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Podcast: The Mental Offload Podcast
Episode: Good Men and Garbage Men: Negotiating the Mental Load at Home
Description: Women are more aware of the mental load of the household than at any time in the past. The dynamics of domestic labor and parenting have historically been biased. The expectation: women would and should do the work of running the home and raising children. Even for women who work outside the home, the mental load often ends up squarely on their shoulders. Women put in 10 more hours of household labor than men each week (US data) And this impacts their careers. 57% of women feel that their careers are l...