More women working while less women are housewives is celebrated as an advancement in gender equality; I also see it as representative of how cost of living has increased while wages have stagnated, meaning more married households need two people working to afford standard of living

The lifestyle that many married couples could afford in the 50s/60s/70s from 1 working adult, is no longer possible and requires two adults working to maintain anywhere close to the same standard of living

I would think its just middle class and above where women have significantly started working more, and that women in poorer families have always had to work and couldn’t afford to be housewives - I see it as a sign of a shrinking middle class, that now “middle class” households have to act like “lower class/lower-middle class” households and have two working adults, in order to afford their lifestyles

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