The Importance Of Emotional Labor

When looking at the different types of work, scholars have observed that the male body is seen as the norm (physical body not acknowledged), while the female’s body is always looked at for its emotions and sexual aesthetics. Emotional labor is defined as a form of work that requires one to manage their feelings and bodies in order to sustain a specific display of bodily acts in the minds of others. As a result of the female body’s unconscious processes, the labor force has become associated with not only gender, but with race and class. Through intersectionality, emotional labor is ruled by feelings and gendered social archetypes that reinforce power, credibility, and authority. Throughout the world, the female body is sold for a wage, and

On the other hand professional women gain more freedom and flexibility associated with their high-paying jobs. For working parents, the “time bind” shows no sign of slowing down. Middle class people are more than willing to pay someone to clean their house or baby sit, if that means longer hours spent at work (outside the home). Unfortunately, the choice of one’s profession does affect the way they balance their work and family time. For professionals, it is frowned upon when new parents request parental leave (especially men). In the workplace, parental leave is viewed almost like a vacation period vs. a recovery period. In a marriage, it is the woman who is most likely pressured into taking time off work to stay at home with the children more. When pressures arises among parents to balance work and family, their home life if shifted into different “shifts”. If they do work, it may involve working a night-shift were mothers link their time being a mother with the hours they spend at work, while still remaining the primary caretakers of the home. The gender gap in housework is very present, the amount of hours women devote to housework is dependent on the time dedicated to paid employment or their relatives/husbands income. The options for professional women are limited to their child’s ages, the company’s culture, their work hours’ flexibility and the cost of using that flexibility. For some, staying at home remains their main occupation, despite the economic benefits of being a working