By Adia Harvey Wingfield — 2016
When workers’ emotions deviate from what’s expected of their gender, they are often left to process the backlash on their own.
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Women with disabilities are often doubly penalized—for being women and for being disabled.
When men harm women, we obscure their role. Instead, we blame women for the injustice that happens to them.
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Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.
Individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential.
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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.
So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.
We hear a lot about the struggles of working women and the notion that we can create some semblance of order between managing responsibilities at home and at work. It’s the elusive work/life balance every working woman longs to achieve.
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