02/20/2024
"Women – particularly mothers – are still more likely than men to manage a more complex set of responsibilities. Unequal demands from home and work, societal norms, and accepted gender roles mean that far more women are experiencing burnout than men. To wit, a 2023 Gallup poll surveyed over 18,000 workers and found that 33% of women are currently burned out, while only a quarter of men feel the same.
We’re running on empty, but conditioned to believe we don’t actually deserve to rest. Rest is a privilege our society deems self-indulgent, a shameful luxury rather than a biological need.
While I don’t know what the answer is, I do know that the way we are living is not sustainable.
We must learn to take a break to avoid the breaking."
I could not have said this better myself. Thank you Erin (the OM place) for putting this into words for so many women!
We have no female equivalent to the term renaissance man because a woman who excels at many talents, in many areas, is so typical we simply call her a woman. ~David Gate, Renaissance Wow. My article on “wintering” (published January 22, 2024) really hit a collective nerve. I wrote that I am f...
