How WFH became ‘living at work’ for SA’s frazzled women academics | Business Insider

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Hundreds of women academics have spoken out about the difficulties of working from home when the pandemic struck - and they say the men in their lives made things much harder.

The pressures of working from home led to panic attacks, burnout, lower productivity and at least one divorce, the resulting study reports.

Researchers who analysed comments from 1,857 women at South Africa’s 26 universities add: “They were the ones to leave the room, change their schedules or seek alternatives, while their partners ‘got the study’.” Another told researchers led by Stellenbosch University’s Prof Jonathan Jansen: “I feel like I cannot compartmentalise work from home any more … because of the constant guilt over whether I am doing enough on all fronts.”

“My perception is that when something needs to be done, the men just sit on their hands while we women volunteer, without even noticing that we are the ones always doing it.” Academics who are also mothers, however, struggled the most. One said: “Unlike my husband, I can’t just close the door and dissociate myself from the needs of the rest of the family.” The mother of two toddlers said: “I have a very involved husband, but when we have a clash it is the women’s work that suffers.”

 

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BISouthAfrica This has got to be the single most stupid article I’ve ever read

BISouthAfrica Another stupid inconsequential wokeist article. If women can't stand the heat & pressure get out the kitchen. Plenty of non wokeist, non feminist fish in the sea!

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Comaaaan Mr Chambers! The female authors deserve better here. Diminishing at best. Insulting at worst 👀

Congrats cyrie as lead author on this important piece of work! Just for the record, Mr Chambers, we are social scientists, not 'female research partners'!

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