The Mental Load of Dinner: 5 Reasons Why We Feel the Weight of What's for Tonight

"What's for dinner?" Four words. And research shows that in the vast majority of households including those where both partners work full-time the answer to that question falls to women. Not just the cooking. The planning, the shopping list, the dietary preferences of every household member held simultaneously in memory, the judgment of whether there is enough food, the contingency plan if someone complains.