Nov 28, 2019
Public opinion persists that women have a biological edge as
super-efficient multitaskers... but is this ideal actually
supported by evidence?
On episode 4 of The Superwoman Code we dive into the myth of
multi-tasking and the female brain. Is the female brain wired to
multitask better than men's brains are? What exactly does
multitasking do to our brain? Are we more efficient when we
multitask or are we just kidding ourselves?
Without giving too much away... turns out that the idea that women
are these amazing multitaskers isn't actually true. What it is is a
cultural implication made to, you know, make women feel like they
really do have to do it all. It's not that we're not good
multitaskers, it's that we're doing (in general) a higher workload
than our male counterparts.
In this episode, we'll also dive into how we can harness our hormones to help us be more efficient with our brain power; without overwhelming ourselves.
And... as an important note; it's not just in our home lives that these assumptions persist. These assumptions can influence the allocation of administrative tasks at the office - tasks like taking minutes and organising meetings should not be allocated based on gender. Governments need to dismantle these myths within their policies. Children add work that cannot be easily multitasked. Women need affordable, high-quality, and widely available childcare. Men also need access to flexible work, parental leave and childcare to share in this labour, and protections to ensure they aren't penalised for taking time to share in the care. We truly need to do better in our assumptions of "doing it all".
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