Why Women Stay in Dud Marriages: Money Is Still a Major Reason (Sigh)

"For all the feminist strides of the last few decades, I often think that the same old rules apply: Most women are still one man—be he spouse, parent, or male boss—from the street," Lorraine Glennon wrote us last month, after our virtual interview with Annabelle Gurwitch, whose new book You're Leaving When? directly tackles the issue of downward mobility among women our age.

If I left—even though we've been together 28 years—I'm afraid I'd get nothing.

Gurwitch—who has demonstrated a willingness to share about most anything in her books and articles, including her favorite vibrators—acknowledged that it's harder to talk about money than sex. This got us thinking about what readers weren't saying about their financial situation. Particularly at a time when the heaviest burden of the pandemic-induced recession has been falling on women.