Are Christian women being good helpmates or are we all just ’mankeeping’?

‘Researchers suggest that a major issue with “mankeeping” is a lack of reciprocity - the burden it places on women’s time and well-being is not matched by a corresponding investment from men,’ says Ann-Louise Graham.

Are you “mankeeping”? Do you frequently find yourself tending to the social and emotional needs of the men in your life - whether they’re your single male friends or your husband, if you’re married? If so, researchers at Stanford University say that you may be at risk of engaging in a behaviour they call “mankeeping.” This emerging term describes the tendency to take on a caretaker role for the men in one’s life at the expense of one’s own wellbeing.