For women, balancing act of career and home can tax mental health
Bella Iovieno with Norman Mayor Breea Clark. Photo by Kiami Whitfield
By Bella Iovieno For generations, women were not valued as viable workers. Their gender automatically determined their abilities. Through perseverance in the last century, women have been elevated from housewife to CEO to candidates for president – their gender no longer a measure of competency. Still, working women face many pressures including performance at work and social expectations that come with being a woman in a patriarchal society. This creates a balancing act that is an ever-present struggle for some women as they try to maintain their professionalism and home life. Balancing personal, social and professional responsibilities is something that…
