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  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Gender Studies

Background:

  • The gendered division of household labor in Western economies overlooks emotional dimensions.
  • Emotion work, while studied in workplaces, is less explored in interpersonal relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine gendered and intersecting divisions of emotions and emotional work in couple relationships.
  • To explore the implications of these divisions for couple therapy.
  • To highlight how couple therapy can disrupt the invisibility and gendering of emotion work.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual paper drawing on emotion work and feminist care ethics.
  • Analysis of inequalities in the privatized realm of interpersonal relationships.

Main Results:

  • Women and feminine partners are often positioned as primarily responsible for managing emotions in relationships.
  • This unequal distribution contributes to women's subordination and exploitation.
  • Couple therapy can reveal and potentially challenge these patterns.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing gendered and intersectional dimensions of emotion work is crucial in therapy.
  • Therapeutic interventions can support a more equitable distribution of emotional labor.
  • Recognizing emotional labor is key to understanding relationship dynamics and inequalities.