5 Things No One Tells You About Being a Female Breadwinner While wage parity between men and women remains a work in progress in the U.S., the percentage of female breadwinners (defined as the primary or sole earner of income in a household) has steadily risen in recent years. In fact, it jumped from 37 percent in 2000 to 49 percent in 2018.Does this mean were moving toward more workforce equality as a whole? Not quite. This changing trend is in part due to the growing number of single-mom families and the decrease in married couples heading households.And as these dynamics shift, its important to recognize that theres a lot more to breadwinning than simply earning more money. Here are five unexpected social consequences that come with being your households breadwinner.1. Youll run into unfair social expectations and likely feel a bit guilty.In spite of the shift in breadwinning statistics, traditional gender expectations that men serve as their households primary earner by default still prevail.
