It's All Relative with Dr Eliza Filby

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• What Happens When She Becomes the Breadwinner?

  October 16, 2026 · 33 min

  Women are earning more than men in more relationships. So why does being the breadwinner still feel like a trap?Female breadwinners, women earning more than their husbands, the mental load, mankeeping, gender roles and the economics of…

• Is Being Childfree Really an Economic Advantage? | The Hidden Economics of Being Childfree

  October 5, 2026 · 19 min

  We’ve spent years talking about the motherhood penalty. It’s time we talked about the eldercare penalty.The number of childfree women and women without children is rising, raising some fascinating questions about money, pensions…

• Should We Retire With Our Friends? How Older Women Are Redefining Retirement

  September 23, 2026 · 19 min

  Have I saved enough for retirement? Perhaps we should also be asking: who do I want to spend retirement with?We talk endlessly about retirement planning, pensions, financial security, ageing and longevity. But there's another form of…

• Female Time Penalty | Why Corporate Time Favours Men Over Women

  September 14, 2026 · 24 min

  Women and men don't start the working day with the same relationship to time and we rarely talk about it.The pink tax, female time penalty, mental load, women at work, gender inequality, emotional labour, workplace productivity and AI are…

• The Generational Inequality of Housing

  September 11, 2026 · 26 min

  The housing ladder is broken. For Millennials and Gen Z, buying a home increasingly requires a leap.The UK housing crisis, first-time buyers, house prices, mortgages, renting, the Bank of Mum and Dad, and inheritance have fundamentally…

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