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The 1950′s housewife has all but vanished. The rise of the new “househusband” is on the horizon and becoming more prominent by the day. Women have taken advantage of getting an education and have reconfigured their position in the home with the opportunities their education have afforded them.
According to MSNBC, women have been ahead of men in Bachelor’s degrees since 1996, but now, for the first time, women are surpassing men in more advanced degrees as well. New census data shows that 37 percent of women ages 24 and older and 35 percent of men in the same age group have advanced degrees. In real numbers, 10.6 million women have master’s degrees or higher, compared to 10.5 million men.
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