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Emily and Ashley get into the "why didn't anyone help her" event in Idaho and the bystander effect. We encourage you to listen to this episode and share it with a friend. We are better together, especially as women.

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TW: Violence, Domestic Violence

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Show notes:

0:00-1:00 Intro

1:00 Ashley’s favorite current tiktok - women empowering women

2:00 Societal pressure for women finding a partner

4:00 Kids and phones

4:00-6:00 WTF with Marc Maron and phones

8:30-20:00 Let's Chat Coeur d’Alene Idaho

20:00 Diffusion of responsibility

23:00 Kitty Genovese murder

26:00 Return to Idaho town hall - Do you raise your hand when no one else does?

28:00 You can change the social norm of a situation

29:00 Seizure disorder and script

31:00 Fear for our own safety

32:00 Fear of being wrong

33:00 How do we get the message to the people who actually matter?

34:00 Ashley fell into exactly what is wrong with the patriarchy

35:00 Netflix Belle Gibson doc

37:00 -40:00 Raising kids in community

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

Tik tok video: UN Unty Tan

https://www.history.com/topics/crime/kitty-genovese

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Bystander-Effect-in-Non-Emergency-Situations%3A-Cox-Adam/2d8a412dab1aa0622b7345928687fd13a68b90a7

https://academy4sc.org/video/the-smoky-room-experiment-trust-your-instincts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese

https://www.simplypsychology.org/kitty-genovese.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/idaho-woman-removed-town-hall.html

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