It's well known that in many relationships, women undertake the majority of the housework, mental load, and caring responsibilities, but new research has found that men often also steal time from their partners so that they can exercise.

This means the woman will stay at home and give up even more of her precious time to carry out additional household duties, while the man has extra time off to work out.

To find out how we know this to be true, and what can be done to counteract it, The Quicky speaks to the co-author of the study, and several of you to discuss how common this is, and what we can do to reclaim our own time.

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Lyndall Strazdins - Professor and ARC Future Fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, at the Australian National University. She is a recognised leader in the field of work, family and wellbeing, especially the role played by work time and the pressures and health challenges for families to combine work with caring, or for young adults to combine work with study. 

Professor Strazdins recently published the results from her study showing that men work out on time borrowed from women.

Outlouders - Thank you to everyone who donated their stories and experience for this episode. Please note these have been voiced by members of the Mamamia team.

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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