Posted on 04/19/2021 7:27:34 PM PDT by Rummyfan
More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, you've probably at least heard of Zoom fatigue – if not experienced it yourself – and now a new study has dug deeper into the reasons for it happening.
One of the primary drivers behind this video calling weariness seems to be what the researchers are calling "mirror anxiety", or the mental strain of having to constantly look at yourself, across what might be hours of meetings per day.
And the effect is more exhausting for women. Of the 10,322 people questioned for the study, around 1 in 7 women (13.8 percent) reported feeling "very" to "extremely" fatigued after Zoom calls, compared to around 1 in 20 men (5.5 percent).
"We've all heard stories about Zoom fatigue and anecdotal evidence that women are affected more, but now we have quantitative data that Zoom fatigue is worse for women, and more importantly, we know why," says psychologist Jeff Hancock, from Stanford University. The team's research is currently available as a preprint ahead of peer review.
The researchers used a previously developed Zoom & Exhaustion Fatigue (ZEF) scale to assess just how tough participants were finding spending a long time on video conferencing calls. (You can even try it out for yourself.)
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I have been working remote for 8 years. Some can’t handle it and it not as easy as everyone thinks.
Women spend more time looking at themselves. Who wouldn’t have guessed that...
usually it’s “women and children most affected?”
On ZOOM calls I tend to turn my camera off. I feel more comfortable that way.
They call it ‘fatigue’ when ‘anxiety’ might be more accurate. That’s like saying any objection to an idea as being ‘phobic’.
First World problem
-——a piece of masking tape over the camera works just fine.
Just put a smiley face filter and all will be well!
Cue the “swooning ladies” loops!
What they really hate is that the meeting leader can mute them.
Screw zoom. It’s got a place but a small one. Videoconferencing
My quote. Zoom ain’t putting solar panels on your house
Anxiety causes fatigue, so it’s not completely inaccurate.
Many people may not like what they see when they see themselves on Zoom, especially women. If a woman feels her appearance is not all she would want it to be, she isn’t going to like being on camera. Bad angles, bad lighting, hair and make-up not camera-ready, camera adding weight to the face - a nightmare for many women. Does Zoom have filters to make people look better?
A study asking women how they feel? Good luck with that.
I have been working remote for almost three years. We only use mics, no cameras, during our Skype/Teams calls. Sometimes we share screens. No cameras is better for everyone.
Didn’t a guy name Tubin an early pioneer of ZOOM stress mitigation
of course its affecting wimmin more
omfg
no
if its affecting wimmin more, you know its affecting men more, dealing with their own zoom fatigue and then listening to the women complain about how bad it is for them
For some reason, a little bitty inner part of me is offended when people leave off their camera on zoom meetings. If I wanted to make a telephone call I’d have made a telephone call.
Does this camera make me look fat?
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