What is Mental Load?

Name: What is Mental Load?
Uploaded: 2023-11-25T11:15:03+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Vanessa Marin
Description: Short video transcript in which Vanessa Marin defines 'mental load' as the invisible, ongoing cognitive labor of running a household and family—tracking…

25 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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Short video transcript in which Vanessa Marin defines 'mental load' as the invisible, ongoing cognitive labor of running a household and family—tracking tasks, deadlines, preferences, and supplies—and notes research showing women in male–female relationships carry the majority of this burden.

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The invisible labor that goes into running and maintaining a household and a family. So it's not just the tasks and chores and responsibilities themselves. It's all the information that you need to keep track of about those tasks. So it's not just like, oh, I got to do the laundry. It's, oh, Timmy needs to have his soccer jersey by Tuesday. And I can't put these pants into the dryer because they shrink. And I have to buy this kind of laundry detergent. And we're almost out of the laundry detergent, so I need to get more laundry detergent on my next trip to the grocery store. Mental load is never ending. And it is all encompassing. And research has shown that in male female relationships, the vast majority of mental load falls on the woman's shoulders.