We live in a society that has become remarkably dependent on the unfettered ambition of women.
As the Washington Post reporter Liza Mundy writes in a new book, “The Richer Sex,” forty percent of working wives now earn more than their husbands, and, by 2030, that number will probably rise to fifty per cent.
Women already make up more than half of college and university students. By 2019, if current trends continue, they will make up fifty-nine per cent of total undergraduate enrollment, and sixty-one per cent of those enrolled in graduate programs.
Birth control is an economic and educational order predicated on the freedom of women, married and unmarried, to protect their own health and to decide when they’re going to have children.
Ninety-nine percent of all American women, who have had sex, have used contraception at some point in their lives. For Catholic women, the percentage is almost the same--ninety-eight percent, according to an analysis released last Spring by the Guttmacher Institute.
Source: The New Yorker, March 19, 2012 Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2012/03/19/120319taco_talk_talbot#ixzz1pPKjst5b
Liza Mundy: The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family
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John G Agno: Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge.
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I'm a woman in my late 20 s, married for 5 years and I make more money than my huansbd, he makes about 30% of what I make. We split the bills equally based on income, so he pays about 30% of our bills and I pay the remainder I don't have a problem with this setup, I think it's more equal. However, where we disagree is house chores. I work 40 hours a week, sometimes longer depending on my job requirements, and he only works about 20 hours a week. I feel that the chores should also be split equally based on time. I've struggled for a few years now, especially since we bought a house a couple of years ago, to get him to do any house chores .he sleeps in most days and doesn't do any house chores. Anytime I bring them up, it turns into a fight b/c he gets very defensive. He grew up with a stay at home mom who did EVERYTHING around the house and cooked everyday! I think he has problems recognizing that we're not the traditional kind of relationship. I'm at the point we're I'm just forgetting about him doing any chores, but I'm starting to resent him because of this situation and I don't know what to do. Besides the chores we have a good relationship. But, I just don't feel like he appreciates all that I do in this relationship if it weren't for my income we couldn't afford our house and a lot of things we do, like vacations, and not to mention 1,000 s of dollars in vet bills that I've paid for. Anytime anything comes up, I'm the one to pay for it. Yet he can't help keep the house tidy. I'm starting to come to my whit's end and I'm not sure what to do any advice would be good!
Posted by: Campos | 07/15/2012 at 03:21 PM
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Posted by: John G. Agno | 07/16/2012 at 09:20 AM