years (worst case scenario you’re wrong and homeless). I know the retirement system is only possible for people who have bank accounts and enough money to not have to spend it the second they have it. If it’s at all possible, DO IT. Even saving a few years early can put you in a significantly better position when you’re older, and it’s so important to prepare as early as possible. Especially if you’re in your 20s.

And that’s all folks! We’ll keep you posted as to how long we’ll be away and keep our Patreon on pause until we come back. Remember we can always be contacted via email, social media, and on our website! We’ll miss you terribly, darlings.