Summary
About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published this week.
The report suggests that competing demands of work and home comprise part of the problem: working women who are parents or guardians are more likely than men who are parents to say they have declined or delayed a promotion at work because of personal or family obligations, and mothers are more likely than fathers to “strongly agree” that they are the default responders for unexpected child care issues.
I am not one of these overstressed working women now because:
My kids are older (youngest is still in high school, one in college, the rest adult now)
My husband does as much around the house as I do, including what is referred to as the “mental load”, he was a single dad before we got together.
That’s it. When my kids were younger and their dad didn’t do as much, yeah I was stressed. It’s stressful.
My job is demanding but somewhat flexible too, that does help, but mostly its because no little kids and a husband who doesn’t think all the kid and house stuff is my job.