honestly not sure that labeling any kind of decent human behavior towards another person as "emotional labor" and demanding compensation for it is gonna result in an overall improvement in social relations, folks
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excessively simplified explanation: people pushing this narrative are mostly demanding increased status for something they imagine they do disproportionately and see paid compensation as the only credible means of raising status?
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emotional labor was originally about people who are actually compensated for this job, like waitresses and bartenders, who are expected to be cordial as part of being paid.
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It may have originally meant that, but now its a bunch of cis (mostly white) women going "Ugh, i shouldnt have to be nice to anyone."
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