How does a life spent studying gender equality translate to someone's real relationship' In 2021, Joe Pinsker wondered if the gender scholars he'd interviewed for his stories were able to take what they knew home with them. He discovered that they seemed better than the average individual at avoiding common patterns in different-sex relationships. But even all of their training couldn't prevent some pesky norms from creeping in: 'The women I interviewed tended to disproportionately handle the managerial elements of running a home, as well as their household's 'mental load''the invisible logistical and emotional work of, among other things, keeping track of when kids need new clothes, planning family outings, and remembering to send birthday cards to loved ones,' Pinsker wrote. Today's newsletter explores strategies to ensure an equal household'and why making that happen is so hard. I recently asked readers to share a photo of something that sparks their sense of awe in the world....
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