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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Women are the new men on TV

Broads are the cops and lawyers and masters of the business universe on the new shows. So what happened to the men?
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:14 AM

    LeCastor

    The ladies didn't like the life of being kept by a high-earning man because of all the things Betty Friedan cited. Foremost, if he dies or divorces you, you're in trouble. You have no skills and no job experience and that means a precipitous drop in your life style. Second, who wants to live that way? Uninvolved, unstimulated and dependent. Doesn't sound like any fun at all. Occasionally I read posts to the effect that a man wants to be kept by a wealthy woman. No sane person, man or woman, wants that.

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