What is the Price of Being a Working Woman?

Why are we still paying in 2025???

Mar 21, 2025

Ed Note

“A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't." — Rhonda Hansome.

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So Shall We?

“Was crying on the phone telling my boss I couldn't make it to work that day when he asked me if I was the first person to ever menstruate.”

“One time, a colleague asked when I would cook for him. And when I asked why, he said that I'm a woman. If he asked me to cook for him, nothing's wrong with it. This was among my other colleagues. Nobody took my side. I wrote a complaint to them and a meeting was called, and they said there was nothing wrong and it was a joke. After that, my manager made my life more difficult, became stricter, and would punish me ten times compared to others.”

“There was a time when my boss during my service year asked me out at work, and it was a whole lot for me. I had to rearrange my wardrobe because of him. I had to receive a whole lot of "not dressed well. You're not doing this, you're not doing that". Because he asked me out and I turned him down, he would constantly address my work and my outfit in front of everyone. So it impacted a lot on my dressing and appearance. I had to change my wardrobe because of that situation.

Thank God I left that place.”

These are not just any stories. They are real, lived experiences of working women in 2025. It has been centuries since women fought for the right to work and earn, yet, we are still suffering and facing different challenges in our workplace.

Dress well, but not too well, so you don’t attract the wrong kind of attention.

Be ambitious, but not too ambitious, or else nobody will marry you.

Speak up during meetings, and share good ideas if you can, but don’t overdo it so you don’t end up becoming an oversabi.

Be assertive, but not too assertive, so they don’t call you difficult or wicked.

Negotiate your salary, or risk earning less than your male counterpart.

You can face harassment but think twice before reporting it, else, you might end up being punished.

This is why PaidHR decided to investigate The Price of Being a Working Woman. In one of their reports, it was revealed that while 70% of men feel comfortable reporting harassment or discrimination, only 55% of women do. Another 26% fear speaking up due to consequences.

These numbers tell a familiar story of progress, but not enough. The fear of retaliation, the weight of workplace bias, and the reality of unspoken expectations continue to affect women’s professional lives in ways that go beyond just pay gaps.

Is this the price we must keep paying as working women? If yes, when does it end?

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