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emotional labour
noun
- work that requires good interpersonal skills
Example Sentences
"There's a concept in psychology called emotional labour," said Dr Cook.
Looking back, she thinks that being the only woman in the touring party left her carrying the "emotional labour" of keeping the show on the road.
The publisher also specified that it sought a White writer to write the foreword because asking a Black one would inflict “emotional labour†on that person.
"I think we are but I think it's slow and there's a long way to go. I also think that the people who are shifting it are bearing all of the cost and emotional labour of doing it, and often that has a huge impact on their lives. So, I think the more that can be part of a shared, open, multiple-perspective conversation, the better."
The position was born of what we might now describe as emotional labour, too.
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