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There's an interesting premise buried in your paragraph. I totally get the problem with the power disparity -- even if I'm skeptical of your statistics. (Wouldn't really matter if it was only, say, 20% of husbands abusing the power structure). But the idea that self-respect should be tied to bringing in money, rather than other life activities, is troublesome. Making money is often a shallow endeavor, unrewarding in the long term. It's necessary but, in my opinion, overvalued in our society. Our culture's narrow focus on earning and consumption makes our lives shallow and sad. [/quote]

Power comes from earning money. Just ask my deceased mother, who, although she did not have time stress like I do, was miserable because her husband had the ultimate decisionmaking power in the house. No thanks. [/quote]

And happiness comes from power? [/quote]

Happiness comes from having choices- whether to clean your own house or outsource, whether to leave your husband - and those choices come from having the power to support yourself financially.[/quote]

The connection between happiness and choices doesn't seem to be as strong as you are suggesting: 
http://blog.ted.com/does-having-choice-make-us-happy-6-studies-that-suggest-it-doesnt-always/

Also, as Biggie Smalls observed, "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems." [/quote]

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