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Under the effect of the androcentrism of science, the hardships of teaching have mainly been examined through the prism of “objective” working conditions. Based on long-term sociological research from a feminist perspective, this article aims to highlight the intimate hardships which most often escape the subjective sociological analysis of teacher distress in France. It dialectically provides glimpses of bodily, maternal, and gender hardships, which are usually kept silent. Taking the form of organizational abuse which is mitigated by its ordinary nature, its unspeakability, and its subsequent acceptance, these three forms of hardship nevertheless pave the way for professional devaluation and weakened mental health among women. This article then calls for further research on the intimate in organizations, similarly to what feminist teachers have done to obtain the recognition of what mars and alters their professional daily lives.