The investigations I undertook with Rosalind Sun regarding the life of women for whom work is all consuming (Sun and Bergquist, 2021) have led me to a deeply disturbing set of questions. Is a cycle and culture of helplessness embedded in any oppressive World of Work that exists and is maintained without privilege or inclusion? Is this cycle and culture just as enduring as the cycle of poverty and culture of poverty? Is the trauma associated with this cycle and culture deeply embedded in the bones of those who are helpless, as well as those who reinforce the cycle and culture?
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