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Rewind: Emotional Labor

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Apr 12, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Invisible Labor Exhausts Women

  • A woman describes her exhausting daily routine managing food, kids, pets, and household tasks mostly on her own.
  • Her husband often responds defensively, citing his own housework, missing the invisible mental load she carries.
INSIGHT

Invisible Labor Is Mental Work

  • Invisible labor includes hidden planning, coordinating, and decision-making beyond obvious chores.
  • This mental work is unseen by others but weighs heavily on those who do it, mostly women.
ADVICE

Make Invisible Labor Visible

  • Bring your partner's attention to all the invisible tasks you do daily to raise their awareness.
  • Listing these tasks can make the hidden labor visible and start a conversation about sharing the load.
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