In the twenty-first century, successful, hardworking women fill the workplace, earn advanced degrees, and marry for love -- pursuing their vision of "having it all." But for the millions of working women who outearn their husbands, their burgeoning economic power often creates a hidden, complicated, and unexpected backlash.
Bringing Home the Bacon
Breadwinning wives account for more than 35 percent of married working women, a number that's growing every day. Yet personal and societal attitudes and expectations have not kept pace with this dramatic evolution in the workplace. The clash between economic and everyday realities is wreaking havoc on marriages across the country, calling into question notions of power, equality, and even what it means to be a man or a woman. But very few people have talked openly about it -- much less offered solutions to inevitable conflicts -- until now.
Provocative, empowering, and practical, Bringing Home the Bacon gives a blueprint to the pioneers who are reshaping expectations of marriage. Tackling conflicts that lie at the heart of marriages in which women bring home the bigger paycheck, experienced couples therapist Harriet Pappenheim and award-winning journalist Ginny Graves offer insights gleaned from interviews with more than one hundred women and men (conducted especially for this book) and present a prescriptive portrait of couples struggling to restore support, desire, happiness, and a sense of partnership into marriages under pressure. Addressing such hot-button issues as housework, sex, financial decision-making, parenting, and the new role of stay-at-home-dads, Bringing Home the Bacon offers invaluable advice to couples at the forefront of this silent revolution.

Bringing Home the Bacon: Making Marriage Work When She Makes More Money

Self-Help

Pappenheim, Harriet

Graves, Ginny

Relationships

William Morrow

Millions of married women who work now outearn their husbands—35 percent . . . and rising! Yet deeply ingrained personal and societal attitudes have failed to keep pace with these dramatic changes, putting a serious strain on many relationships. Now, experienced couples therapist Harriet Pappenheim and award-winning journalist Ginny Graves offer insights gleaned from interviews with more than one hundred women and men (conducted specially for this book) and present solutions to the unexpected conflicts engendered by this new family dynamic, addressing such critical topics as: <ul>
<li>Why working women still do more housework than their husbands—even when their husbands stay at home</li> <li>Coping with the challenges to marital stability when the husband is laid off, changes careers, or chooses to leave the workforce</li> <li>How to keep a relationship romantically alive and sexually active when the wife has the bigger paycheck </li> <li>Navigating tricky financial decision-making when she is the primary breadwinner</li> <li>Helping your children prepare for new family patterns in the years ahead</li> <li>How to communicate with your spouse about these supercharged issues</li> <li>And many more!</li> </ul>
 Provocative, empowering, and practical, For Richer or Poorer is a blueprint for marital success for couples at the forefront of this silent—and paradigm-shattering—revolution.

For Richer or Poorer: Keeping Your Marriage Happy When She's Making More Money

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