double burden
Two simultaneous responsibilities
Double burden refers to the combination of two demanding responsibilities that must be carried simultaneously.
The phrase most commonly describes the situation of working women who perform paid employment while also handling the majority of unpaid domestic labor and childcare at home: Many mothers face the double burden of full-time work and household management.
The term highlights how certain groups—especially women—shoulder disproportionate loads that others don't.
Defeated by sheer volume
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
strain · pressure · overwork · anxiety · multitasking · demanding · workload · coping
Work done without payment
- domestic dutiesWork maintaining a home
- second shiftEvening work period
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
childcare · housework · caregiving · motherhood penalty · family responsibilities · gender expectations · emotional labor · career gap
Support for the aged
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- dependentsPeople financially supported
- unpaidNot yet compensated
- familyRelated people together
homecare · sandwich generation · caregiver · nurturing · responsibility · sacrifice · kinship · provision
Measurable difference between things
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
discrimination · underprivileged · oppression · inequity · stratification · health disparities · systemic · structural
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
juggling · strain · pressure · overwork · anxiety · multitasking · demanding · workload · coping · overcommitment
unpaid labor
Work done without payment
- domestic dutiesWork maintaining a home
- second shiftEvening work period
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
gender roles · childcare · housework · caregiving · motherhood penalty · family responsibilities · gender expectations · emotional labor · career gap · part-time work
eldercare
Support for the aged
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- dependentsPeople financially supported
- unpaidNot yet compensated
family · homecare · sandwich generation · caregiver · nurturing · responsibility · sacrifice · kinship · provision · support
disparity
Measurable difference between things
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
vulnerability · discrimination · underprivileged · oppression · inequity · stratification · health disparities · systemic · structural · intersectionality
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- women's laborworking women, women workers, female workforce, women in STEM, women in leadership
double burdenshared responsibility
Duty divided among parties
equal partnership · co-parenting · mutual support · work-life balance · partnership
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