Love Factually The Devil Wears Prada (2006) with Paige Harden
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Apr 20, 2026 Paige Harden, a professor and author who studies genetics and human behavior, discusses career, gender, and identity themes in The Devil Wears Prada. They explore women leaders facing penalties, how appearance and professional identity shape opportunities, and how relationships adapt when one partner changes. Conversations touch on mentorship, workplace ethics, and cultural messages about career trade-offs.
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Partner Growth Outside The Relationship Can Push You Apart
- Relationships can falter when one partner undergoes self-expansion separate from the relationship.
- Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick cite Katie Carswell's work showing repeated external growth drives partners apart when new interests don't connect to the other person.
Disintegrated Work And Home Selves Increase Dishonesty
- Compartmentalizing a work self from a home self increases likelihood of unethical behavior at work.
- Miriam Kuchaki's studies show thinking about low integration between selves makes people more likely to lie on unmonitored tasks like reporting coin flips.
Women Are Penalized More For Tough Leadership
- Women leaders receive harsher penalties than men for using autocratic, demanding styles.
- The hosts note experimental evidence that the penalty increases if the subordinate is also a woman, illustrating gendered backlash in leadership perception.
