Does the evolving role of women influence marriages? It was normal for a little girl to have the fantasy of the 1950s housewife in her head because that was all she knew (Loh). She wants to grow up and marry a rich man who will kiss her cheek every morning as she walks out the door of his office. Then she cleans the kitchen, prepares lunch for the children, takes them to school and the rest of the day is filled with laundry and household chores. Dinner is on the table when her husband returns. She does it day after day, just like every ancestor before her (Roberts). Then came the women's suffrage movement, when women wanted jobs and equal pay with men, as well as the right to vote. Women became more than just housewives and birth mothers. She became an equal member of society bearing the same economic burden as men. Women began attending colleges and universities, eventually entering the workforce in positions once held only by men. Fast forward with me now. Today there are more women graduates than men. According to a report by the PEW Research Center, in over 1/3 of marriages women have acquired more education than their spouse (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 raised: "Does a man feel threatened by his wife's success?" (Biddle) According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2007, 20% of women earned more than their spouses compared to 4% in the 1970s. In 2009, half of the workforce was made up of women (Fry). Women are truly becoming equal to men in almost all aspects of society. Andrea Doucet, professor of sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa "With women earning more and...... half of the document......0/01/19/women-men-and-the-new - economics-of-marriage/>.Morin, Richard and Megan Rosenfeld. "With More Equity, More Sweat." The Washington Post, March 2, 1998. Web. May 5, 2014 Changing gender roles are affecting 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, Richer Wives.” The New York Times, January 18, 2010. Web. May 5 2014. .