Earning more and getting less : why successful wives can't buy equality /
Veronica Jaris Tichenor.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
- xv, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-211) and index.
Higher-earning wives : swimming against the tide -- Thinking about gender and power in marriage -- Gendered bargain : why wives can't trade their money for housework -- Dollar rich and power poor : why wives don't control the money -- Calling the shots : why wives' decision-making power is limited -- Negotiating identity and power -- Are they happy? : managing tensions and disappointments -- Floating along for the ride? : higher-earning wives and the prospects for gender change.
Marriage--Psychological aspects. Equality--Psychological aspects. Married people--Psychology. Sex differences (Psychology) Power (Social sciences) Wages--Women.