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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I fully respect the concept of the mental load - it is real.

What bothers me about most mental load conversations is it often sounds like working moms reinventing the wheel. We actually had a time where women stayed home and it was understood that what they were doing was important and time consuming. Then in the 70s-90s it was decided that women at home were doing nothing/"baking cookies and having teas." NOW working moms have "discovered" everyting involved with taking care of kids and household and have to tell everyone about it.[/quote]

What?  No.  This doesn't even have to be a 'mom' thing.  A friend of mine, when she started her first post-law school position (so we were both pre-marriage, pre-kids) told me about running into a senior partner in the break room getting his lunch from the fridge.  She asked what he had packed and his response was, "oh, I never know, my wife packs my lunch every day." The dominant paradigm for SO LONG was that anyone (read: men) working full-time had a support spouse at home, especially if there was a house, pet, and/or kid(s) involved. [/quote]

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