Why Are Financial Expectations Still Lower for Women Than Men?
Gone are the days when men were expected to go off to work and women were expected to have dinner waiting on the table when they get home. It's estimated that roughly 15% of men between the ages of 25 and 54 don't work, and while some of that boils down to a lack of education or experience, a growing number of men are actively choosing to stay home and raise families while their female partners bring home an income. In fact, as of 2012, 16% of U.S. parents identified as stay-at-home dads.
But even though countless women are contributing to, if not outright sustaining, their households, most Americans continue to uphold what can only be described as a downright archaic sentiment -- that it's more important for men to provide for their families than it is for women to do the same. Such is the result of an in-depth Pew Research Center study, which found that 71% of U.S. adults feel that men need to step up and support their families financially to be considered good partners. By contrast, only 32% feel the same about women. The question is: Why?
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