Leisure time for women, studies have found, often just means more work. Women are typically the ones who plan, organize, pack, execute, delegate, and clean up after outings, holidays, vacations, and family events. And in addition to being physically taxing, leisure for women can be mentally and emotionally draining, Gibson and other researchers have found, because women tend to feel responsible for making sure everyone else is enjoying the leisure activity and so are constantly taking the emotional temperatures of all involved.
