Saturday, April 24, 2021

Zoom Burnout Is Real — but It’s Worse for Women. - Alisha Haridasani Gupta, NY Times

In a new study, women reported higher levels of fatigue associated with video calls than men. The solution, though, isn’t as simple as not having video calls. Now, research from Stanford University published on Tuesday found that women experience significantly more Zoom fatigue than men. The research, which hasn’t been peer-reviewed, suggests that video calls simply amplify the longstanding gender dynamics in group settings and exacerbate an already wide gender stress gap, with women consistently reporting more stress and stress-related health conditions than men, according to the American Psychological Association.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/zoom-fatigue-burn-out-gender.html