Myth 1.
Women are in the labor force simply to earn some extra spending money.

FACT
The majority of women work because of economic need. In May 1986, two-thirds of working mothers with children at home said that they worked to support their family. Over half of all working women worked to support their family and/or themselves. In 1992, 44% of women in the labor force were the sole supporters of their households: single (24%), divorced (12%), widowed (4%), or separated (4%). The urgent need for women to have access to high-wage jobs is demonstrated by the fact that nearly 45% of all family households maintained by women lived in poverty in 1990.