tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post8268497221521486430..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: Gender, Emotional Labor, and Anger: Some Unfocused Thoughts About LibrarianshipJessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-85927526576853911152015-10-04T15:30:12.230-04:002015-10-04T15:30:12.230-04:00I've been working through these things very re...I've been working through these things very recently at my own job, although it has been about a rather specific topic - the inflexibility of (not) working night shifts at the reference desk for a short period of time = one semester.<br /><br />I know this isn't quite what you've asked for, but it has been interesting to be male and request no night-time reference shifts in order to be available at home to a newborn and a 2 year old. My request was denied. <br /><br />I've had a lot of questions (and emails and conversations with supervisors). And many of those questions remain unanswered or answered in a completely unsatisfactory way. So yeah, considerations of gender, emotional labor, and anger have all been present for a little while. <br /><br />I've been trying really hard to place myself in the other person's position and trying to keep in mind that "they are doing and saying this because of a real reason - what is that reason?"<br /><br />I'm still struggling and working through this whole thing of messy human emotions and working life. But something I'm starting to work with is the false impression of "work life." I'm certainly a different version of myself at home and at work but I'm still myself - with the same types of needs, desires, insecurities, etc.<br /><br />Thanks for working through this in the blog post and allowing me to work through it in the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com