A new study from Sweden has revealed that conventional expectations of gender roles in marriage continue to dominate people’s deepest subconscious desires. The research paper studied how career milest…
Men feel stressed if their female partners earn more than 40% of household income – new research
Joanna Syrda, University of Bath The best marriages are probably based on teamwork. But it seems individual contributions do matter – specifically, who earns how much of the household income. My resea…
Book of the Week: ‘Three Women’ and the buried messiness of female desire
“There is nothing safer than wanting nothing,” Lisa Taddeo writes in the final pages of her debut book, Three Women, released this month. “But being safe in that way does not inure you fro…
I’m married to a ‘unicorn husband’ and some people can’t cope
Dr Neela Janakiramanan is a reconstructive plastic surgeon, refugee advocate and a regular Women’s Agenda contributor. This year Neela is running an #InspiringDoctors series on social media pro…
‘I am doing everything & you need to do more’: A universal household dispute?
Last week I was typing away in a cafe not far from my home when a small group of mothers and their babies arrived and sat at the next table. They nursed their infants, sipped coffee and shared notes a…
Why my marriage looks old fashioned
After writing about my hellish experience finding suitable childcare for our daughters a reader asked a very valid question in the comments section. If I have a partner where was he in all of it? She …
Two careers, a family and a marriage: How to make it all work
Imagine it is Christmas or Easter or some family event which has entailed a fair amount of preparation. You have various family members staying so you have made beds and tidied the house accordingly. …
