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The Best Cities For Working Mothers, 2010 - Forbes.com. Questions Couples Should Ask (Or Wish They Had) Before Marrying. Working Moms Against Guilt. Alpha Wives: The Trend and the Truth - Room for Debate Blog. Steve Brown/The New York Times Why are more American men marrying women who make more money than they do? Maybe it is the simple fact that more higher-earning women are available. And social norms have changed, with the benefits of such unions supposedly winning out over the perceived blow to the male ego. After a Pew Research Center study came out last week reporting on the rise of the breadwinning wife, the debate began. Or began anew, since the subject has long been a fixture on most-emailed lists: from analyses of the current “mancession” to lifestyle features on alpha wives and beta husbands , to polemics on the dangers of marrying a higher-achieving woman. What is the effect of the social shifts on the institution of marriage? Stephanie Coontz, historianClaudia Goldin, professor of economics, HarvardRalph Richard Banks, professor at Stanford Law SchoolAndrew J.
Women Finally Start to Catch Up Stephanie Coontz teaches history at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. Andrew J.