Traditional Corporate Structure Is Draining Women Mentally And Physically; Know Why

Traditional corporate structure exhausts women on a core level.

As women, we are often told to go back to the kitchen, because many still believe that it is the only thing we were specially born to do. But here we are, climbing the ladder of success in corporate, even though it’s usually twice as hard for us as it is for men. The struggle to make a name for ourselves, as women, is real. Although women make major contributions in their respective professions, many of them have experienced s*xism in various forms, which is a shameful thing considering we are living in 2025. This prompts us to question whether this structure favours women in general or not.

Traditional Corporate Structure Does Not Favour Women

The traditional corporate structure favours men and was designed for them. In the olden days, women worked to maintain their homes (which was and still isn’t an easy task), and they dominated the corporate sector decades later. Being a contributing breadwinner of the house did not spare them from doing household work all by themselves. Many ladies worked extra hard to first cook and clean for their family and then break a sweat at their workplaces.

Being a woman isn’t easy. Being subjected to gender pay gaps, harassment, and promotion disparity became a synonymous experience among many women. Even if some ladies reach the top positions at their workplaces, the insecure colleagues accuse them of sleeping their way to the top.

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We See A Smaller Percentage Of Women At The Top

As the famous saying goes, ‘It’s lonely at the top,’ in this context, it’s true because women are absent there. Even after giving their all and sometimes outperforming their male colleagues, some women do not get promoted. As published by Yale Insights, Professor Kelly Shue’s research found that in the North American retail chain, 56% of entry-level workers are women.

The research found that 48% of women end up being department managers. This number went down to 35% of women, who end up becoming store managers and only 14% of them become district managers. Additionally, according to The Conversation, Statistics Canada reported that in 2022, only 5% of Toronto Stock Exchange issuers retained a female CEO.

Do Women Face Health Issues Because Of The Traditional Corporate Structures

Let’s just agree to the fact that women and men are biologically different. While a large number of women suffer from menstrual cramps, they don’t often get period leave and have to work while suffering from that insufferable pain. Since many women primarily do their domestic chores and also complete their corporate duties, it’s safe to say that their bodies and mental health get exhausted. This may lead them to stop taking care of themselves completely.

By looking at all the things discussed in this piece, a question arises: How much more do women have to prove themselves in order to be taken seriously and considered in their workplace? 

It is alarming that they face such circumstances even in the current era. People have started openly discussing such problems, but it seems that we still have a long way to go in incorporating fair and better working conditions for women. With the given statistics, we can only hope that the corporate structure gets better, making it more efficient for women. If, with time, improvements are implemented in such corporations, it can also relieve young girls from worrying about how they can survive in their future corporate life.

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First Published: September 23, 2025 5:51 PM