Are you a guy who believes that a woman's place is in the home and that your job is to bring home the bacon while your wife watches the kids and cleans? If so, that philosophy is probably working out pretty well for you, financially speaking. A new study suggests the men with "traditional" views make substantially more money than men with "egalitarian" views, and traditional-minded women make the least money of all.
Men with egalitarian attitudes about the role of women in society earn significantly less on average than men who hold more traditional views about women's place in the world, according to a study being reported today. It is the first time social scientists have produced evidence that large numbers of men might be victims of gender-related income disparities. The study raises the provocative possibility that a substantial part of the widely discussed gap in income between men and women who do the same work is really a gap between men with a traditional outlook and everyone else.
Do you buy it? Who knows — but let's hope this study's findings doesn't make misogynists out of all men around raise time. [WP]
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I rather have a poorer husband who see me as his complete equal, than a man who sees me as lees than a partner.
I second that *M*
Of course a man who has a housewife will make more money. He has to make more money because he lives in a one-income household, and his wife takes care of everything in the house (caring for children, cleaning, writing bills, etc), so he can spend more time away from the house working.
And of course women with traditional views make the least amount of money! She's not working for pay.
lol a woman wanting a poorer husband so they can be percieved as equal with the man haha funny. That's like saying "I'd love to be a househusband, if my wife would still respect me" Not gonna happen.
You can be a housewife and still be percieved as an equal.. Duh taking care of/raising children is a job, a very difficult one at that.
It would appear that in todays society the raising of children should be considered the most important job there is.
Attitudes/statments like the one "M" made
and "LiteBrite" agreed to, is the reason why most marriages don't work.
People don't seem to have an understanding of what really is important in life imo.
I'm not a mindreader, but I feel like you misunderstood was M was saying.
Thanks Jason, tribalace did misunderstand. The study said men who are egalitarians make less, so I rather have an egalitarian husband that makes less, than have a man believes in "traditional" gender roles and have more money. Being seen as an equal, particularly in marriage is very important in life.
Housewives can been seen as equals, but you will find they their work is not appreciated and not fully seen as equals.
Why wont an egalitarian marriage work?
What is important in life then?
and if my husband was a house husband, he still would be my equal, beacause we are a partnership
Does this study correct for age? More traditionally-minded men are often older, and older men — up to a certain point — generally make more money. I also agree with you M.
Triballace, I think most marriages don't work because people who think different things in life are important don't seriously discuss that beforehand. That, and people often believe they're so in love that everything will "work itself out."