Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weaponized incompetence is when someone deliberately performs a task poorly to avoid doing it again. It happens in relationships, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weaponized incompetence has long been a problem for women in the workforce and at home. Now there's just a word for it.

A relatively newer term, weaponized incompetence has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years. My students love to discuss it, especially in the context of gender, as it most often points to ...

Mila had been dating her boyfriend for a year when she got pregnant. They had been keen to have a child together, but shifting into "nesting mode" gave Mila fresh eyes. Her boyfriend would constantly ...

One of the two working moms at the center of the new Peacock miniseries “All Her Fault” arrives late to a crucial business meeting with a potential client, offering an apology with a smile: “My ...

Last month, you asked “Kevin” to take notes during the meeting. Big mistake. You watched him sit there, pen dangling like a decorative accessory, while key decisions flew past unrecorded. You slipped ...

Weaponized incompetence ― or “strategic incompetence” as it’s sometimes called ― is the act of feigning incompetence at any one task (though usually an unpleasant one) to get out of doing it. When ...

My eighth-grade home economics class taught me that chores get done faster when you work in pairs. One person scrubs the dishes while the other dries and puts them away. So, imagine if your ...