LEADER 04157nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910811553603321 005 20240516203138.0 010 $a1-280-46290-6 010 $a9786610462902 010 $a0-8135-3788-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813537887 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246483 035 $a(EBL)967386 035 $a(OCoLC)799765828 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142441 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142441 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097048 035 $a(PQKB)10724617 035 $a(OCoLC)68626782 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21308 035 $a(DE-B1597)529455 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813537887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL967386 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10120774 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC967386 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246483 100 $a20050204d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEarning more and getting less $ewhy successful wives can't buy equality /$fVeronica Jaris Tichenor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-3678-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-211) and index. 327 $aHigher-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. 330 $aFor nearly two decades the wage gap between men and women has remained virtually unchanged. Women continue to earn, on average, 80 cents for every dollar that men earn. Yet despite persistent discrimination in wages, studies are also beginning to show that a growing number of women are out-earning their husbands. Nationwide, nearly one-third of working women are the chief breadwinners in their families. The trend is particularly pronounced among the demographic of highly educated women. Does this increase in earnings, however, equate to a shift in power dynamics between husbands and wives? In Earning More and Getting Less, sociologist Veronica Jaris Tichenor shows how, historically, men have derived a great deal of power over financial and household decisions by bringing home all (or most) of the family's income. Yet, financial superiority has not been a similar source of power for women. Tichenor demonstrates how wives, instead of using their substantial incomes to negotiate more egalitarian relationships, enable their husbands to perpetuate male dominance within the family. Weaving personal accounts, in-depth interviews, and compelling narrative, this important study reveals disturbing evidence that the conventional power relations defined by gender are powerful enough to undermine hierarchies defined by money. Earning More and Getting Less is essential reading in sociology, psychology, and family and gender studies. 606 $aMarriage$xPsychological aspects 606 $aEquality$xPsychological aspects 606 $aMarried people$xPsychology 606 $aSex differences (Psychology) 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 606 $aWages$xWomen 615 0$aMarriage$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aEquality$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aMarried people$xPsychology. 615 0$aSex differences (Psychology) 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aWages$xWomen. 676 $a306.81 700 $aTichenor$b Veronica Jaris$f1963-$01636157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811553603321 996 $aEarning more and getting less$93977311 997 $aUNINA