Working women Problematizing stress

Introduction

It is not to be supposed, however, that the mere combination of the right to

vote and a job constitutes complete emancipation: working, today is not

liberty.

Simone de Beauvoir1

During the past century a 'sea change' occurred in gender roles and this change made a huge

impact on family, work, and culture. The role of women transformed with this change

producing a new kind of woman who had a lot of balancing to do between home and

workplace, along with balancing between social and personal requirements.