The changing roles of women worldwide have led to greater participation in the employment sector and changes in many aspects of fashionable life. Women are now employed in male-dominated fields such as law, professional sports, the military, law enforcement, firefighting and top-level corporate positions. Today, working women spend less time maintaining the household than 30 years ago.1 It had been anticipated that increased labour force participation for women and subsequent involvement in multiple roles would result in increased stress. Research studies have determined that it is true.