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The only job with infinite hours, zero pay, and a performance review every single day.
means The ongoing labor of cleaning, cooking, and maintaining a home — the unglamorous repetitive work that keeps a household running.
from A straightforward compound of 'house' and 'work,' both old Germanic-rooted English words, joined together as the domestic labor they describe became something worth naming as its own category — distinct from paid work, farm work, or a trade, yet just as demanding of time and effort.
- economic value
- would add trillions to GDP if waged
- the paradox
- invisible until undone, never praised when done
- gender gap
- women still average nearly double the hours
- entropy wins
- finished today, reborn tomorrow, always