Are women really settling for ‘subpar’ relationships?

Are women really settling for ‘subpar’ relationships?

What happens if the person you're in a relationship with doesn't quite meet all the qualities you look for in a long-term partner - yet you stay anyway?

It's a questions that journalist Eve Simmons asks in her new book, What She Did Next, which looks at why millennial women might settle for what she calls 'subpar' relationships - a term that’s used to describe something that’s below standard.

Eve joined Nuala McGovern in the Woman’s Hour studio earlier this week to talk about why she wanted to explore this idea.

They were also joined by psychotherapist and broadcaster, Lucy Beresford, who offered insight into the psychology behind why both men and women might choose to settle.

Listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 14 January.