You know that friend who always brings her boyfriend to the hang ( go home, Brad! ), and seems 100% occupied with meeting his various needs, whether that means doing his laundry or making sure he’s meeting up with friends and not succumbing to the male-loneliness epidemic ? As it turns out, there’s now a word to describe her: she’s a “mankeeper,” and the work she does to keep her less-than-motivated male partner going is “mankeeping” in action.

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But where did the term come from, and what’s so wrong with it? Below, find everything you need to know about mankeeping:

What is mankeeping, exactly?

Mankeeping refers to the emotional and social labor that straight women often take on in their relationships

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