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allerkins's review
3.0
A fascinating read on what I consider to be a very important topic. Many factors have come into play in our society in creating a world where now in many couples the woman's earning potential is greater than the man's. This has a lot to do with women pursuing more education, the loss of many jobs in male-dominated fields in the recent recession, the rise of information industry, and more men looking for family-friendly and flexible careers. I definitely thing these are things we are going to be seeing more and more of soon, and I'm looking forward to a day when a stay-at-home dad and a breadwinning mother are commonplace.
However, so much of this book is highly speculative. Mundy does look at facts and it is clear that she has done a lot of research as well as many, many interesting interviews and first person accounts. But about 50% of this book was just speculation and conjecture for what this future world of breadwinning women will look like. I thought that amount of speculation was excessive and often had me rolling my eyes. Despite this flaw, I will still be recommending this book to others because the topic is an important one and there were so many parts as I was reading that I thought, "I wish my husband was reading this book, because I need to talk about this with him!"
However, so much of this book is highly speculative. Mundy does look at facts and it is clear that she has done a lot of research as well as many, many interesting interviews and first person accounts. But about 50% of this book was just speculation and conjecture for what this future world of breadwinning women will look like. I thought that amount of speculation was excessive and often had me rolling my eyes. Despite this flaw, I will still be recommending this book to others because the topic is an important one and there were so many parts as I was reading that I thought, "I wish my husband was reading this book, because I need to talk about this with him!"
luvbug7554's review
3.0
The face of the modern family is now that of a woman instead of a man. This book is most certianly feminist, and at times made me worry about the futures of my two sons. The picture painted of men does not match my experiences. The men I know donot act inimidated by professional, well educated, and powerful women. For the most part,, it does a decent job of explainjng why women are now able to be the primary bread winners.
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