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Putting women first would mean strengthening America's social safety net, because a higher proportion of single-mother families live in poverty here than in any other wealthy country.

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Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.

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Social and economic policies constructed around the male breadwinner model have always disadvantaged women.

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Our goal should be to develop work-life policies that enable people to put their gender values into practice. So let's stop arguing about the hard choices women make and help more women and men avoid such hard choices.

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Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families.

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Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

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Turning back the inequality revolution may be difficult. But that would certainly help more families - at almost all income levels - than turning back the gender revolution.

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Marriage is no longer the only place where people make major life transitions and decisions, enter into commitments, or incur obligations.

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Many alternatives to traditional marriage have emerged. People feel free to shop around, experimenting with several living arrangements in succession. And when people do marry, they have different expectations and goals.

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I am not arguing that women ought to 'settle.' I am arguing that we can now expect more of a mate than we could when we depended on men for our financial security, social status, and sense of accomplishment.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 31st, 1944

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