[quote=UCGal]Does it count if the woman with children is married but is the primary bread winner? A lot of the discussion assumes single parenting…

I know several couples that have children – the mom works, the dad stays home. How does that fit the woman as gold digger model? And some of the men had great careers prior to making the choice to be a SAHD. These guys had real careers – engineers, finance, etc. But they like being full time parents… and their wives like their careers.

I know even more couples where both parents work and the mom makes more than the dad. How does that fit the gold-digger model?[/quote]

I could be crude and say that these women failed as gold diggers and this was the best situation they could come up with. But I’m not going to do that. Instead, I’ll just note that you’re making the same logical fallacy you’ve been making all along in this discussion: The Fallacy of the Exception. You’re taking exceptional situations that you’re aware of and trying to disprove the generalization which remains true. I know a few couples where the woman is the primary breadwinner, too. But, “According to the Census Bureau, 24% of women earned more than their husbands in 2008.” That’s up from 16% twenty years ago. But… that stat only applies to households where both the husband and wife are working. So, when the number of husbands and wives that work is equal AND 50% of women earn more than their husbands, then we can talk about what the generalization should be.