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Prolonged standing posture, observed among a majority of Quebecer female workers, is associated with cardiovascular troubles and pain in the back, legs and feet. Indeed, two out of the five most feminized professions require a standing posture both prolonged and relatively static. This posture constraint is typical of certain female professional exposures in the sense that the effort produces little evidence of visible impact on the short term. Despite pain reports, resistance to change is important. The present article gives an account of the results of several studies on women’s postures at work, the physiological consequences of the prolonged static standing posture, and the attitudes of women and men faced with the standing posture, in order to understand why resistance is so high.