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Increasingly the bread winners of u.s. households, but women in the u.s. house, as in congress, now that's a different story. women still make up only one-fifth of the senate and less than a fifth of the house and the 113th congress is in fact the record-breaking congress for women. one of the things i think that's been most interesting for me, rushma, is watching how the women of the 113th have in fact taken up issues that impact men and women, but particularly the sexual assault in the military. elizabeth warren and other women who have been right out there in front, barbara boxer and others...

No more likely to have any more problems than kids moss mothers stay at home. they studied 69 studies over 59 years of research. our you facts and science, eric is not supported by the american psychological association and the american academy of pediatrics. columbia university stud. university of north carolina study. why are we supposed to take your word for it, eric erickson's science instead of all of experts? >> i think the experts can be as politically motivated as any one else because it plays into a particular current notion it is okay. and second, i do think when you have three quart...

>> emily, yesterday, we had something, a rising share of women as breadwinners, putting career first. do you see this as a countermovement to this? are they going on at the same time, both in some people's lives at the same time? same ti? >> yeah, definitely. you know, there are an increasing number of female breadwinners, and there's a slow but increasing growth of men who are staying home and caring for their children. so i think we're very slowly redefining these things. people talk a lot about the growth of the new stay-at-home dad. you know, there are stay-at-home dads but only 3% of all ...

Pregnant teens a television s w show, i think that might go a long way and actually change the culture. i'm not ready to give up on that yet. i still think there's good work to do there. >> i think the government makes cultural micro decisions all the time. one of the things you see is seat belts. you used to not see. now, everybody gets in the car, and they throw on the seat belt in the television, movie business. >> yeah, with the nudging, the government will always have some government impact. up next, we talked on thursday about the increasing number of female bread winners, but there's ...

>> you have single moms is one issue and rise in bread winners in the family unit in females. it has to do with the way men are leaving the work force. >> at the low end of the economic spectrum what you're seeing is a very alarming situation where a large number of men are dropping out of high school and essentially becoming unemployeeab unemployable. that is very bad. the social stability and essentially what women in many of those community are saying is that men are becoming unmarriageable. >> fantastic. >> further up, you're seeing well-educated women who have degrees and done very well a...