As you’re racing across town to reach the tail end of the school pickup line in time, after zig zagging between errands and making a to do list for tonight in your head, ever think for a second that you must be the most stressed woman on the planet?
I mean we have PTA meetings, doctor appointments, birthday parties to plan, full-time jobs, online classes and dinner to serve while it’s still hot, right?
Comparatively, it seems are lives are pretty calm. According to a recent study by the Nielsen Company that examines the consumer and media habits of women, the ladies of India are officially the most stressed.
The Women of Tomorrow Study examined 6,500 women from 21 nations for three months in 2011. In the survey, 87 percent of Indian women said they felt stressed most of the time and 82 percent said they had no time to relax.
American women placed eleventh on the list with 53 percent of those surveyed reporting feeling stressed most of the time.
In fact, women in most of the developed countries surveyed, such as the U.S., Canada and Sweden reported lower amounts of stress than those in developing countries such as Indian, Russia and Mexico.
The reason? While the business world is changing to allow women more control and freedom, society has not budged. Meaning, a woman can be a powerhouse at work, but still have to conform to archaic notions at home that dictate her place and behavior.
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