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Rise of the power wives
New York Post ^ | November 9, 2010 | SARA STEWART

Posted on 11/09/2010 2:59:21 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

Sara Moulton has always been the main breadwinner in her family — in more ways than one. Moulton is an award-winning chef who’s hosted multiple Food Network shows, served as executive chef at Gourmet magazine for decades, written several best-selling cookbooks and is a food editor on “Good Morning America.”

As for being the primary earner, well, it’s a role she’s come to embrace.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: marriage; roles; rollswithbutter
Seems like they are celebrating 3 out of 4 men losing jobs.
1 posted on 11/09/2010 2:59:25 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Exactly. You might be out of a job but at least you have a “sugar mamma”.


2 posted on 11/09/2010 3:05:25 PM PST by msamizdat (The only justice is vigilante justice)
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To: ConservativeStatement
I don't see it that way. These women just happen to make more money than their spouse, and I don't see any problem with that. It doesn't seem the male spouses are the type who couldn't get any decent jobs either. They just choose to be that way, and the wives bring home more bacon.

I'm quite sure Sarah Palin makes more than Todd does.

3 posted on 11/09/2010 3:07:59 PM PST by paudio (The differences between Clinton and 0bama? About a dozen former Democratic Congressmen.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Didn’t seem to address the unemployed at all. I don’t get the hoopla. My wife of 20 years has always out earned me, sometimes by a factor of 5 or more. Never bothered me a bit.


4 posted on 11/09/2010 3:16:08 PM PST by Melas
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To: paudio
I'm quite sure Sarah Palin makes more than Todd does.

I'd wager that she's outstripped his lifetime earnings in the last couple of years alone.

5 posted on 11/09/2010 3:17:28 PM PST by Melas
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To: paudio

In a lot of cases I’ve seen it hasn’t worked out to well, but nothing will be 100%.


6 posted on 11/09/2010 3:25:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: ConservativeStatement
“If Bill sat around and ate bonbons and didn’t clean up the house and never took care of the kids, I would have divorced him!” says Moulton.

The fact that she threatens this, means this isn't okay. Imagine if a husband said this about his wife. You wouldn't say this about someone you respected.

7 posted on 11/09/2010 3:26:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: ConservativeStatement

Men more likely to cheat on female breadwinner
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The study found that men who are economically dependent on their female partners are more likely to cheat on them. What’s more, the results proved to be quite the opposite when gender and breadwinner roles were reversed.

Women dependent on male partners were less likely to cheat, according to research presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta.

http://lifestyle.ca.msn.com/health-fitness/news/canadianpress-article.aspx?cp-documentid=25218831


8 posted on 11/09/2010 3:26:47 PM PST by donna (Conservatives believe in God, Family, Country. Not money, money, money.)
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To: nickcarraway
Imagine if a husband said this about his wife.

It would make pretty good sense, too. And it would probably be a joke, just as this comment by Ms. Moulton seems to be.

Honestly, you think her husband is doing housework and changing diapers? Bosh ... they have a staff, like the rest of the rich people. Maybe he's a community benefactor of some sort. My husband wishes he could work for the Boy Scouts full time, instead of having to support us.

9 posted on 11/09/2010 3:36:05 PM PST by Tax-chick (The alligator ate my friend. He will eat your friend, too. Then he will eat Tom.)
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To: paudio

Very well-put. Men have sought to marry into wealthy families throughout our nation’s history, as well as in every other society in the world.


10 posted on 11/09/2010 3:37:52 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit.)
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To: Tax-chick

Why would it make sense? I don’t think spouses should criticize or threaten each other in public.


11 posted on 11/09/2010 3:52:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

She wasn’t criticizing, and if it’s a joke, it’s not a threat in a meaningful sense. You can say you don’t find it funny, but if they’ve been married any length of time and are happy, presumably it’s okay for them.


12 posted on 11/09/2010 3:54:40 PM PST by Tax-chick (The alligator ate my friend. He will eat your friend, too. Then he will eat Tom.)
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To: Tax-chick

Maybe. But many a true statement was made in jest. I think of a husband said this, he’s be getting flack and for good reason.


13 posted on 11/09/2010 4:00:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: donna
More likely because in most traditional cultures, males are expected to be the breadwinner. Having a wife with higher income may lead to some insecurity because it challenges his notion of self. One way to deal with this insecurity is to show that he can still be a player in dating scene.

It depends on the norms that both the husband and wife have. If the husband holds more rigid norms of male as breadwinner, it's more difficult for him to accept. If it's the wife who holds more rigid norms, she'd make efforts to 'ease' the possible tensions by still doing chores at home, to give an impression that the husband is still the 'king'. In fact, statistics show that. If men work, on average they spend less hours on household chores. If women work, they still maintain the hours on chores or probably reduce the hours--but not to the level when the men work.

14 posted on 11/09/2010 4:12:26 PM PST by paudio (The differences between Clinton and 0bama? About a dozen former Democratic Congressmen.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Can I use this post to lament the wonderful GOURMET magazine? They just snatched that baby away w/ out even a farewell issue........It was one of the iconic American magazines...........


15 posted on 11/09/2010 4:34:11 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

I would say that about my husband if he was a stay-at-home dad.

Why would I respect a man that doesn’t work outside the home, but can sit around eating bon-bons, leaves the house a mess and doesn’t care for the children?


16 posted on 11/09/2010 4:41:13 PM PST by mom4melody
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To: nickcarraway

I disagree. I see it more as a backhanded compliment - she’s saying that her husband is *not* a useless drone. I’m not employed, but I’m not a useless drone, either. I may be drinking wine and FReeping, but I’m also teaching school, running errands, teaching Sunday School, leading Scouts, and doing six loads of laundry a day.


17 posted on 11/09/2010 4:54:31 PM PST by Tax-chick (The alligator ate my friend. He will eat your friend, too. Then he will eat Tom.)
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To: paudio

You mean traditional values and Christian households - the very thing that made this country great and what is missing now in our decline?


18 posted on 11/09/2010 6:57:52 PM PST by donna (Conservatives believe in God, Family, Country. Not money, money, money.)
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To: donna

You mean Christian models forbid wives to make more than husbands?


19 posted on 11/09/2010 8:51:36 PM PST by paudio (The differences between Clinton and 0bama? About a dozen former Democratic Congressmen.)
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To: paudio

I didn’t say that.


20 posted on 11/09/2010 8:57:14 PM PST by donna (Conservatives believe in God, Family, Country. Not money, money, money.)
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