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This reminds me of a meme about how the first sign of civilization isn't agriculture or tools, but a human skeleton with a healed leg bone. That meant that someone had cared for the injured person until they could walk again. In the book Burnout by Emily Nagoski, she wrote that we're often told that to combat burnout, we need to practice "self-care," but that in actuality, it's caring for each other that actually heals the nervous system. Of course, as you pointed out, there are a lot of gender issues around care-taking. A lot of women were taught to over-sacrifice. Some have completely rejected the notion of any sacrifice because it feels oppressive (in a gendered way). I think we're on track for a better future, but it might take awhile.

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