Arlie Hochschild’s theory of emotional labor (1983) has become a staple framework for understanding the tension that exists between outward emotional expression and inward emotional realities. In it, Hoschild (1983) introduces us to the idea of emotional management, the expectations that are put on us to manipulate the display of our emotions—act—in order to put the experiences of others first. Recently, however, several articles in popular media have used emotional labor to describe labor that deviates from Hochschild’s (1983) original definition. In doing so, popular discourse has highlighted a kind of labor that has historically gone unnamed in the academy. The implications of not naming this other form of labor and instead morphing Hochschild’s original definition yield many consequences if left unchecked. The purpose of this article is to step into the conversation on emotional labor, highlight the gap in language to describe the various types of labor performed by adult learners, and introduce the idea of gendered labor as a way to be better informed in serving adult learners in ongoing development.

Arlie Hochschild 的情绪劳动理论 (1983) 已成为理解外在情绪表达和内在情绪现实之间存在的张力的主要框架。在其中，Hoschild (1983) 向我们介绍了情绪管理的概念，即对我们施加的期望来操纵我们的情绪表现——行动——以便将他人的经历放在首位。然而，最近流行媒体上的几篇文章使用情绪劳动来描述与 Hochschild (1983) 原始定义不同的劳动。在这样做的过程中，流行的话语强调了一种在学院历史上没有被命名的劳动。如果不加以控制，不命名这种其他形式的劳动，而是改变 Hochschild 的原始定义会产生许多后果。