I'm
a female breadwinner.
If the trend in
female breadwinner families reflects changes in attitudes about the roles of men and women, we might expect a strong regional pattern, as some areas of Canada might embrace attitude changes more quickly than others.
The best clue for the source of the rise of
the female breadwinner comes from splitting the data by the education level of the female partner.
But as we approach a male -
female breadwinner split of 70 - 30 per cent, it's time to set this assumption aside.
Below I chart the proportion of male and
female breadwinner couples, from 1976 to 2010.
There is almost no discernible age pattern in families with
female breadwinners.
Couples with
female breadwinners have almost quadrupled, from an 8 per cent share in 1976 to over 31 per cent in 2010.
Today there are more single mothers,
female breadwinners and stay - at - home dads than ever before.
This is why you will hear far less men leveraging such complaints towards a broke woman — even in a world where
female breadwinners are fast becoming the norm.
However, over the past few years studies have shown a rise in
female breadwinners in the UK.
The level of
female breadwinners has increased by 80 % over the past 15 years.
Not exact matches
(Readers interested in delving deeper into this can look here for the two - way cross-tabulation of
breadwinners by male and
female education.)
In the U.S., a recent Pew Research study showed that
females were
breadwinners in an increasing share of American families.
Today's two - earner and
female - headed families have much more need for outside support systems than did the now - atypical homemaker -
breadwinner household.
I was not and I remain that way, nor were many of my
female friends who were the sole
breadwinners.
I'm in California, and a good number of my
female friends were the
breadwinners; they did not want to pay alimony and so gave up a lot upfront (he got the house, etc.).
If it was a sole
breadwinner or primary earner / stay - at - home mom or
female primary parent marriage, it will be treated as such post-divorce by the court.
As with settlements of family courts and residency or access orders, the system is a relic of a patriarchal model of the family with a male
breadwinner and
female nurturer.
Harriet Harman's triumphalist marking of Gordon Brown's first Budget as, «the end of the assumption that families consist of a male
breadwinner and a
female helpmate in the home,» culminated in an Equalities Bill (enacted by the Coalition) and one way maternal employment policies and childcare policies
Loving Vincent and The
Breadwinner are recognized for best animated feature, both with
female directors (Dorota Kobiela and Nora Twomey).
Out of curiosity, did you ever stop to think, «Hmmm, if I only interview successful
female authors (and let's admit that women absolutely dominate the Romance genre), I'm not going to get many examples where the woman acted as the
breadwinner while the man stayed home to pursue his career?