Women Are Primary Breadwinners: 5 Paradoxes About Women and Money

Walking into a recent luncheon for the launch of Prudential’s study on the Financial Experience and Behaviors Among Women, I was greeted with the headline: “Women are primary breadwinners, whether they like it or not.” The first thought that popped into my mind was “Is that really true?” The second, as someone who reads and writes about the gender wage gap, was, “Show me a woman who wouldn’t like earning the most in the family.” Fortunately, the panel offered three money smart women along with a study full of statistics on the realities of how women manage their money and what we need to fix…..article