Earning more and getting less : why successful wives can't buy equality /

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Annotation Shows how, historically, men derived a great deal of power over financial and household decisions by bringing home all (or most) of a family's income. The author demonstrates how wives, instead of using their substantial incomes to negotiate more egalitarian relationships, enable the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tichenor, Veronica Jaris, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Marriage > Psychological aspects.
Equality > Psychological aspects.
Married people > Psychology.
Sex differences (Psychology)
Power (Social sciences)
Wages > Women.
Mariage > Aspect psychologique.
Couples mariés > Psychologie.
Différences entre sexes (Psychologie)
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Salaires > Femmes.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Marriage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Equality > Psychological aspects
Marriage > Psychological aspects
Married people > Psychology
Wages > Women
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Higher-earning wives : swimming against the tide
  • Thinking about gender and power in marriage
  • Gendered bargain : why wives can't trade their money for housework
  • Dollar rich and power poor : why wives don't control the money
  • Calling the shots : why wives' decision-making power is limited
  • Negotiating identity and power
  • Are they happy? : managing tensions and disappointments
  • Floating along for the ride? : higher-earning wives and the prospects for gender change.

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