Women Who Bring Home the Bacon Are STILL the Ones Frying It Up in a Pan
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA®, CES™
Nov 03, 2021
4 minutes
Breadwinning women can’t get a break. They not only struggle for parity at work, but new studies show that they also do not have gender equality at home.
According to the Journal of Family Issues, breadwinning women spend a disproportionately higher number of hours on household tasks and child care. Surprisingly, the category of men who do the least amount at home are those who have the most free time – those who are unemployed. Breadwinning women often end up responsible for the majority of housework, even when their husband does not have a job! The greater the income gap, the less men do. In other words, the more the wife earns,
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