Women are often burdened by the stigma of traditional attitudes which conceptualize the weak and emotional female whose primary responsibility is to her family. Society neither expects nor demands anything from her in the professional arena.
然而，女性向來被認為個性被動、軟弱、情緒化，尤其又不能偏廢相夫教子的天職，因此如要在社會上嶄露頭角，當個傑出的主管，往往得比男性付出更多的心血，與更大的代價。