I think women dwell quite a bit on the duress under which they work, on how hard it is just to do it at all. We are traditionally rather proud of ourselves for having slipped creative work in there between the domestic chores and obligations. I'm not sure we deserve such big A-pluses for all that. Toni Morrison
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Creative work is work that is not required, and something that is considered to be important. The assumption is that all of us need to do creative work in order to be productive. However, we also need to consider the things we do as part of our daily lives as well as the things we do as part of our jobs. We need to acknowledge that some jobs can be extremely difficult and require a lot of energy and effort. These jobs do not fall under the categories of "creative" or "important."

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