ARE you feeling calm, cool-headed and reasonable? Good, because I’m about to drop some sweeping generalisations that might even venture into…
ARE you feeling calm, cool-headed and reasonable? Good, because I’m about to drop some sweeping generalisations that might even venture into stereotype territory; this may be dangerous but so is pretending that Scotland has an equitable division of domestic labours.
There is an ecological labour gap whereby women seem to be shouldering more than their fair share , stemming from a cultural expectation that women should be the drivers of ecologically-friendly behaviours – particularly as they pertain to the family environment. Death by matrimony THE world is finally waking up to the “mental load” and social labour that predominantly women get to shoulder when they sign up for heterosexual, cohabiting relationships.READ MORE:In heterosexual relationships, women also tend to do more of the routine chores and men get lucky with, “which bin is it this week, love?”