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Women Are Gaining Ground In Family Decision Making

By Donna St. George

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, September 26, 2008; Page B01

Count this as another busted myth of modern times: In family life, the husband always wields the television remote.

Lately, the wife is just as likely to be changing the channels.

A poll released yesterday by the Pew Research Center showed that 21st century couples share decision making in many aspects of American family life, and nowhere is that equity greater than in front of the household television. The poll found that 27 percent of people say women control the remote; 26 percent say that men do; and 25 percent say the couple decides together.

This change in everyday life could be one small sign of a larger social shift in the last generation, experts say.

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They're less fertile, more weight-obsessed and 'non-essential to parenting'. No wonder men are confused about modern masculinity.

Elizabeth Day

August 3, 2008

The Observer

If recent research is anything to go by, 21st century man is in a desperate muddle.