Posted on 03/06/2008 8:15:29 AM PST by tobyhill
It seems we’ve officially left “Leave It to Beaver” behind.
In the new dynamics of home economics, it’s not just that men want women to contribute financially to a marriage: The vast majority of men say they wouldn't even mind if their wives brought home the bigger paycheck.
That’s not the only gender stereotype that’s being left behind as couples increasingly grapple — as partners — with today’s economic realities, according to our exclusive Elle/msnbc.com Money, Sex and Love survey of nearly 74,000 men and women.
“This is a real sea change that’s going on in gender roles,” said Stephanie Coontz, director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families, who was not involved in the study.
After years of being conditioned to believe that men relish the role of primary provider, researchers were surprised to discover that just 12 percent of men surveyed said they’d mind if their wife earned more than they do, and in general men seemed happy to share the breadwinner role.
Dan Weinrib, a tax assessor who lives in Homewood, Ala., said he enjoyed it when his wife worked, even though he was the primary earner.
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Well, for a sea change, you’re going to need seamen.
Maybe we shouldn't be conditioning these researchers so much....
Don't forget hope.
I got’s to get me a sugarmommy.
What would be a nice change now (at least for me) would be a contribution of actually being fit for motherhood from a potential spouse. Something that is becoming exceedingly rare, at least up here in lefty-land.
And CHANGE! We, US Americans, want change, and I believe that Barack believes that I believe in change, and that won’t change, so I hope that he believes he can change the beliefs that mean-spirited Republicans have, and replace them with hope!
I come from the “I’ll bring home the bacon. She’ll cook it” tradition.
The ONLY thing the feminist movement ever did was make it expected that a woman be the 50’s housewife AND have a good-paying full-time job. ugh!
(can everyone tell that I have a ton of housework to do when I get home?) ;)
I also suspect that by doubling the supply of labor, they probably depressed wages significantly, so it was all for nothing, from a family’s point of view.
Exactly. Oftentimes, a couple MUST have 2 incomes just to stay afloat.
I don't think my husband or my daughter's boyfriend got that memo. (A week ago my daughter offered to work to provide for the both of them while he went to medical school. He's still pouting like a kicked puppy. "There is NO WAY you're going to provide for ME!")
Exactly. People don’t seem to understand what a total revolution we’ve lived through. What an amazing economy we have that it absorbed a doubling of the work force in a mere 20 years. We won’t know all of the ramifications of this experiment for 100 years.
Unfortunately, my wife knows of many women whose husbands EXPECTED them to go back to work after having babies. In my opinion, those are not real men.
Tell him to take it like the new man. :)
I'm more from the "If we both bring home some bacon, and we both do a little of the cookin', we'll both be eating high on the hog!" school of thought.
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