Editorial Assistants: Corinna Michels and Elena Benini

Note: An earlier version of this article has been published in the German version of In-Mind.

Emotional labor refers to suppressing or altering one’s own feelings in order to enhance another person’s well-being. But does sex involve emotional labor?

What is emotional labor and why is it mostly performed by women?

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild [1] coined the term emotional labor, when researching how people in the service industries, such as flight attendants, put effort into remaining friendly and attentive even under stress or

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