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We asked same-gender couples how they share the 'mental load' at home. The results might surprise you

  • Written by Caitlan McLean, PhD Candidate, Torrens University Australia
We asked same-gender couples how they share the 'mental load' at home. The results might surprise youShutterstock

Housework is rarely split evenly, for lots of different reasons. Sometimes it’s tied to who has more time at home or more physical capacity, but most of the time it is linked to gender and gender roles.

A significant body of research has looked at how heterosexual couples divide housework, so we decided to look more closely at...

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