Stress being a significant indirect cause of death isn’t a new discovery. What we didn’t know until recently, however, is that women are far more likely to die from stress-related work than men.
Indeed, women are simply are not equipped for the stress of modern capitalism.
A study published by the official journal of American Academy of Neurology analyzed data on nearly 140,000 workers from three continents and determined that females who work in “high-strain” jobs are 33% more likely to die of a stroke than males. Researchers categorized jobs into four categories and tracked employee health over a period between 3.4 years to 16.7 years.
Jobs in the highest category, which yield intense “psychological job demand,” include waitresses, nursing aides, and other service-industry occupations. (At least they won’t be psychopaths!) The report identified that up to 27% of jobs fall within the high-strain category.
Smoking, eating fast food, skipping out on the gym or “making other choices” are cited as reasons these professions lead to a higher risk of stroke.
“Whatever the biological explanation, the study highlights the need to find ways to turn high-strain jobs into low-strain jobs,” wrote the LA Times about the findings. You know, jobs that feature low psychological demand such as scientists and architects, according to Dr. Jennifer Majersik, a stroke neurologist at the University of Utah.
Ok then…
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