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That last point is particularly sticky. Back in 2013, Kelly lambasted Lou Dobbs for addressing a Pew study that revealed women are the sole or primary breadwinner in 4 out of 10 households with children — and how, in his opinion, this trend didn’t bode well for individuals or society. He said that when it comes to gender roles, the male is typically more dominant.
Since Kelly’s marriage is an exception to this rule, she took offense. She didn’t want to hear the truth about the very real problems in marriages in which wives earn more and thus demonstrated her considerable bias on this issue. But just because the data may not apply to Kelly’s relationship, that doesn’t negate the value of the data.
Bottom line, women in media are the last people to whom young women should turn for life advice. The opposite of settling for more or having high expectations isn’t to settle for less or have low expectations. It’s to have realistic expectations and accept inevitable trade-offs.
