Episodes We Love: Emotional Labor
Dear Sugars
WBUR
4.5 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Remembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, making food for the potluck, scheduling a get-together with the in-laws: These are some of the invisible tasks that (most) women exclusively do in their romantic relationships — and the list goes on and on. The Sugars commiserate with Gemma Hartley, the writer who set off a national conversation about emotional labor with her viral article in Harper’s Bazaar, “Women Aren’t Nags — We’re Just Fed Up.” This episode was originally published on May 5th, 2018.
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| 1:23.0 | but I'd like to figure out how to get my husband to understand emotional labor |
| 1:28.0 | without sounding like I'm just complaining. |
| 1:31.0 | He has come a long way, but I'd love advice about how to get him to be more empathetic |
| 1:35.0 | and to understand that being in charge of providing the food, clothes, |
| 1:39.0 | doctors, medicines, activities, and holidays are two children and our pets takes a toll. |
| 1:46.0 | When I complain of being mentally exhausted because of how much I do, |
| 1:50.0 | my husband's typical response is to tell me about all the work he does around the house. |
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