"Times are changing and women are bringing in more and more of the household income, about 43% according to one study [this percentage seems awfully high to me, given that so many women work part time]. Although there are no official stats on this trend, wives are the chief breadwinners in one-third of all marriages, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, women from ages 21 to 30 living in New York City and working full time made 117 percent of men’s wages, or a median wage of $35,653, and even more in Dallas, 120 percent." [Read more...]
This gives credence to the changing landscape of alimony and that, in the future, women will increasingly be ordered by the courts to paying it when they get divorced if the trend continues.
If it equality for women is a goal that is sought, then picking and choosing the items for which they will be treated as equals is not an option for them to select.
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