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Mieke Beth Thomeer, a sociology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said women tend to be disproportionately responsible for “kinkeeping” such as checking on parents and grandparents whose health is now at risk.

Women do not have magical kinkeeping powers and more than women have magical chores/managing doctor visits powers.

One possible explanation is that men still shoulder less of what researchers call “kinkeeping” — arranging for calls and visits, sharing family news, planning holiday gatherings.

The “magical kinkeeping glue” is a series of behaviors.

One possible explanation is that women still shoulder more of what researchers call “kinkeeping” — arranging for calls and visits, sharing family news, planning holiday gatherings.