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How the Mental Load Penalty Hurts Women Careers
This episode of Women at Work with Fexingo explores the mental load penalty—the invisible, unpaid cognitive labor women disproportionately shoulder in the workplace. Lucas and Luna unpack a 2023 Harvard Business Review study that found women in dual-career couples spend 18 percent more time on household management tasks, and how that pattern shows up in offices: tracking project details, scheduling meetings, remembering team birthdays. They discuss how this invisible work distracts from strategic thinking and promotion-ready assignments. Using examples from consulting and tech, they offer…
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