But Jesus Fucking Christ, people! This is such a subjective concept & making it gendered & unequally onerous on women is crazy!
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Whilst some ppl can be emotionally demanding &make you feel drained, I'd be very surprised if men the main culprits &you can just not do it!
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Unless its children. Then you have to be responsive to their needs & emotionally available but this is just life. We're social mammals.
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When it really is a problem, yes.
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Vikings?
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Also the Irish.
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This is one I've been spared. I'm not even sure what's meant by it. :-/ (feels old)
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Maybe have a search of the term on here? Use American spelling of labor. They're so much more extreme.
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I once worked in a call centre but as a man I was free to rant, scream, threaten, laugh or sob at will.
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Looked it up. My head hurts. Cannot quite fathom WTF is really meant. But I see it as one more valorisation of
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a cult of coldness, apathy. Concepts of "emotional labour" & "tone policing" used 2 justify not giving a fuck.
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"tone policing" may be what happens when one person objects to another screaming in their face.
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I've only ever been accused of 'tone policing' for suggesting someone accurately qualofy their claim
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"emotional labour" is such a privileged concept.
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kinda sounds like that tweet took a lot of emotional labor...
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