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Breadwinner in 40% of U.S. Families Is a Woman, Study Finds[1] [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/business/economy/women-as-family-breadwinner-on-the-rise-s

• king_jester 13y ago
  From the very article you provided: "Such marriages are still relatively rare, though, even if their share is growing. Of all married couples, 24 percent include a wife who earns more, versus 6.2 percent in 1960." "Demographically and socioeconomically, single mothers and married mothers are different from each others. The median family income for single mothers — who are disproportionately younger, black or Hispanic, and less educated — is $23,000. The median household income for married women who earn more than their husbands — more often white, slightly older and college-educated — is $80,000." I'm not really sure what point you were trying to make, but it sounds like sexism along with classism and racism still have an impact on women's lives.