More Women Bring Home the Bacon, but More Men Shop for It
A Pew study shows that in 40% of households, women are the primary wage earners -- but that's not the only trend that suggests that old gender roles may be on their way out.
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It's International Women's Day: How Does the U.S. Wage Gap Compare?
Happy International Women's Day, America: Overall, your women are doing pretty well. But when it comes to wage equality -- how much women earn compared to men -- the land of the free and the home of the brave ranks a startling 61st worldwide, behind nations like Madagascar, Cambodia and Guyana.
Sequester Saves Money...By Taking It Away From Women and Children
Sequestration is slashing the budget and saving billions of dollars -- but is it destroying women in the process?
The Makers: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg on Empowering Women
She paved a way for herself in male-dominated Silicon Valley, and now she's encouraging other women to join her. In the new PBS documentary Makers: Women Who Make America," Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about women, work and the will to lead.
Here's How Washington Is Likely to Trim Our Social Security Benefits
When Congress and President Obama make a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, they're likely to use something called "chained CPI" to tweak how Social Security calculates cost of living adjustments. Here's a plain English explanation of what that means, and how it will effect your retirement.
How More Women Can Become Philanthropists
This author believes that more women need to think of themselves as philanthropists and get more strategic in their giving, so that their donations will have the maximum impact. Here's how.
A Lift for Hooters? Quirky New Ad Campaign Puts Owl Out Front
Hooters, the original "breastaurant" chain, is feeling a bit over-the-hill, so it's giving itself an image makeover, starting with an irreverent new ad campaign focused on its owl mascot, and theoretically aimed at bringing in more Gen Yer's and women.
Women Don't Shop Enough -- for Their Mortgages
There's a surprising new finding that says women get lousier mortgage rates than men, but not because of gender discrimination. It's because instead of shopping around, they rely on friends' recommendations.
Why Some Women Are More Confident About Retirement
A new study of 1,000 Americans ages 50 to 70 finds that women face unique risks in retirement, but some are more confident than others about those challenges. What's their secret? DailyFinance's Laura Rowley talks with the study's author, Dr. Sandra Timmerman, director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute.
Men vs. Women on Money: Polls Reveal Odd Differences
Men's lifestyle website AskMen's Great Male Survey polled men on a host of subjects: Careers, relationships and -- most important for us at DailyFinance -- their financial opinions. Then they teamed with Cosmopolitan to get the female point of view. And some of the gender disparities were pretty striking.
How to Cut Your Car Insurance Costs
If you're looking for clues about what impacts your car insurance rates, check in the mirror -- it's mostly about you. And while there are some parts of your personal profile that you can't change, for many of the items that affect your premiums, you're in the drivers seat.
Are Maiden Names Really Worth $500,000?
Forget about cash-stuffed wedding envelopes. A Dutch study suggests brides could pick up an extra half million dollars by doing nothing -- specifically, by not changing their names. Women who kept their maiden names were judged to be more professional, were more likely to win a job, and attracted higher pay, the study showed.
Mancession Offers Insight Into Male Shopping Trends
Men, who have endured slightly higher unemployment rates than women, have been taking on more of the household shopping, according to a recent report. The trend hasn't boded well for stores: On average, men spend less than women on each trip.
Well-Educated Women Pay a High Price to Have Kids
Highly skilled women will lose about a quarter of a million dollars, or as much as a third of their lifetime earnings, by choosing to have a child, making the prospect of raising a family a far more expensive one for college grads than their less-educated counterparts, a new study shows.
CEO Departures in November Fall to Year's Lowest Level
Though the job market remains challenging, for one group, the labor market was at its steadiest of the year last month. The number of chief executives departing their jobs fell to 79 in November, the lowest monthly number of 2010, according to job-services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Census Bureau: U.S. Gains Up to 31 Million More Residents
The U.S. gained between 24 million and 31 million residents in the past decade, according to the Census Bureau's demographic analysis released Monday. And women outnumber men by 1.8 million.
Walmart Sex Bias Case Takes Detour to Supreme Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether all the female employees who claim Walmart discriminated against them can sue the world's largest retailer as a class, and if they can, whether they can sue for back pay or only for judicial orders to force it to change its behavior.
Female Vets Get Short Shrift in Their Search for Help
About 1.5 million of nearly 22 million troops who have served are women. But recent military conflicts, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan, show that upon returning home, female veterans don't always get the support they need to reintegrate into society.
Recession Swells the Ranks of Breadwinner Wives
For married couples of opposite genders, the downturn's inordinate impact on men has resulted in an increasing number of wives becoming the primary breadwinner. Surprisingly, many men don't mind at all.
Where Women Call the Shots on Money
When it comes to investing, men still make the lion's share of money management decisions. But the gap is narrowing, and women now call the shots for roughly $20 trillion worth of investments -- about 27% of the world's wealth. Here's a look at 10 global markets by the percentage of total wealth controlled by women.
New Data Reveals More Women Flocking to the iPad
Early iPad adopters may be overwhelmingly male, but Yahoo's user data shows women are catching up. That's good news for Apple, which historically does well with gender-neutral products. The other good news: iPads are increasingly used for online shopping.
No Pink Pill: FDA Panel Rejects Female Viagra
An FDA panel unanimously ruled Friday that the side effects of Boehinger Ingelheim's much-anticipated sex pill for women outweigh its benefits. The search for female Viagra continues.
Does America's New Economy Favor Women?
Despite its provocative title, The Atlantic magazine's cover story The End of Men focuses less on the gender wars and more on this question: What if postindustrial society is better suited to female workers?
Why Don't More Women Make Billions?
The dearth of females on the Forbes billionaires list doesn't mean women are to be pitied for lack of opportunity, the latest wave of feminists say. Instead, since money truly doesn't buy happiness, women who "live joyously with little money" gain personal fulfillment and enact social change.
