emotional/artistic work is still work / types of cuddles: giving, receiving, sharing, passive
icon: "nuzzle (a photo of two snow leopards, one facing the camera and the other in profile, nuzzling the first so much that the first one is leaning over)"
[been thinking about cuddling for a living]I've been thinking about cuddling for a living since I found out that there is a service near where I live that is hiring. I posted on facebook asking people if they'd be interested or knew ( Read more... )
I'm not surprised that people think this is a service that should be provided for free. In fact, I think it's pretty likely that if you get a job as a professional cuddler, people will start asking you to do it for free. You know, because you're their friend. And a good person.
I don't think it's just caregiving work, though. My job involves almost no caregiving (at least not as a requirement), and people generally expect me to work for free, especially if we're friends. Conversely, Jeff's job is highly caregiving intensive, but also assigned a lot of social value and also is a basic necessity to people in trouble, and people expect that work for free.
It's challenging for people to empathize with others and imagine what their lives or days might be like. So when they don't see a clear result to someone else's work--a physical object created, a prescription--it's more difficult for them to accept that it has value.
If I ever needed cuddles,though, I would expect to pay for them and you would be the first professional cuddler I'd call ;-)
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