The Mental Load Is Making Women's Sleep Suffer, Professor Says

You may have heard that, on average, women need 20 minutes more sleep than men a night. 

But one study has called the bedroom an “invisible workplace” for women, “in which women’s sleep needs are compromised by the unpaid physical and emotional labour necessary for the well-being and maintenance of their family”.

And another paper found that in countries with greater gender equality, both men and women get better shut-eye. 

It seems that even though women typically spend longer in bed than men, they’re not actually as well-rested.

Here, we spoke to Leah Ruppanner, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Melbourne...