No matter how much women love work, most women feel that good personal relationships such as friendships, marriages or children are critical to having a balanced life. The struggle for balance between work and relationships can sometimes leave a woman feeling like a failure at both. Advancing a career usually does mean working long hours, bringing work home, and giving work the emotional energy that a woman could otherwise focus on relationships with family and friends. Relationships Women often are nurturing, all-giving persons, often sacrificing self over others. These actions tie women's self-worth intricately to how successful they are in relationships.
Women often confuse being needed with being loved.
This kind of socialization creates beliefs that the more you give, the more you get and finds women putting others' needs above their own. This viewpoint results in many women draining all of their personal energy and resources on others. Health A number of health problems can be traced to low self-esteem including eating disorders, substance abuse, depression and suicide. This may erode a woman's belief in their own bodies and their own knowledge about themselves. Women communicate differently Communication styles can affect and be affected by self-esteem.