Multitasking is not a woman's forte.

Multitasking is not a woman's forte.

I've often come across quoted headlines like "Women Are the Best Multitaskers" and "How Women Saluted the Art of Multitasking," but why do they always talk about women? Aren't a delightful family, a rewarding career, and mental solitude the foremost requirements for the majority of people out there? Recent studies show that women aren't any better than men at multitasking. They are just doing more work, and juggling responsibilities has consistently been perceived as a woman's domain.

The naked truth, the plain, unadorned fact, is that no one has mastered multitasking, neither men nor women. When I mull over headlines from articles like "Female Success Isn't Quite as Appealing as Some Women Believe," I can't help but notice working women and their relationships these days.

From finding a date and taking care of kids to thriving in a career and juggling relationships, life is constant chaos for a woman. The amount of resilience that it takes for women to handle the frantic mix of work, dating life, kids, society, and family is never a piece of cake. These women aren't getting enough time to even bake cakes for themselves. And the bitter better solution turns out to be multitasking.

As per research, the human brain is only capable of doing one particular task at a time, and doing two or more tasks at a time will often lead to inefficient and time consuming results. That being said, if multitasking strains women's brains, why are they still expected to work on several things at a time? A working mum after childbirth or a single woman with multiple responsibilities, while multitasking for a prolonged period, will experience mental health deterioration, which will inevitably cause some women to leave the workforce. Achieving work life balance isn't as easy as it is on Pinterest boards, which makes it exhausting for plenty of women when society expects a woman to do all the work. Women are confronting endless problems and tasks in their work and lives, and only a few manage them adequately. So, the consequences of this drastic myth of "doing it all" always fall on women's heads.

After all, I can't stop thinking about why Indian goddesses have multiple hands.

Why do we only appreciate women who handle work and family like pros?

And why is childcare still being left to women?

Multitasking cannot be a woman's thing, and it has never been a woman's forte.