Emotional Labor

This event will be hosted and moderated by Ceit Hustedde (Longtime Member of Buddytree)

## Details

Videos What Is Emotional Labor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gqg3P4vE4 (10:46)

Hidden Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0OHBgC11lA (5:25)

Socialist Viewpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcH89vp4Sio (3:23)

The Silent Burden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07Hf1790MQ (13:13)

Consequences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOevG_l3DC8 (2:38)

The Myth Of Women's Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJLawgDbn_E (13:37)

Questions

1. How easy is it for you to regulate your emotions?

2. Today many people value "honesty" or "authenticity". Is there a conflict between these ideas and performing emotional labor?

3. What is different about emotional labor at home vs at work?

4. Do you contribute emotional labor to your relationships? In what ways?

5. Are people being encouraged to do more emotional labor these days - or less?

6. Do you support the idea of emotional labor as a discrete category of psychological behavior? Does it make more sense to think of it as a component of other social behaviors rather than an isolated behavior in itself?

7. Why has emotional labor become so gendered?