Jennifer’s husband, like many partners of those who work at home, viewed all domestic care as her “job.” But as Jennifer points out, it was a job that didn’t pay, that required her to be on call twenty-four/seven, and had no breaks. And if she asked for his help, or didn’t get something done, the assumption that she just wasn’t working hard enough hung there, unspoken, in the air. Was she taking naps while he was at work? Watching too much television? She felt untrusted and unvalued and, most of all, exhausted.
