Women are significantly more likely to say yes to a workplace request than men. In collectivist cultures, relationships are so close knit that the reputation or concerns and the relationship concerns are just amplified. Women definitely have the burden of being the helper, the nurturer, the giver that drives them to be almost slotted into these roles where you've got to say yes and not say no.
Too often, we say "yes" to friends, bosses, and even strangers when what we really want to say is "absolutely not." Why do we do this? Vanessa Patrick, a marketing professor at the University of Houston, has spent years researching this question. The answer she's come up with could change your life.