• Yep as all small things they take on their heart and mind work and home...... all comes together n they are into stress.
  
  They can blow out and live free only by not mixing both and forget the result.
  
  They are strong in terms of love and bonding let that feeling be more to overcome all the odds rather than feeling weak and stressed Answered by Shiraj Pal , Associate Manager at TalentAhead India Pvt. Ltd. | 16, Feb 2011 01:36 PM

• yes, a working woman simultaneously bears all the responsibility of running a home and taking care of children.some luck ones get support -----"get support" ---but the responsibility and answeribility is still hers. Answered by sunita anand , proprietor at abhavya | 23, Oct 2010 11:48 AM

• YES, women must be more stress than men if she is working and living togather and if she live away she may not be stressed but her husbend may be stressed more than her. Answered by Bhanwar Singh Charan | 08, Aug 2010 01:05 PM

• Yes, Because they have more responsibilities at home , at workplace and in society. they are more loyal and sincere to wards the job. Answered by Haresh Thakur , Proprietor at Amit Management Services | 01, Aug 2010 02:35 PM

• yes because a working woman has so many responsibility like household work,children and many other.she has to cook food, see education of chidren take care of in laws after going home on the other hand a man do not have these responsibility. he has work stress but less in comparison with woman. Answered by Archi Paida , Officer-HR at VVF Ltd | 31, Jul 2010 05:08 PM

• No Sir. Man r also stress. Answered by Arun Sathi , repoter at Sadhna news | 31, Jul 2010 09:07 AM

• 
  Yes, they they feel under stress however, we cant put this point to gain the sympathy for woman, however we should understand this point keeping the woman as a gender in mind. Woman generally are delicate and as all human are not of same capacity so is with woman...... All the woman may not be prone to stress because of thier work life. some woman are stressed in thier house maker's role too.............
  
  ...See More
  Stress is not related with your occupation or number of jobs in pipeline but it is because of not being able to manage the time and work, inability to decide priority.
  
  In situation of mismanagement not just a woman but amen also gets equally stressed.........India is going through a socio-economic transition's phase, where a corporate woman worker is not a very old concept and since the number is rising we are paying heed to these issues.
  
  
  If we see the situation in foreign the ladies who are working in house are called house managers, and its not a job designated to gender, there men fall in stress......... Answered by Zamarrud Jahan , Manager Sales at Lloyds Ventures Pvt Ltd | 30, Jul 2010 11:26 PM

• yes Answered by Mitanshu Srivastava , UINT MANAGER at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company | 30, Jul 2010 09:24 AM

• Yes ! They have to play more role than man i e take care of family & children.Generally they are soft in nature when multi tasking is forced on them,getting more stressed than man. Answered by Kannan , Head-Operations at WEBB | 30, Jul 2010 09:21 AM

• Stress is a state of mind. Strong minded women can easily handle stress than weak minded men and vice versa. So it is not necessary that women at work are under mores stress because they are women because mind does not discriminate gender. Answered by Pradip Kumar Daftari , Distributor at Indian Mutual Funds | 30, Jul 2010 12:13 AM

• i do not think so. Women can certainly handle more stress than men. Howver at work I have often noticed that superiors do not put too much pressure on women in comparison to men. There is always a soft corner for women team members among their superiors and peers. Answered by jiwan , executive at hdfc | 29, Jul 2010 10:47 PM

• no Answered by jiwan , executive at hdfc bank | 29, Jul 2010 10:43 PM

• yes off course Answered by Kundan naikade , Regional Training Head at Telco Construction Equipment Co Ltd | 29, Jul 2010 09:10 PM

• Women are definitely more level headed than the men. They can handle work very well and take every difficult task as a challenge and complete it. Perseverance to complete the job is more in women. Women get stressed only when they feel that they are not able to devote enough time with the children or look after their needs. The stress is because of the guilt but they always pacify themselves with the thought that they undergo all this just to give the children the best. Work is never a stress for women. Answered by Reena Eappen , Dy General Manager - HR at Sankara Nethralaya | 29, Jul 2010 09:07 PM

• Yes the working women would naturally be under more stress than the men because of various aspects.
  
  Women like the support of their bosses and if it is not available to the extent of expected level, men can work comparetively easily but women find it difficult. Secondly they have to be on extra alert about men's attitude towards sexual relationship outside wed lock. Thirdly, women are more attached to children and any problem to the children brings stress to them and further, many of them feel guilty of not caring their children properly for the sake of getting more money. Lastly, the responsibility of cooking and serving and other household duties adds to their anxiety after takingthe fullday work pressure at offices. Answered by Jayant Joshi | 29, Jul 2010 05:17 PM

• Yes, at times women at work are under more stress than men at work. As they have to balance both family and career and they tend to fulfil every one's expectations, hence they experience more stress. Answered by Lipsa Sahoo | 29, Jul 2010 04:05 PM

• YES , i agree - - many time we women forget our own identify for whom we are leaving ? & why ? when you are working at a very high professional level - you can not share your business problem - you have to chin up & make cool atmosphere at home even though strom in your mind . & this is really tough time . wherein man can express their anger & frustation - we woman do not have right to do ! Answered by nikita mehta , vice president marketing at daman polymers india pvt ltd | 29, Jul 2010 03:57 PM

• sometimes yes..... because the problem is of roaring two boats at the same time...for a woman especially a married woman......She has to look at house and office work......i believe that if you try to give 100 % at both the places..........then there are some moments or days when a woman is more stressed that a man co-worker....however it depends on how she manages it...... there are many women who manage this very well by compartmentalizing both the spaces. but there could be a day when everything is mis managed... Answered by Shubhangi Vinod Padhye , Visiting Faculty at Western college of Commerce and Business Management | 29, Jul 2010 03:14 PM

• That unhappy..But ture....Reason being women are having much more rsponsibilty than man...For example..after reaching back to home from work..I have no time to sit back freeon other hand my husband can freely ask me to offer him a cup of tea.No time for relaxtion due to amny mouths to feed...this make us under stress..........all efforts are really fail to make a proper balance between personnal and professional life....... Answered by Nishu Naved , Admin Support//Secretary at Procter & Gamble Home Products Ltd | 29, Jul 2010 02:47 PM

• Definitely. She has to attend to the daily chorus in the family and in her job also. As such she has more tension in bringing up her kids, attending to the in laws, parents and her husband. Answered by Ravi Kumar , C.M. (Retd.) at SBI | 29, Jul 2010 02:18 PM

• yes, surely they are under more stress than men at many workplaces. in most organisations i have worked for, vey few women make it to higher positions. Also, in the Indian context, a woman when beginning her career, does not know what place she will live after her marriage, this also creates some anxiety in women employees. They have to constantly prove that they are career oriented just like their male colleagues. Also, at home, very few men share the household burden of working women. Thus, many women are physically overworked. This, plus the work pressure at their organisation places women under more stress than men at work. Answered by Girish Tarwani , General Manager HR at Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Limited | 29, Jul 2010 11:17 AM

• I think woaman does a very diversified role when she is working, apart from the job that she does where in todays world she has to be equally competent like a man, she is still expected to be 100% right in completeing her household responsibility. Stress i believe is equal with men & women at work but as a women many times you need to compromise on some oppurtunities keeping your family in mind this creates a stress if you are ambitious woman. However stress also depends on how a person handles a situation & on the priority that they in life. Answered by Gargi Bhattacharya , Sr Exe - Quality & training at VISPL | 29, Jul 2010 10:22 AM

• The natural answer is yes,but then,it may not be true because here we are talking of something which cannot be measured routinely.Either one is stressed to the extent of his/her stress-bearing threshold and it becomes visible only when it leads to breakdowns.So, conclusive opinion perhaps will not be justified. Answered by chandra pathak , secretary at upmsra | 29, Jul 2010 09:28 AM

• yes .This is more where in case of working woman
  very very high in case husband is not cooperativeve Answered by Satya Narayana Palukuru , Advocates & Mediators at Advocate , Hyderabad | 29, Jul 2010 08:42 AM

• Yes. I agree that women at work under more stress than men at work in current scenerio. Not just because gender biasness or work pressure. But due to managing herself between her worklife balance with work at office. Ofcourse some of them are under pressure due to gender issue. But many professional companies take care of that issues. I do not agree to that women are not given any senior position. If they are capable enough then the chance is given rather men are under stress if they need to work under women boss in some cases.
  
  It is just candid view for the question asked. But we should appreciate the fact that now a days women are more empowered and the situation has changed. Women are now working equally with men at work ...See More place. So they need to know how to handle stress at work and in personal life. Like men does. Answered by Ravi Pareek , Assistant Manager at Hindalco Industries Limited | 28, Jul 2010 11:53 PM

• Work place stress is equally loom on all the person working under that irrespective of women or men.....however there are tendency of mobility of stress from one to another...and it is depend upon person how they are taking…. but putting unnecessary stress on women in general always avoided in work situation with respect to her working condition, consideration their problem on priority and try to give as much as comfort to them in an work environment...so that stress stay as less as possible. Organization has separate policy and process for female to ensure their work life balance. On the issue of career growth everybody is in fray and equally stressed in an organization… Answered by Abhishek Kauhsik , Manager at North Delhi Power Limited | 28, Jul 2010 10:44 PM

• I do not think so. Women can certainly handle more stress than men. Howver at work I have often noticed that superiors do not put too much pressure on women in comparison to men. There is always a soft corner for women team members among their superiors and peers. Answered by MADHU MENON , MANAGER- HR & ADMIN at CONTFREIGHT SHIPPING | 28, Jul 2010 10:24 PM

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• Confident !!! Its nice to read.. Commented by Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Finance Manager at Hidden | 560 days ago

• It is a fact that many women are more stressed at their work place
  than men. One of the many reasons may be, men are yet to appreciate the soft skills in them, age old habits of men to impose upon their likes and dislikes, no matter what the context is. Answered by Abhyuday Chowdhury , Partner at practising CA | 28, Jul 2010 10:02 PM

• Absolutely - (but it depends, also).
  In high pressure jobs, women do have more invested - their career, as well as their 'other half' and children (family), plus whatever social support they may have is critical. These must all be balanced.
  While men also have stressful career positions, they don't seem to have as much of a personal investment in the opinions of others that women do , which seems to be where much of the female stress comes from.
  Of course - this is all my own viewpoint - not research-based, but from my own viewpoint.
  
  Dawn Boyer
  http:/www.linkedin.com/in/DawnBoyer
  I accept all LInkedIn invites! Answered by Dawn Boyer , Owner / Consultant at D. Boyer Consulting | 28, Jul 2010 07:18 PM

• I don't think so, from what I've observed of them. In the same kind of job, women seem to be less stressed. Women generally handle stress better than men. When you feel she's really stressed it most often has to do with some men, doing things to her she does not want to be done to. Sexual harrassment is just one. Many men, I feel, simply don't know how to handle their women folk, or their colleagues. It is some kind of evolutionary blunder or accident, I think. Probably, because men have spent so much time (in history), away from women and families. Or something like that. I don't know. Women are generally better endowed to handle stress, for reasons that will take a long essay to explain. Answered by MURUGESH MANIAM | 28, Jul 2010 06:49 PM

• 
  The question of comparison of stress level in working class based on gender must have some implication regarding to some situation which women and men face and cope. Stress is generally visible in following modes;
  
  ...See More1. Work Performance
  2. Deadline
  3. Group Behaviour
  4. Communication and Co-ordination
  5. Social Activities Participation.
  
  An employee under stress cant find easy in all these spheres and the reason may not only be limited to his inability or lack of skills. When we talk of stress, the obvious reason is the fear of under performance or non performance and a resultant demotion or loss of job with a sense of insecurity. Non perfromance /underperformance can be caused due to:
  
  1. Lack of Skill- person is not aware and professionally qualified to understand the job.
  2. Lack of Co ordination
  3. Lack of system to assimilate the employee into system
  4. Personal Reasons
  
  Under the above 1, 2, 3 are common and creates same stress level. But added the 4th one the stress level changes.
  
  A woman living alone or having shoulder of responsibility will be more stressed than man as she cant relocate so easily as men do. A women has limitations in timing she can remain outside or move alone ( Thanks to our security concerns and thanks to men attitude towards lonely women). A women cant shout on co ordinates ans men do. Sexual harassments are other issued leave apart all.
  
  Obviously, Women need to cope all this issue and has more stress. But a good and professional organisation takes care of this as the owners know- The organisation is beautiful when every part and parcel of it are stress less due to personal reasons.
  2. Answered by Rajesh Kumar Pandey , Finance Manager at Hidden | 28, Jul 2010 06:28 PM

• Stress bearing capacity is relatively a mental state than physical and it doesn't relate to gender. Neither it is a disease. Stress in work places is mainly due to inefficient handling of the objectives, unprepared to the given tasks, fail to appreciate criticism, fail to learn from mistakes,lack of interest in developing/sharpening the skills to meet the daily work. This may lead to poor performance and add up to more stress and finally to the levels, where one feel it is the job that ruined and ignoring the cause is self and self made.
  
  Stress is as common as other ailments and more than worrying , it need to be addressed and need to practice the simple ways to eliminate and develop the courage to face the stress to lead a ...See More blissful life.We have great names of women in every area.Take them as example and brush out your S T R E S S. Answered by T V N Murthy , MD at Trefoil Pharmaceuticals (P) Limited | 28, Jul 2010 05:13 PM

• yes. They try to balance workplace and home chores. Answered by Pushpa Satapathy , Head, CSR at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd | 28, Jul 2010 05:00 PM

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• What do you think of men. They do not balance home? They are doing everything for home. If I get a women who will work and give me money to manage home, I will be happy managing only home............rather than facing this tough world day and night.... Commented by Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Finance Manager at Hidden | 561 days ago

• Ofcourse Yes as the kind of dedication women shows and stick to their seats in order to meet deadlines and finish the work before leaving office. Answered by Dr. Bhavna Khurana , Manager - Recruitment at Catalyst Business Solutions | 28, Jul 2010 04:59 PM

• Depends on her background, Industry she is working in, work atmosphere, etc. Answered by Derrick Mathias , HR Business Partner at ESTS | 28, Jul 2010 04:55 PM

• Multi task at Office and at home create stress.
  Again dependency on male for job and home work.
  Man dominating society apprach and practices again played role for stress.
  Survey report is correct.
  himanshu pathak
  ahmedabad Answered by Himanshu Pathak , AGM(HR) at Torrent Power Ltd | 28, Jul 2010 04:27 PM

• I think, this is due to fear & unsecurity feeling for working within more men colliigue. Women are more sincere & serious to finish their asignment in time, and so bearing extra load might be causing stress on the job. Adaptability of the responsibility & adjustment within the team will surely release the strees. Stress depends on individual, how one normalize according to situation. Answered by PRAKASH KR GHOSH , Management of Secondary Steel Making & Training Proffessional at Tata Steel Ltd | 28, Jul 2010 03:11 PM

• Certainly, women are always under stress not only because of work and career but because of different roles to be played at different fronts. Majority women are not career conscious as anxiety creeps in to perform different roles without due recoginition and motivation for their efforts and actions, both from men and women. Answered by S.P. Raheja , CEO at Fasttrack HR Consultants | 28, Jul 2010 03:08 PM

• gender does not matter
  take tension from both view points
  the view point comparison
  what women think is stressful may not be for men and vice versa
  so the balance equation is same for both. Answered by amarjot singh , chief engineer at HR International jalandhar | 28, Jul 2010 03:06 PM

• Yes,Because they have to work harder to maintain a balance between work and life.They have to struggle on both the fronts.
  If we keep men in the same situational stress ,I think there stress level will be more as compare to womens.
  Secondly,If womens have someone who takes responsibility in home, there work stress will be lower as compare to the women who handles both.
  So Womens are facing more stress as compare to mens,and therforewomen at work under more stress then men at work. Answered by Jayshri Maheshwari , CEO at Adroit Management Solutions | 28, Jul 2010 02:51 PM

• Yes, but 9 out of 10 times they are self inflicted. Lack of discipline in priortisation is the main cause. Carrying the problems of home - sometimes exacerated and taking it as an elibi for underperformance or loss of focus is the main reason for the stress. Other aspect certainly the subjectivity involved arising out highly opinated male chauvanism, which is very much dominat at work places. When things do not fall into their design of expected support and taking the concept of extended family environment in the office is the culprit. Work life balance is the reality to which women should be trained in by the HR in many organisations. We may have isolated examples of women of substance and acheivement as quoted in some of the ...See More answers - but the number of such acheivers should become more. Answered by Rachuri Madhusudan , VP - Strategic Planning and Development at Saroma Group | 28, Jul 2010 02:48 PM

• - To me, stress doesn't depend on sexuality. It's all about working environment, peer pressure and / or home front issues.
  
  - There's no denying the fact that at work place it's still the male bastion that's doing the round and keeping majority of the key positions under their belt thereby leaving huge scope for malpractices being adopted here and there. But, again this is not sacrosanct. The reverse is equally true. Females too accommodate male seniors beyond official obligations with a view to extract favours and / or benefits. Answered by Omprakash Banerjee , Account Director - East at US Adcom Pvt. Ltd. | 28, Jul 2010 02:36 PM

• no.at work no but they spend much time in office thinking about their daily family problems Answered by hanumantharao d , general manager -hr at meenakshi group | 28, Jul 2010 02:36 PM

• A Very BIG YES because of following
  1.Stress of having to prove their mettle constantly
  2. Subtle or Gross Sexual Harassment
  3. People unable to understand & empathize their point of view
  4. Male mentality which on many instances feels insecure working under them Answered by Subhashis Banerji , Chief Consultant at Success Unlimited | 28, Jul 2010 01:57 PM

• IN GIVEN SCENARIO ANSWER IS YES TO GREAT EXTENT ,THIS IS BECAUSE OF MAIN FRAME MIND SET OF SOCIETY,PARTICULARLY IN INDIA;
  BUT THERE ARE RAYS OF HOPES ALSO, DUE TO CHANGE IN THINKING PROCESS TOWARDS WORKING WOMEN ,AWARENESS AMONGST THE WOMEN OF THEIR RIGHTS,THEIR STRENGTHS,SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY OF PROS AND CONS OF EFFECTS OF EXISTANCE OF WORKING WOMEN AS,'AN SAPERATE ENTITY, THIS FEEL IS STRENGTHENED BY THE ASTONISHING PERFORMANCES OF THE GREAT WOMEN SINCE ANCIENT PERIOD LIKE GARGI,MAITREYEE,MADAM CURIE,INDIRA GANDHI,SAWITRI PHULE ,IN RECENT YEARS KIRAN BEDI,INDIRA NUYEE.
  SO TO CONCLUDE I WISH EARLIEST POSSIBLE THIS QUESTION LOOSE IT'S VALIDITY THEN ONLY IT WILL BE 'THE STATUS OF EQUALITY '. Answered by YOGESH JOSHI , general manager works- at flair impex corporation | 28, Jul 2010 01:48 PM

• In addition to what's been said, the pressure to perform as well as/ better than male counterparts is also a major stress factor. In some cases, the stress of performing better than the spouse can also cause problems. However, stress of maintaining / trying to maintain work - life balance is the BIG one. Answered by Lt Col SumantG Khare , CEO at Nvision Learning & Development | 28, Jul 2010 01:39 PM

• definitely..few reasons i cud cite r..work-home-life balance being her prime concern,home mgt is always back of her mind even when she is out of home..women more intolerant towards corruption, work politics etc..also,safe work environment,job security ,top mgt co-operation are crucial for her to move on..underpaid as compared to her male counter parts inspite delivering the same or even better quality work..limitations wit respect to available time,mobility etc. Answered by Renu Jayaram , managing partner at Jaydev Group | 28, Jul 2010 01:29 PM

• Yes, off course, because a corporate culture is male dominated and very few ladies having a female boss and it ultimately adverse effect on stress. Secondly ladies having some limitation so very few having a guts to fight it. Answered by Pratap Singh Rajput , Asst. Manager - HRM at Tide Water Oil Co. (India) Ltd. | 28, Jul 2010 01:04 PM