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In reply to the discussion: Mitt Romney Allegedly LIED in Court To Screw Over Friend's Wife [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)women do usually end up worse off financially after a divorce (especially in "traditional" marriages where the wife either stays home or makes much less money than the husband), and I think every woman knows a friend who has suffered financially as a result of a divorce.
That is very, very, very true.
A woman who stays at home and does not work is taking a big risk because once you are over 40 or 50, it is very hard to re-enter the workforce.
That differential between the pay of men and the pay of women is due to a great extent to the low wages of women who stayed at home with their children and then tried to re-enter the workforce.
Get a part-time job at the very least. Every woman needs to think about building her work history. That is your insurance policy for the future.