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| Subject: The richer sex Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:47 am | |
| Imagine a future in which women aren’t just paid the same amount as men, but out earn them. In which more children grow up in households financially supported by mothers than by fathers. In which women are free to pursue high intensity corporate careers and men to perfect the art of the gourmet home dinner – or vice versa – each in accordance with their interests and abilities.
Sound like a sci-fi feminist utopia? It may be closer than you think, according to Liza Mundy, a Washington Post journalist and author of new book The Richer Sex: How The New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family. In fact, let’s take that one step further: like most things about the future, it’s already here. It’s just not evenly distributed.
http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/news-features/the-richer-sex-20120328-1vy5m.html |
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