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Making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. a recent pew sfra provoked shock among some with a finding that women are now the primary bread winners in 40% of american households.
Class issue. women are increasingly the bread winners for american families. women are now the primary source of income for nearly 40% of american families. 40%. almost half. that's not something to panic about or be afraid about. that's a sign of the progress and the strides that we've made. but what it does mean is that when more women are bringing home the bacon, they shouldn't just be getting a little bit of bacon. if they're bringing home more of the income and that income is less than a fair share, that means that families have less to get by on for child care or health care or gas or gr...
What women being the bread winners there are huge amounts of resistance in american society to powerful women and women bringing home the bacon. >> i'm intimidated by all of you around this table. >> you should work through it. >> i am. i'm smart. >> tina and karen, thank you so much. alex, see you later today on "now noir "now," on msnbc. up next, remember this move? >> he jumped across the stage and he's so cool, except for the fact he landed on a lady's face and not usually what you want to do on national television. >> she is considering her next move and it could be in court. ouch. "mor...
Teach them to read? >> no, no, no. but i think there was that loving, nurturing opportunity that both parents have a little bit of time. >> moments after those comments, his responsibility provided backlash and that's what we are giving you now. commended the advancement of women in the workplace. mika? >> america is mediocre because both parents work, because women work? >> i like the question, willie. why do we suck? i didn't know we did! powerful country economically. >> if we do it would be because of the men who cannot handle women in the workplace and i think he might be one of them. ser...
Complicated for women. and so i would just say that history teaches us to be wary of drugs for women's desire. there's a long history of medicalizing things that are more cultural than they are biological. >> we've been talking about the kind of power issue associated with women as bread winners and all of that but i also wonder if there isn't a kind of fear. we don't want women walking down the street hitting on every man? why? why do we have a particular angst about that? >> here's my point. one, i think we're just tired. we're just tired so that's why. we're earning the money, we're working...