women and care tasks

in our society, care tasks have historically been left to women. Unfortunately, as the role of the daughter, wife, and mother has widened to allow for personal ambitions, careers, and equal

partnership in the working world, the pattern of placing the main responsibility for a family’s care tasks on the women in the family still remains. This leads many women to be overloaded with never- ending work from both their “real” jobs and relationships and their invisible duties of care tasks. Although men may struggle with completing care tasks, they are less likely to receive the message

from society that they are not worthy of love or not valid as a human if they are not good at these tasks. This distress becomes heavy and can permeate the mental health of women. But it does not have to be this way. Regardless of your gender, reflect on what messages you received about women and care tasks. How have these messages affected your view of women and your relationships with

them? How has it impacted your feelings about your own gender?