About this episode

Linda Scott discusses the economic empowerment of women and the systemic exclusion they face in society.

No matter how much the “family values” crowd wishes for women to “return home where they belong”, Linda Scott, renown expert on women’s economy and author of The Double X Economy, knows women’s economic empowerment has traversed past the point of no return. It is - in every way - too late. It is too late to force women out of the market economy and back into the private, domestic sphere - without widespread damage to all of society. Notably, a fact that is not stopping patriarchs from trying to shove women backwards. In founding the concept of The Double X Economy, Linda revealed how women have been economically subjugated across the world and throughout history, demonstrating through extensive data and on-the-ground research how women have been systematically excluded from the entire financial order. Linda opens our eyes to the economic injustices women are subjected to around the globe, from corporate offices to rural farms, far beyond being denied paid work or being exploited for unpaid labor. In this episode, Elle talks to Linda about patriarchy’s most powerful and enduring tool used to keep women out of power and away from agency - economic exclusion - and why it is that…

People in this episode

Host: Elle Kamihira

Guest: Linda Scott

Topics covered

• women's economic empowerment
• patriarchy
• gender inequality
• economic exclusion
• The Double X Economy

Keywords

• economic empowerment
• gender equality
• patriarchy
• economic exclusion
• women's rights

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Books & works: The Double X Economy

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