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Stress In Women: Coping With Job Stress And Household Duties! |
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Two women are close friends. One has the job; the other
is the homemaker. The former complains about the job stress. The later
has the stress that her friend has the job and she does not have a job!
The first type is the job stress and the other type is job-related
stress.
A woman is affected physically as well
as emotionally in every type of job. For, mostly it is the case of dual
responsibility of office job and household responsibilities for her.
Even if she engages domestic aids and attendants, there is no complete escape
from the household responsibilities for her. A woman is always more
attached to her house emotionally. Therefore the
level of stress will be
more if the hours of work are irregular and unpredictable. Shift duties
also add to the woes of woman. If she is a part-time worker she would
always compare herself with full time colleagues and their emoluments.
Such petty jealousies also add to their stress.
The greatest factor that adds to stress in woman in relation to her job is
the unresponsive management and its lack of support to her normal
expectations as an employee. In all work places the full time workers
are more respected. The facilities given to them are more and this
creates a division and friction amongst the various workers.
There is nothing to boost their morale they feel. An undercurrent of
unhappiness always flows within them. This affects their performance and
they develop a feeling within themselves, “why should I work more than
this?” Work is not worship to them; they just carry on for the sake of
carrying on.
Women are more sensitive as compared to men. A
particular stress thus affects them more than the men. To a given
situation, both will react in a different manner. The pivotal point of
men’s life is the job, for women it is always home and family. Many
times she has to pass through the periods of double stress- stress in
the family and stress in the job environment.
Another job-related stress is the environment in which she works. Sexual harassment to women
in their job places is the most talked about and discussed topic of
late. The issue is mainly individual with legal implications. It
concerns the woman in particular, not the women in general!
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