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When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
For decades, researchers have tried to understand how couples divide housework when both partners earn money.
While mothers who earn more may be able to outsource some of the physical work in the household, the mental load is huge – and remains a barrier to gender equality.
One father over-engineered his smart home so much, his kids struggled to turn the lights on and off.
Parents told us how the ever-present juggle of budgets and the realities of family life strained relationships and increased their mental load.
Many people assume labour is evenly split in same-gender couples. Our study revealed that’s not always necessarily the case.
Far from progressing, the position of women in management in companies is regressing. Several post-pandemic factors are at work, but both men and women are losing out.
Women in equal relationships are more satisfied with their relationships and, in turn, feel more sexual desire than those in unequal relationships.
We must redress the challenges of unpaid domestic work and the mental load on women’s physical, mental and economic health and well-being.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Research Fellow, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Tufts University
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