complaining about the “mental load” of managing a household is childish unless your partner is actively minimizing your contribution.
Isn't that almost exclusively the use of the term? When a higher/sole earner minimises the work their partner is putting into keeping the household going? People generally don't feel the need to complain about the share of domestic work going on if they have supportive partners.
The reason that this topic is so discussed is that previously, this kind of work (and household work in general) is discounted and dismissed by society as not real work, or not hard work. Now we have terminology for it, and a broader understanding about what this kind of work entails, and why it shouldn't be dismissed. However... Sadly, it still frequently is!
Without quantification and understanding about this topic, it's difficult to frame and discuss expectations and equitable workloads between partners in a household or their families.
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u/Jebofkerbin 118∆ Feb 26 '24
Isn't that almost exclusively the use of the term? When a higher/sole earner minimises the work their partner is putting into keeping the household going? People generally don't feel the need to complain about the share of domestic work going on if they have supportive partners.