In trying to explain inequality between the sexes - we often arrive at the idea that women inhabit the emotional realm, and that men inhabit the thinking realm - and in the hierarchy of realms, thinking is considered superior.

In this episode, trauma and dissociation specialist Christine Forner crushes the “feelings versus thought hierarchy” and breaks down how absurd - and harmful - this fictional concept is. She also takes Elle on a deep dive into what human emotion, or the affective circuitry - as she calls it - actually is and how it works.

You will never again think of emotions as a trait reserved for certain groups, or something to control, or separate your thinking from - but rather something every human being on the planet depends on to be a human being. Also included: Taylor Swift’s feminism, how to process your trauma by competing in Iron Man races, and some very good ideas about how we can cure patriarchy.