Dear MEL Topic Readers,
No, you can’t just ask your wife to make a list. This is how to become equal household partners
Mental load is the cognitive effort involved in managing your work, relationships, family, and household. As it is often called invisible work, the mental load is cognitive and emotional labor to accomplish a task, including forethought, planning, and management, which are often invisible to and unnoticed by others or the partner. For example, if a couple has a baby that starts coughing, it is often the mother who starts thinking about what to do. But when the family car starts making noises, it is usually the man who takes the initiative to contact or visit a repair shop to solve the problem. In both cases, the mental load is involved that might not be equally shared by the partner. Indeed, women are taking most of the mental load of household chores that are often not shared by their partners. That is mainly because of how they grew up in their families and what social expectations usually are. So, just sharing household tasks like putting out trash bags or vacuuming the floor isn’t enough to really share the real workload. How should couples share the mental load? Read the article and learn about hidden workload.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/13/health/mental-load-sharing-tasks-wellness/index.html
No, you can’t just ask your wife to make a list. This is how to become equal household partners
Mental load is the cognitive effort involved in managing your work, relationships, family, and household. As it is often called invisible work, the mental load is cognitive and emotional labor to accomplish a task, including forethought, planning, and management, which are often invisible to and unnoticed by others or the partner. For example, if a couple has a baby that starts coughing, it is often the mother who starts thinking about what to do. But when the family car starts making noises, it is usually the man who takes the initiative to contact or visit a repair shop to solve the problem. In both cases, the mental load is involved that might not be equally shared by the partner. Indeed, women are taking most of the mental load of household chores that are often not shared by their partners. That is mainly because of how they grew up in their families and what social expectations usually are. So, just sharing household tasks like putting out trash bags or vacuuming the floor isn’t enough to really share the real workload. How should couples share the mental load? Read the article and learn about hidden workload.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/13/health/mental-load-sharing-tasks-wellness/index.html
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