Women’s Work | The Point Magazine

It was fine to have ambitions, but it was another matter to work out of necessity, face a sex-segregated job market, and do double duty at home as well.

For Hollis, these long hours are temporary, self-chosen, goal-oriented, and have a tangible result. For the vast majority of other women caught up in long-hours cultures at work, overwork and its attendant exhaustion are simply a routine feature of their lives—and there is not a best-selling book at the end of it to help sweeten the pill.