Women also tend to earn less money, being dependent on their husband's income for much of their working-life. The SSA has actually studied this issue, and women

Women also tend to earn less money, being dependent on their husband's income for much of their working-life. The SSA has actually studied this issue, and women tend to be much more likely to exhaust all other forms of retirement savings and subsist exclusively on Social Security benefits: http://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/women.html http://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/women.html