“We are told frequently that women are more intuitive, more empathetic, more innately willing and able to offer succor and advice,” Zimmerman writes. “How convenient that this cultural construct gives men an excuse to be emotionally lazy. How convenient that it casts feelings-based work as ‘an internal need, an aspiration, supposedly coming from the depths of our female character.’”9.”

“We are told frequently that women are more intuitive, more empathetic, more innately willing and able to offer succor and advice,” Zimmerman writes. “How convenient that this cultural construct gives men an excuse to be emotionally lazy. How convenient that it casts feelings-based work as ‘an internal need, an aspiration, supposedly coming from the depths of our female character.’”9.”

— Gemma Hartley