It's been more than a generation since women started making more money than men in some households due to increases in equality between the sexes. The phrasing and positioning used implies that a stay-at-home dad is something that we should be reacting to as an economic problem.
In other words, it required the assumption that men are the proper breadwinners in heterosexual households.
I think seanmcq is referring to the implication that "getting by" means subsistence wage (of the wife).
I don't think it was a sexist statement, but rather the focus is on "getting by." It could've been "getting by on his partner's wage" (if he were homosexual).
sliverstorm|14 years ago
seanmcq|14 years ago
It's been more than a generation since women started making more money than men in some households due to increases in equality between the sexes. The phrasing and positioning used implies that a stay-at-home dad is something that we should be reacting to as an economic problem.
In other words, it required the assumption that men are the proper breadwinners in heterosexual households.
orijing|14 years ago
I don't think it was a sexist statement, but rather the focus is on "getting by." It could've been "getting by on his partner's wage" (if he were homosexual).
unknown|14 years ago
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