英国九成中年女性掌管家庭财政大权
<p>英国一项最新调查显示，40到60岁的英国女性中有90%都掌管着家中的财政大权，“家庭妇女”一词对她们来说早已过时，现在她们应该被称为“家庭首席执行官”。虽然很多男士都自认是家中“掌柜的”，但受访女性中有九成以上均表示家中大部分财务决定都是由女方作出的，其中包括购买家具、电视、电脑以及家庭度假安排等。调查显示，英国40到60岁的女性人数约为850万，占英国全部女性人数的一半以上。这其中有三分之一为全职员工，且有三分之一是家中主要收入来源。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="holds">holds</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="purse">purse</span> <span word="strings">strings</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="finances">finances</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="decisions">decisions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="spending">spending</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="found">found</span>.</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="middle">middle</span>-<span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="bills">bills</span>, <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="household">household</span>.</p><p><span word="Dubbed">Dubbed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="CEO">CEO</span>, <span word="these">these</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="housewife">housewife</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="old">old</span>-<span word="fashioned">fashioned</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p><span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="responsibilities">responsibilities</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="akin">akin</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boss">boss</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="company">company</span>.</p><p><span word="Around">Around</span> 2,000 <span word="British">British</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> 40 <span word="to">to</span> 60 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="questioned">questioned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="survey">survey</span>, <span word="commissioned">commissioned</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="publisher">publisher</span> <span word="IPC">IPC</span> <span word="media">media</span>.</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> 93 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="decisions">decisions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="to">to</span> 98 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="breadwinners">breadwinners</span>.</p>
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