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Why Women Face a Double Standard for Emotional Labor at Work
In this episode of Women at Work, Lucas and Luna explore how emotional labor — the unseen work of managing feelings, smoothing tensions, and anticipating needs — creates a unique career tax for women. They anchor the conversation in a 2023 research review that found women do about 59 percent more emotional labor than men in the workplace, and discuss how this load shows up in everything from daily team interactions to leadership pipelines. The hosts get specific: what emotional labor actually looks like in a typical week, why it's rarely recognized in performance reviews, and how it compounds…
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