Are women ashamed earning more money than men or are they proud of it? Research results

There are more and more young women who earn more money than their husbands and boyfriends, and some of them admit that they have a sense of anxiety and shame on this occasion, – according to Independent ,  citing research conducted among 130 women.

The respondents were women whose salaries are higher than their partners’ salaries.  Most of them reported that they feel tired, jaded and hurt that their husbands earn less.

That is stress,   a big responsibility. I will make myself stay in the same position as now, even if I do not like it, – the magazine quoted the words of one of the women surveyed. She was particularly saddened by the fact that women have to deal with the welfare of the family even if she dislikes her job.

The second important issue for these women is that in addition to providing material welfare of the family, they are forced to make the lion’s share of household chores. As for shame, many women earning more money have this feeling because of the stereotype that men stay in such relations with women only for money. It is believed that a thick -wallet women usually are not very attractive and have to go through everything alone, without the hope on a successful marriage.

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