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Ellie's Dating Story
- Ellie Anderson recounts a dating experience with an emotionally unavailable screenwriter.
- He was ultimately unable to articulate his feelings, leading to a confusing breakup.
Emotional Labor Defined
- Emotional labor, coined by Arlie Hochschild, describes managing feelings for a wage, originally in the workplace.
- Feminist theorists argue it extends to unwaged domestic work, where women manage emotions to support men's productivity.
Stoicism as Emotional Labor
- Olufemi Taiwo argues that stoicism, the ideal of emotional mastery men are socialized under, is a form of masculine emotional labor.
- It involves compressing emotions, rendering them inactive, rather than communicating them.