Wanting to ‘move on’ is natural – but women’s pandemic experiences can’t be lost to ‘lockdown amnesia’
- Written by: Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
The COVID-19 pandemic was – and continues to be – hugely disruptive and stressful for individuals, communities and countries. Yet many seem desperate to close the chapter entirely, almost as if it had never happened.
This desire to forget and move on – labelled “lockdown amnesia” by some – is understandable at...
