Gender and Workplace Stress
Higher stress levels at workplace promote more illnesses in working women versus working men like:
- Sleeping problems
- Eating disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
Abuse of substances like alcohol, cigarettes and drugs to cope with this stress related pressure are also more reported in women. Women also are more open about their experiences and seek more help, than man experiencing stress at workplace.
Factors
Combining housework, childcare, shopping and cooking with an outside job and trying to do everything on time is one of the biggest factors of women being more stressed at work, characterized mainly by feelings of guilt and hostility. 60% of women who have children under age six have an outside job and cope with family problems;single or married most of duties at home fall on shoulders of a woman.
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