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Women aren't better multitaskers than men – they're just doing more work

  • Written by Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne
Science doesn't appear to support the modern myth that women are super-human multitaskers.From shutterstock.com

Multitasking has traditionally been perceived as a woman’s domain. A woman, particularly one with children, will routinely be juggling a job and running a household – in itself a frantic mix of kids’ lunch boxes,...

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