“Men often have a slower timeline or lower standard when it comes to domestic work, so women take it on themselves, choosing to delegate work only when it’s most desperately needed. This may be in part because women tend to associate a clean home with their personal success, whereas men’s success is tied strictly to their work outside the home.”
― Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
― Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
“I know how closely most of us tend to hold on to whatever cache of patience we’ve managed to amass over a lifetime and I appreciate your squandering some of your cherished stash here.”
― The Princess Diarist
― The Princess Diarist
“He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“The only way to get to Antarctica is by cruise ship. Even the smallest one has 150 passengers, which translates into me being trapped with 149 other people who will uniquely annoy the hell out of me with their rudeness, waste, idiotic questions, incessant yammering, creepy food requests, boring small talk, etc. Or worse, they might turn their curiosity toward me, and expect pleasantry in return. I’m getting a panic attack just thinking about it. A little social anxiety never hurt anyone, am I right?”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“emotional labor isn’t just a wellspring of frustrating domestic gripes, but rather a primary source of systemic issues that touch every arena of our lives, in damaging ways that make clear the pervasive sexism in our culture. The deep social expectation that women will shoulder the exhausting mental and emotional work at home—a type of labor that goes largely unnoticed by those it benefits most—has made it all too easy for such insidious expectations to follow us into the world, as we step gingerly through a culture that has left us little choice in the matter.”
― Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
― Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
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