Is the ever-changing role of women affecting marriages? It was normal for a little girl to have the fantasy of the 1950s housewife in her head because that's all she knew (Loh). She wants to grow up and marry a rich man who will kiss her on the cheek every morning as he walks to her office. She then cleans the kitchen, makes lunch for the kids, takes them to school, and the rest of the day is filled with laundry and chores. Dinner is on the table when her husband returns. She does it day after day, like all the female ancestors before her (Roberts). Then came the women's suffrage movement when women wanted jobs and pay equal to men as well as the right to vote. Women have become more than housewives and mothers. She became an equal member of society, bearing the same economic burden as men. Women began attending colleges and universities and later joined the workforce in positions formerly reserved for men. Fast forward with me now. Today, there are more women graduates than men. According to a report by the PEW Research Center, in more than a third of marriages, women have acquired more education than their spouses (Parker-pope). More and more wives are earning more money than their husbands. In an article published in the New York Times, the question is asked: "Does a man feel threatened by his wife's success?" (Biddle) According to a 2007 Pew Research Center study, 20% of women earned more than their spouses, up from 4% in the 1970s. In 2009, half of the workforce was made up of women ( Fry). Women are becoming truly equal to men in almost every aspect of society. Andrea Doucet, professor of sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa "With women earning more money and...... middle of article......0/01/19/women-men -and-the-new-economics-of-marriage/>.Morin, Richard and Megan Rosenfeld. “With more fairness, more sweat.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, March 2, 1998. Web. May 5, 2014. .Biddle, Tabby. “How Changing Gender Roles Affect Marriages.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, January 29, 2010. Web. May 5, 2014. .Loh, Sandra. "My so-called wife." The New York Times. The New York Times, January 23, 2010. Web. May 5, 2014. .Roberts, Sam. “More Men Marry Better Educated, Wealthier Women.” The New York Times. The New York Times, January 18, 2010. Web. May 5 2014. .