By Camonghne Felix — 2021
“I should have quit way before Tokyo.”
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Emotional labor is a paid chore, not a household chore.
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Much like the struggle to recognize the economic contributions of childcare for stay-at-home parents, there could be a similar gap in the working world. The definition of emotional labor being used here is that of unpaid, invisible work.
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