U.S. psychologist
Women are raised to be "Type A's"; they are perfectionists who make all their roles priorities. And then we further stress ourselves by overscheduling and refusing to drop old roles simply because we've picked up new ones. If you work outside the house, you still come home and are in charge of dinner and the children and the social life and the laundry.... Typically, a woman won't rest until the whole world can see that she is exhausted, until everyone else gives her permission to stop. What a woman has to do is give herself that permission.
GEORGIA WITKIN-LANOIL
The Courier, September 16, 1984
If you're severely overstressed or fatigued, the best thing to do is get off the highway, stop for dinner, a stroll or a nap.
GEORGIA WITKIN-LANOIL
"Study: For Women, Driving Means Stress", Sun Sentinel, March 30, 1985
Assertiveness is the positive form of aggressiveness.
GEORGIA LANOIL
The Female Stress Syndrome
Women are raised to feel guilty if they don't do everything they should do. Men are more likely to feel guilty if they do something they shouldn't.
GEORGIA WITKIN-LANOIL
The Courier, September 16, 1984
The most important distinction between aggression and assertion is its intent. During assertion, we move ourselves toward another; during aggression, we move ourselves against another.
GEORGIA WITKIN-LANOIL
The Female Stress Syndrome
We are most often stressed when we can't take control of events which affect our lives.
GEORGIA WITKIN-LANOIL
"Driving Is No. 1 Cause of Stress in Women", Weekly World News, November 17, 1998