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ArticlePloS one2023

The management of cognitive labour in same-gender couples.

Caitlan McLean, Connie Musolino, Alice Rose, Paul R Ward

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Caitlan McLeanResearch Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3357-5911
Connie MusolinoStretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Alice RoseCentre for Workplace Excellence, Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Paul R WardResearch Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5559-9714
Torrens University Australia · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUUniversity of South Australia · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study explored how cognitive labour as a form of unpaid, household labour is performed by people in same-gender couples.

backgroundExcessive performance of unpaid labour has been associated with several health impacts. Cognitive labour (anticipating needs, identifying options for meeting needs, making decisions and monitoring progress) is an underexamined dimension of unpaid labour which has centered on the experiences of heterosexual couples.

methodDyadic and individual interviews were carried out to explore how cognitive labour was performed in same-gender couples between March and October 2021 using an inductive methodology. Adults who were in a same-gender couple, had lived with their partner for at least six months, were not living with children were recruited largely via social media.

resultsExamining cognitive labour performance amongst same-gender couples revealed four key themes: 1) habitually fostered patterns of trust; 2) agency in redefining family; 3) barriers to cognitive harmony; and 4) facilitators to cognitive harmony. Findings regarding the relationships between themes are presented in a narrative model. Dyadic interviews allowed for deep, narratives relating to cognitive labour performance.

conclusionsThe narrative model provides new conceptual understanding of how cognitive labour is performed outside of the heteronormative sphere. Couple's adoption of a strengths-based frame to cognitive labour performance removed the opposition inherent in gender dichotomies. These findings support calls for research to incorporate social change to build and refine theory, including how queer and feminist movements have challenged gendered and heteronormative family and household roles.

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Labor, ObstetricSexual and Gender MinoritiesAdultChildCognitionFamily CharacteristicsFemaleGender IdentityHumansPregnancy

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