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‘Women Are Just Better at this Stuff’: Is Emotional Labor Feminism’s Next Frontier?

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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Rose Hackman
2015
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How to Talk to Your Boss About Emotional Labor

Effective strategies for discussing the invisible load you’re shouldering in the workplace.

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Gemma Hartley
2019
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This is Why Mothers Have So Much Emotional Labor

It’s called emotional labor. And mothers have a lot of it.

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Colleen Temple
2018
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How to Get Your Partner to Take on More Emotional Labor

You can take concrete steps to more equitably divide emotional labor with your partner — starting with talking openly about the dynamic.

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Britni de la Cretaz
2020
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The Hidden Load: How ‘Thinking of Everything’ Holds Mums Back

When it comes to household responsibilities, women perform far more cognitive and emotional labour than men. Why is this, and is there anything we can do about it?

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Melissa Hogenboom
2021
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Why Sharing “Emotional Labor” Is the Best Mother’s Day Gift

Emotional labor is the invisible work in families, disproportionately by moms.

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Alexandra Sacks
2019
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Please Stop Calling Everything that Frustrates You Emotional Labor

In our rush to bring greater awareness to gender frustrations that we’re just beginning to talk about publicly, we should remember that not all kinds of gender and relationship problems are in fact, emotional labor.

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Haley Swenson
2017
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What is Emotional Labor? 7 Steps to Sharing the Burden in Marriage

If the burden of domestic responsibilities falls squarely on your shoulders, get inspired by how this writer learned to stop taking on all the emotional labor in her marriage.

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Julie Compton
2018
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What Everyone’s Calling ‘Emotional Labor’ Is Actually Just Labor

Calling holiday planning “emotional labor” can be counterproductive to recognizing housework as labor.

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Marie Solis
2019
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Emotional Responsibility of Being a Mother Damaging Women's Mental Health, Study Finds

'They still hold the mental burden of the household even if others share in the physical work and this mental burden can take a toll,' says report's author.

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Maya Oppenheim
2019
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