Planning, stress and worry put the mental load on mothers – will 2022 be the year they share the burden?
- Written by Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, The University of Melbourne
The COVID pandemic has made the very private issue of the domestic division of labour – the way housework and childcare are divided – a very public issue.
During lockdowns, the burden of housework and childcare grew significantly for men and women in opposite-sex and same-sex couples both in Australia and elsewhere.
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