Cnn reports that studies indicate the man's career is always given more priority over the woman's. Even in situations where the woman earns more.
Shouldn't logic dictate that the higher earner's opportunities take priority?
Yes, but what I mean is should the woman relocate when she earns more because her husband has been offered a promotion in another city? What kind of sense does that make?
Good point Noel. Provided kids are in the couples future that is.
woocee
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No necessarily...you have to look at potential, and opportunity costs, and basically each situation is different. However, logic should dictate that the man's career isn't alway most important.
to your edit...if money is the priority in the family then I'd guess you'd go w/ the woman's job. But a higher salary isn't always the best way to determine these things...location, hours on the job, commute, quality of life in one city vs the other. But I know what you mean, the man shouldn't alway win these battles just b/c he is the male!!!
Anonymous
I don't think either one should take priority over the other.
I feel that a career is more than money. Anyone can have a job and make money. But a career is what you love to do. If we both love what we do, and are doing if for that reason, then it removes unnecessary competition. Instead of one being more important, it's both of us are working together.
That's just how I view career.
Anonymous
One would think that the higher earner opportunity should take priority, but social pressure and sexism can be pretty strong. Some women are told that they should quit their careers in order to "preserve their families"...and if they don't and the woman gets divorced, then somehow it is her fault for being "too career oriented" but yet no one faults men for that.
Anonymous
Well, if that was the case the lower earner will never get the chance to earn more. It shouldn't always be the man's though.
vegafallingstar
Yes, logic SHOULD account for who has the higher salary. Unfortunately, the stereotypical gender roles that we have grown up with in our culture (woman as housewife, man as breadwinner) can still make it difficult for people to look only at the facts and numbers.