• April 24, 2024

Being a boss is not easy and less for women. According to one study, they are more likely to become depressed than men who occupy the same job. Researchers explain the reasons why bosses he depressed more .

Tetyana Pudrovska , assistant professor in the Department of Sociology of the University of Texas at Austin and author of study , explains that the main reason is because they have to face stereotypes negative that they put in doubt your ability to leadership .

Pudrovska adds other reasons why they depressed more than men

1. They face rconsistency to authority female on the part of subordinates, colleagues and superiors
2. They have to cope with relationships iinterpersonal negative
3. They live low Isolation Social
4. They hold the Pressure about roles of genre
5. They carry with prejudices that classify them as lacking the trust Y assertiveness
6. They support the stereotypes based on the belief that the "bosses" are little female
7. They work plus hours weekly usually men have a more flexible schedule

Stereotypes that depress

The women feel Pressure and emotions found before the stereotypes of gender marked by society. At the moment of setting goals and expectations, a huge difference is made in front of men, justifying, many times, a discrimination towards them, explains the document Gender stereotypes .

The stereotypes plus common towards them are:

1. Emotional instability
2. Intuition
3. Lack of control
4. Very marked affective aspect
5. Passivity
6. Irrationality
7. Frivolity
8. Tenderness
9. Submission
10. Fear
11. Dependence
12. Weakness
13. Fitness for letters
14. Manual skills

While the male stereotypes they are more flexible :

1. Stability emotional
2. Dynamism
3. Aggressiveness
4. Trend to domain
5. Objectivity
6. Rationality
7. Affective aspect not well defined
8. Courage
9. Qualities and skills intellectuals
10. Frankness
11. Fitness for science
12. Effectiveness
13. Love of risk

A surprising fact is that despite the trend depressive of women with labor authority to hire, dismiss and decide salaries of their subordinates, they have greater satisfaction for his work than men in the same range.

"What is surprising is that the women with authority they are presupposed advantage associated with a good mental health . They have more education, good income, occupations prestige , higher level of satisfaction labor and autonomy than those that lack that authority, "he says. Pudrovska .

He adds that before these results, it is "urgent" to work for reduce the discrimination of genre, hostility Y prejudices against the bosses. This will increase the psychological rewards of higher-status jobs for women.

This is because in the case of the leadership of men it is accepted as something natural and legitimate, which does not imply "too many" interpersonal conflicts. What do you think, do you think thediscrimination labor towards women with positions of great authority and this causes them depression ?