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What High-Earning Women Still Have To Deal With

Nina Bahadur | Posted 03.13.2013 | Women
Read More: Career & Money, Career Women, Money, Career Study, Women's Earnings, Earnings Study, Women and Careers, Household Work, Women and Money, Breadwinners, Domestic Labor, Gender Roles, Women News

We hear it every day: Women are more professionally and financially successful than they've ever been, but society hasn't entirely made peace with tha...

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Most Women Would Rather Be This Than a Housewife

Lisa Wade | Posted 03.31.2013 | Women
Read More: Women, Marriage, Gender Equality, Gender Roles, Stay-at-Home Moms, Stay-at-Home Mom, Breadwinners, Stay at Home Moms, Stay at Home Mothers, Stay at Home Mom, Gender, Women News
Lisa Wade

The vast majority of young people desire an egalitarian marriage in which both partners share breadwinning, housekeeping, and child rearing. In practice, however, egalitarian relationships are difficult to establish.

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What Happens When Women Earn More?

Slate XX | Posted 09.11.2012 | Women
Read More: Hanna Rosin, Women, Slate Xx, Breadwinners, The End of Men: And the Rise of Women, Women News

The following story is adapted from Hanna Rosin’s new book, The End of Men: and the Rise of Women, which comes out today. For much of history, th...

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Pew Report: Thank Your Wives, You Lucky Bastards

Christine Whelan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Women, Marriage, Outearn, Education, New Economics of Marriage, Pew Research Center, Breadwinners, Personal Finance, Financial Advice, College Educated, Business News
Christine Whelan

The report boils down to some practical advice for men: Find a college-educated young lady and get her to marry you. She's not only brightening your world, she's making it quite a bit richer, too.

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Marriage-Saving Research For The Holidays

Christine Whelan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Christine B. Whelan, Traditional Marriage, Lost Decade, New Year, Money, Decade of Disruption, Christine Whelan, Cultural Values, W Bradford Wilcox, Recession, Holiday, Marriage, Gender Roles, 2010, Non-Traditional Families, Nest-Egg, Jeffery Dew, Families, Breadwinners, University of Virginia, National Marriage Project, Family, Relationships, Healthy Living News
Christine Whelan

The recession has taken a toll on American families, but research suggests that there may be a silver lining: Understanding the link between money and marriage might help us make better choices.

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