Mankeeping
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Definition
Mankeeping is the often-unseen social and emotional labor women perform for men in heterosexual relationships, including meeting emotional needs and acting as a partner’s life coach.
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What mankeeping means
Mankeeping is a noun for the emotional and social work women are described as doing for men in heterosexual relationships. The idea presents this labor as a burden placed on women, including managing or fulfilling a male partner’s emotional needs.
The concept is sometimes described as an extension of emotional labor, with a partner taking on a life-coach role for the man in the relationship.