019 | The Invisible Tax: What the Messy Room Research Reveals About Women's Hidden Load
Why does a messy house feel like a personal failing for so many women, even when their partner insists no one cares? In this episode I unpack the research on mess perception, kinkeeping and office housework that reveals what I call the Invisible Tax: the cognitive and emotional load women carry at home and at work that is rarely seen, rarely measured and almost never rewarded.
I share a study where more than 600 people judged identical messy rooms differently depending on whether the name on the door was John or Jane, and a moment from one of my keynotes where I asked a room full of women to…
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