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I don't think you're using the term "Emotional Labor" in the usual sense [0] "Emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill th
by chasingthewind 4y ago
I don't think you're using the term "Emotional Labor" in the usual sense [0]
"Emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job."
I do see people broaden the meaning of this term to mean almost anything that women do above and beyond a fair split of work, but I think your argument would be clearer if you just to it as the unequal divide of "housework" or some other term.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_labor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_labor
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoI think the correct term here is "Cognitive labour" not "Emotional Labor" https://behavioralscientist.org/how-couples-share-cognitive-labor-and-why-it-matters/ https://behavioralscientist.org/how-couples-share-cognitive-... https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/what-is-the-mental-load https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/what-is-the-mental-lo... In other words if I actually do put the dishes away and take the trash out, _but only when asked to_; then my partner would be within their rights to tell me to grow up and do the necessary when it obviously needs doing, to stop being passive and share some of the "Cognitive labour" of worrying about the to-do-list. And if I don't even do it when asked ... well then I'm just adding to their cognitive labour.