Power and authority can cause women hopelessness and despair. Last Thursday, a study revealed that most men feel more empowered and much happier when they are in charge in the work place. This also supports the claim that women, on the other hand, who hold the ability to exert influence at the workplace, be it to hire or to fire, are more likely to suffer depression. This depression, however, is not directly related nor the cause of men-women salary discrepancies.

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Tetyana Pudrovska, an author and a professor of sociology at the University of Texas, says,"Women in authority positions are evaluated more stringently compared to women without job authority and male co-workers." She also added, "Higher status women are often exposed to over and subltle gender discrimination and harassment. This contributes to chronic stress."

The study also mentions how men bosses in the corporate world are likely to face lesser instances of annoyance and aggravation than women bosses or men in lower professional levels because they don't need to face the kind of social resitance that women frequently overcome. Pudrovska also said that it is an "expected status hierarchy" to have men run and command things, hence the inhibitions that most women have to deal with. She states that this customary and conventional structure of the society could possibly boost the mental and emotional rewards of men which are mostly associated with their significant titles.

Researchers have come up with these conclusions as they performed an investigation of 1,500 women and 1,300 men in the state of Wisconsin. These women and men have been observed and assessed continually from year 1957 to year 2004. Although extensive and lengthy, the result of the research was considered a major success. It was published in an issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior last December.

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