What is emotional labour - and how do we get it wrong?

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    Abstract

    The term “emotional labour” is applied to an array of home-based activities — from keeping mental to-do lists, to remembering to call your in-laws on their birthdays. Some advocate the need to teach boys emotional labour, or identify it as the unpaid jobs men still don’t understand. But that’s not what emotional labour is, according to the sociologist who coined the term in 1983, in her book The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages1-6
    Number of pages6
    Volume2022
    No.July
    Specialist publicationThe Conversation
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2022

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