{"id":18230,"date":"2018-05-07T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/?p=18230"},"modified":"2018-05-07T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:40:16","slug":"emotional-labor-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/emotional-labor-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Labor: What It Is and Why It Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work deadlines, money problems, family drama and health issues. We\u2019re all familiar with the most talked about types of stress and even <\/a>how to deal with them. But there\u2019s one type of stress that\u2019s long been overlooked, swept under the rug. It\u2019s just as taxing as other types of stress and yet it\u2019s only beginning to get its day in the sun. It\u2019s called emotional labor.<\/p>\n

Emotional labor defined<\/h2>\n

With the majority of nuclear households having two working parents<\/a> these days, men and women are sharing more domestic responsibilities than ever.<\/p>\n

Maybe you and your partner share kitchen duties. You cook, and he cleans. Maybe you\u2019ve mastered tag-teaming kid responsibilities. You make lunches and handle drop off and he picks up and starts homework. Perhaps you even split laundry duties. But who plans the meals and makes the grocery list? Who signs permission slips and knows when play practice is? And who remembers Joey\u2019s green shirt needs to be washed for spirit day on Friday?<\/p>\n

These invisible, often thankless tasks are emotional labor, the cognitive work that goes into organizing and managing a household. It\u2019s the reason some women refer to themselves as domestic CEOs. Sure, lots of men take on the role, but emotional labor traditionally, and still largely, falls squarely on the shoulders of women.<\/p>\n

Other examples of emotional labor include:<\/p>\n