Bec Syed

Absolutely.

Before we get into it though.

Yeah.

I think it's a really good one for the two of us.

And, you know, VD is out of town and we can go rogue here.

It's, again, one of those episodes where maybe we have a substitute teacher and we're just watching a movie, it's raining outside, and we can kind of just do whatever we want.

But I think it's also, I think we're very much on the same page in this episode.

I totally agree.

And I think it is a shame and it's something that I wish didn't exist because when it comes to gender issues and stuff, and I know that still in 2026, even though it's pretty obvious by now there is a double standard and there are unrealistic expectations, I think that

Everyone wants to be heard and seen.

I know that the same thing applies for men, but we have to acknowledge that it's probably a little bit more strict for women.

So it's an uncomfortable thing to address.

But I think when it comes to who sets and sustains these social norms, I really want to talk about also in which social iteration are we talking?

There have been so many different types of social norms over the

centuries, millennia, millenniums, whatever.

And I'm thinking, like, now it's unfortunate.

We're in this one.

It's just completely made up.

But here we are.

We have these social norms.