Below are the best resources we could find on Gender Challenges and emotional labor.
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From remembering birthdays to offering service with a smile, life has a layer of daily responsibility that is hardly discussed—one which falls disproportionately on women. Finally confronting it could be a revolutionary step.
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Professor Arlie Hochschild examined what really happens in dual-career households.
Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed.
Effective strategies for discussing the invisible load you’re shouldering in the workplace.
Gemma Hartley, journalist and author, discussed her new book, “Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward,” on December 06, 2018. In this clip, she discusses the impact of emotional labour on women's careers, as well as the devaluation of this type of labour.
Day in, day out, women anticipate and manage the needs of others. In relationships, we initiate the hard conversations. At home, we shoulder the mental load required to keep our households running. At work, we moderate our tone, explaining patiently and speaking softly.
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It’s called emotional labor. And mothers have a lot of it.
In private life, we try to induce or suppress love, envy, and anger through deep acting or "emotion work," just as we manage our outer expressions of feeling through surface acting.
You can take concrete steps to more equitably divide emotional labor with your partner — starting with talking openly about the dynamic.
Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way. It started with the Sh*t I Do List.
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