Breadwinner Moms - for a Washington Post story
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Anonymous
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Hey All -
Pew Research Center is coming out with a new report this week on Breadwinner Moms. I'd like to talk to a few - either those who make more than husbands or are the sole earner. The report talks about how this is a major cultural shift in a relatively short period of time and explores the public's conflicted feelings. While close to 80 percent say women should NOT return to the 1950s homemaker role, they are uncomfortable about the toll breadwinning moms may take on children and marriages - while they don't have that same feeling about breadwinner dads. Interesting and weird. Thoughts? Shoot me an email: brigid.schulte@washpost.com Deadline is Tuesday. |
Anonymous
| Is this a story for midwest readers? I would think most people on the coasts are comfortable with this dynamic by now...sorry I recommend a different story! |
Anonymous
| Uncomfortable because that leaves the dad out of the picture since he can't bear children and in many cases, doesn't take care of 50% of the domestic responsibilities? |
Anonymous
| NP here -- 21:44 so glad sexism has been completely eliminated on the coasts! What a relief! I think the Washington Post would be really interested in this story. Tell us more! |
Anonymous
| I reject the notion that there is a single breadwinner in a family with two working parents. I subscribe to the Post and this is a story I would not be interested in reading. I wish the Post would focus on in investigative stories. Will there be anything in the article that is not also in the press release from Pew? |
Anonymous
| I would love to read this story. I am the breadwinner in my family, but I HATE IT!!! |
Anonymous
+1. I think they fired all their real reporters and copyeditors. |
Anonymous
| You know what my DH wouldn't like? Reading about my bread winning in the Post. |
Anonymous
| That's nice. Divorced working mom here says "yawn." |
Anonymous
| Divorced working mom also wants to make sure other posters know this yawn isn't aimed at them, but at the notion of the story and people's discomfort with the idea. |
Anonymous
| I can't imagine what I could say in that story that wouldn't be obnoxious. I can't imagine what ANYONE could say about being a breadwinning mom that wouldn't be obnoxious. |
Anonymous
| Didn't I read a story like this in 1975 when women entered the workforce in greater numbers? |
Anonymous
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Love the self-selection and biasedness in these WaPO anecdotal "articles."
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Anonymous
| How many of these breadwinners are single mothers. I'll bet it is a majority. After all, if these numbers held up we'd hardly have pay-inequality for women (something we know we have). Watch out for the story beneath the story. |
Anonymous
| Link? |