Women, emotional labor and work
I'm very interested in this concept of "emotional labor." It is when women, typically, are expected to take care of the people they work with -- whether it is emotionally or by doing the cleaning or organizing duties at the office that are not within their job descriptions. I see it come up with female clients, and I have certainly felt it numerous times myself in my past work life. It is touched on somewhat obliquely in this recent New York Times Piece, Before #MeToo, There
I'm quoted today in Bloomberg Law on #MeToo and the increase in sexual harassment filings
This is a quick post about today's article in Bloomberg Law in which I'm quoted. The article seems to have arisen from news that the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has sought an increase in state funding as a result of the substantial increase in sexual harassment complaints since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke. I have written about the wave of the #MeToo movement here before, including that it seems to be re-establishing social norms as to what is