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Emotional Labor and Gender Roles: Women Bear the Mental Load, and We Are Exhausted
Women are disproportionately responsible for the invisible, unacknowledged emotional work that holds relationships, families, and workplaces together. This piece examines what emotional labor actually is, why it falls so consistently on women under patriarchal structures, and what it costs over a lifetime of carrying it quietly.
