Myth 11.
Married women who have husbands to support them should stay home and leave the jobs with good pay for men.

FACT
Because many American families are unable to support themselves on a single income, both husband and wife must work. As a result, the percentage of married-couple families with both spouses in the paid labor force rose from approximately 40% in 1972 to 59% in 1990. In that same year, the median income for married-couple families with both husband and wife in the labor force was $44,053 - compared to $32,478 for those without the wife in the paid labor force. These working women are not depriving men of jobs. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, even if all the employed married women gave their jobs to unemployed men, there would still be 1.2 million unfilled jobs.