Imagine a world where one half of the population has gaslighted the other for, like, ever.
A world where 50 per cent of humans had been convinced they held a particular, special skill that the other half did not.
Imagine that embracing the skill in question meant one half of the population had to do – let’s say – twice as much work as the other half, because they were peculiarly suited to handling more, juggling more, remembering more.
And imagine that the other half of the population, simpler, more fragile creatures that they are, had to just sit by – in front of a television, perhaps – and rest while all this work was being done. Because they were not cut out for such things.
Now, imagine if that percentage of the population who did not possess the special skill were actually held in higher esteem than those who did. They were paid more and they were awarded more powerful, prestigious jobs than the skilled people.
Well, yes, you guessed it: Welcome to your world, women.
On Tuesday, on Mamamia‘s daily deep-dive podcast The Quicky, I listened to Eve Rodsky – an American lawyer, business strategist and mother – talk about her new book, Fair Play. It’s a book that deals with one of the major preoccupations of our time – how is it that in an age where woman are working outside the home, they’re also running the home? It’s the mental load, the endless checklist of what needs to be done to for everyone else and everything else.
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Not so much now bur in thwe past sons were waited on by their mothers and sistets and not expected to pitch in as were fathers.I think its gotten better and would hope sons are being made to do their equal share, so that future wives wont be lumped with a manbaby and a mother in law that complains because her little boy is being made to do his share
What exactly is the definition of "muti-tasking" being used here? I always thought it was about trying to do 6 things at the same time.
Here, it appears to be thinking about appointments or what's in the fridge and if we need toilet paper bread and milk, remembering birthdays, spousal laziness, workload - I thought that was already classified under the term emotional labour or unpaid domestic duties.
Try as I might, it's so hard to keep up with the shifting definitions here.
To be honest the whole idea of “multi-tasking” is part of the con. No one care really do multiple things well at the same time.
Agreed. However do you think the definition has been 'stretched' here somewhat into something it is not?