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“Blessed are those who yodel - for they shall never be troubled by offers of work.”

Book:Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

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Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

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Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly, born on November 24, 1942, is a Scottish comedian, comedy writer, film actor, and singer. His career began in the 1960s, and he became known for his unique sense of humor and versatile performance style. Connolly has gained acclaim for his performances in theater, television, and film, particularly in the comedy genre. His work spans a variety of styles and is beloved by audiences worldwide. more

“Men who make a lot of money in this society and who are not independently wealthy usually work long hours, spending much of their time away from the company of loved ones. This is one circumstance shared with men who do not make much money but who also work long hours. Work stands in the way of love for most men then because the long hours they work often drain their energies; there is little or no time left for emotional labor for doing the work of love. The conflict between finding time for work and finding time for love and loved ones is rarely talked about in our nation. It is simply assumed in patriarchal culture that men should be willing to sacrifice meaningful emotional connections to get the job done. No one has really tried to examine what men feel about the loss of time with children, partners, loved ones, and the loss of time for self development... Most women who work long hours come home and work a second shift taking care of household chores. They feel, like their male counterparts, that there is no time to do emotional work, to share feelings and nurture others…Sexist men and women believe that the way to solve this dilemma is not to encourage men to share the work of emotional caretaking but rather to return to more sexist gender roles... Of course they do not critique the economy that makes it necessary for all adults to work outside the home; instead they pretend that feminism keeps women in the workforce.”

Men Work Gender Masculinity

Book:The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

Source: The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

“During the early stages of the Covid-19 lockdown, prominent newspaper columnists defended their right to have someone clean their homes, even at significant risk to their health, on dubiously feminist grounds. Their argument was that without outsourcing domestic work it would be women who had to do the bulk of it. We might wonder if their cleaners were not also women. When the journalist Owen Jones criticised the cavalier attitude that employers of cleaners were taking to workplace safety, he was accused of sexism. His accusers claimed to be fighting the idea that women have some natural duty or propensity to cleaning but the upshot of their argument was that it is fine for some other – i.e. poorer, usually migrant – women to pick up after them. Escaping the confines of the domestic feminine was their individual prerogative, not a shared horizon for all women.”

Work Feminism Capitalism Liberalism Covid 19

Book:Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism

Source: Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism

“Until a child is excited about doing more work and taking responsibility, he doesn't have a growth mindset”

Children Work Taking Responsibility Growth Mindset Asuni Ladyzeal Those Students Need You

Author:Asuni LadyZeal

“You see, when everything else is gone, there's always work. I don't think anyone ever realises how much work can mean until the other things are gone.”