Emotional labour 

Emotional labour was originally a word for people who have to put a lot of uncompensated emotional effort into their job. Recently, however, it's more along the lines of "idk, it kinda sucks when I have to listen to my boyfriend" or "now that I've made my statement, I don't want to defend myself or back it up because it's emotionally laborious"

If you're willing to PayPal me $5 for the emotional labour, I'll explain my vague/ridiculous statement"

Emotional labour by Lefty Lucy August 10, 2018

Emotional Labor

The energy expended to control your feelings when dealing with other people, particularly in the workplace.

That customer was such an ass! I should be getting paid extra for all of my emotional labor!

Emotional Labor by OkiShisa July 8, 2018

Emotional Labor

A feminist notion that emotions are somehow hard work, and that they should be financially compensated for them. Men don't seem to have a problem being nice to people, and are rightfully perplexed when women use this term.

Given the amount of emotions a normal woman has every few minutes, about virtually everything, emotional labor seems to be an oxymoron.

"Omg, Brad's such a bad manager, he doesn't recognize all the emotional labor I put in, trying to be nice to customers all the time!"

Emotional Labor by AntiSuffragette October 11, 2018