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Mental load Thanks for correcting me ! Mental load Mental load is a term used to describe the fact that in our everyday life, we have to think about a lot of things : the shopping list ; the kid's appointment to the dentist ; the fridge that has to be cleaned ; etc. The french illustrator Emma has popularised this term with a comic in whitch she explains the fact that in a lot of couples, the woman has to take care of almost all these preoccupations. That's even true in couples where tasks are equitably distributed. For exemple, in a lot of couples, even if the man takes care of the housework as much as the woman, she often has to remind him "Could you please vacuum the living room before the guests come ?" "Could you help me to prepare the dinner ?" "Did you tought to buy milk ?" etc. In this schema, both are sharing the housework, but the woman is way more concerned than the man, and always has to lead, by defining what has to be done, when and who is in charge of which task. If it doesn't seems to be something too serious, in the long run, that could be exhausting for the person in charge of the mental load, because she has to deal with her housework and with her partner's housework by reminding him what he has to do, because without being asked, he often will not take the initiative. That's something stressful, because you feel responsible of everything, and you never have time to rest, because there is always something to think about. To avoid this problem, it's important that both part of the couple try to feel concerned by the housework and to take initiatives. The man's role is not the help the woman, both should be equally concerned by the mental load and helping each other to deal with it. Of course, that's not valable for all couples. Sometimes the mental load is equitably distributed, sometimes that's the men who deals with too much mental load, sometimes one has more mental load but because the other has a really time-consuming work, etc. Emma doesn't critisice the repartition of the mental load in those couples but invite us to think if we are not resting too much on the other when we could do more. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/26/gender-wars-household-chores-comic Thanks again for helping me !

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Mental load

Thanks for correcting me !

Mental load

Mental load is a term used to describe the fact that in our everyday life, we have to think about a lot of things : the shopping list ; the kid's appointment to the dentist ; the fridge that has to be cleaned ; etc. The french illustrator Emma has popularized this term with a comic in which she explains the fact that in a lot of couples, the woman has to take care of almost all these preoccupations. That's even true in couples where tasks are equitably distributed. For example, in a lot of couples, even if the man takes care of the housework as much as the woman, she often has to remind him "Could you please vacuum the living room before the guests come ?" "Could you help me to prepare the dinner ?" "Did you thinkt to buy milk ?" etc.
In this schema, both are sharing the housework, but the woman is way more concerned than the man, and always has to lead by defining what has to be done, when and who is in charge of which task.
Even if it doesn't seems to be something too serious, in the long run it could be exhausting for the person in charge of the mental load, because she has to deal with her housework and with her partner's housework by reminding him what he has to do, because without being asked, he often will not take the initiative. This is stressful, because you feel responsible for everything, and you never have time to rest, because there is always something to think about.
To avoid this problem, it's important that both members of the couple try to feel concerned for the housework and take initiative. The man's role is not to help the woman; both should be equally concerned by the mental load and help each other deal with it.

Of course, this is not the case for all couples. Sometimes the mental load is equitably distributed, sometimes it's the man who deals with too much mental load, sometimes one has more mental load but because the other has a really time-consuming work, etc. Emma doesn't criticize the partition of the mental load in those couples but invites us to think about whether we are not resting too much on the other when we could do more.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/26/gender-wars-household-chores-comic

Thanks again for helping me !
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The 2nd half

In this schema (schema is a not commonly used noun, perhaps "...in this arrangement'?, both are sharing the housework, but the woman is way more concerned than the man, and always has to lead, by defining what has to be done, when and who is in charge of which task.
Even if this it doesn't seem s to be something too serious, in the long run, th it at could be exhausting for the person in charge of the mental load, because she has to deal with her housework and with reminding her partner's housework by reminding him what he has to do, because without being asked, he often will not take the initiative. This is sometimes stressful That's something stressful, because you feel responsible of for everything, and you never have time to rest, because as there is always something to think about. (unnatural to use 'because' more than once in a sentence in this way)
To avoid this problem, it's important that both parties of the couple try to be aware of feel concerned by the housework and to take initiatives. The man's role is not the help the woman, both should be equally concerned by the mental load and helping each other to deal with it. 

Of course, that's not valable valid?for all couples. Sometimes the mental load is equitably distributed, sometimes that's it's the man  who deals with too much mental load, sometimes one has more mental load but because the other has a really time-consuming work, etc. Emma doesn't criticise sice the repartition of the mental load in those couples,  but invites us to think consider if we are not resting relying too much on our partner the other when we could do more.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/26/gender-wars-household-chores-comic

Thanks again for helping me !

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Hey Koumi, here are a few suggestions. I've split it in too because it wouldn't accept the entier document.

I hope it helps !

Andrew

Mental load

Thanks for correcting me !

Mental load

Mental load is a term used to describe the fact that in our everyday life, we have to think about a lot of things : the shopping list ; the kid's appointment to at the dentist ; the fridge that has to be cleaned ; etc. (it would be more natural to say ..the kids dental appointment, cleaning the fridge etc) The french illustrator Emma has popularised this term with in a comic in whitch she explains the fact that in a lot of (many couples ('many' is better, a lot of is not wrong), it is the woman who has to takes care of almost all these preoccupations. That's This is even true in couples where tasks are equitably distributed (shared might be better). For example, in a lot of couples, even if the man takes care of the housework as much as the woman (or, even if the man does as much housework as the woman,), she often has to remind him "Could you please vacuum the living room before the guests come (guests arrive)?" "Could you help me to prepare the dinner ?" "Did you tought think to/remember to buy milk ?" etc.

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