"In 2009, the most recent year for which U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures are available, nearly 4 in 10 working wives outearned their husbands--an increase of more than 50% from 20 years before....Think about what this portends. The primary role men have played since they departed the cave in pursuit of bison and woolly mammoths and marched forth in flannel suits to earn paychecks in the Mad Men era will be passed to women. The impact will be felt everywhere, from the classroom to the boardroom to the bedroom, in how men adn women work, play, shop, vote, save and share and court and even love each other." --TIME magazine "Women, Money and Power" March 26, 2012

Even so, the glass ceiling remains a big problem, for full time women still make less than men. The article asks, Is this a zero sum game? Does the rise of power in women necessarily mean that men are going to be worse off? The idea of a zero sum game is probably one reason why class and race marginalization continues to live on, despite all the efforts to bring awareness to the problem. The article talks about how men have been bred to be the "breadwinners" from the time they are able to walk and talk, and most of their heroes are such men. As female power rises, men will have to explore a terrain that they never have before, broadening the definition of masculinity to include a wide number of new roles. On the opposite side, women also have to explore new feelings associated with making the bulk of the money in a household, such as feelings of "It's my money, I earned it." Being able to be the breadwinner is something that women have been fighting to have, but it also comes with the responsibility of supporting a family. What's good about this increase in equality is that who is in charge of each person's responsibility will be based on a person's aptitude, not outdated gender roles.