Dr. Eliza Philby

And whereas true 21st century kids that have also grown up with, you know, a smartphone in their pocket since they were 13, you know, social media that yes, creates comparison, the thief of joy,

but also creates aspiration.

And you're not just defined by your immediate circle, your immediate community.

You're on your phone seeing what's possible.

Right.

Yes.

But it also, it does widen your world in a way that we did not have.

And it makes you think, I think...

Differently and bigger.

And I think it maybe is diluting for that generation the narrative of this is the path to success, become a lawyer.

I know it's ironic really because feminism certainly in the US in the 70s was about freeing the woman from the family you know and enabling and the kitchen sink and you know kind of you know widening opportunities and access for women and if you look at millennial women they're

And I'll tell it through one of the stories I demonstrate in the book.

I spoke to one girl who had a joint bank account with her mother and not one with her partner.

She wasn't married to him, but they'd been together over 15 years.

So her financial ties were with her mother.

and they had property together and they'd, you know, sort of, you know, very much sort of open dialogue and relationship with money with her mother.

But she was very clear that she wanted complete separate finances from her, from the partner.

And the reason I tell that sort of, um,

that story and her as an illustration is that for the daughters of the feminist pioneers, the millennial women, they found greater financial security in the bank of mom and dad than a male partner.

Not always true.