Can it really be thirty years ago that Shirley 'life's too short to stuff a mushroom' Conran wrote the book and colloquialised the term 'Superwoman' for the female career/domestic juggler? I had to check. I thought it was a 1980s term and to me it was personified in the 90s by Nicola 'having it all' Horlick (my old school chum from Birkenhead High, I kid you not!). But unbelievably Shirley Conran wrote Superwoman in 1975!
And 30 years on, it seems we're still at it, sisters! The noughties version is 'Do it Alls'. Do it Alls or DIALLs is the current handle, immortalized in Bibby's report on the domestic burden. The survey found that most women spend in excess of 3 times more hours on housework than their male partners.
Having been there, done that, sported the t-shirt (lost it and donned it a second time), and built a business helping others to work life balance, I was recently interviewed by the Liverpool Daily Post for my comments. You can read the interview in full here.
But in the meantime, what's your take on this, readers? Male and female, air your personal experiences of sharing the domestic load right here on the worksmartplayhard.co.uk blog. Guys please have your say. What's your angle on Shirley Conran's other famous quote 'you don't need a pair of breasts to take a child to the dentist'.
And don't forget, if your life needs a little fine tuning in the balance department, you're in the right place at worksmartplayhard.co.uk. Just email me at info@worksmartplayhard.co.uk to book your complimentary taster coaching session.
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