Will women earn more or be the main "breadwinners" in the future?

I haven't been on for some time so I thought I'd kick off with a controversial question again. This particularly relevant since the wage gap scandals that are popping up everywhere.

I came across the topic in reading for an essay and found loads of mainstream news sites and research predicting women taking the lead in work and education. Since more women going to university in men and now for the first time in many countries more women are in work than men.

From this come predictions for more men staying home while their female partner works and also females taking most leadership and best payed positions within work and government in the next 20 or 30 years. Men becoming "homemakers" en masse sounds a little far fetched to me but again people are saying it will likely happen.

This is by no means a feminist rant or anything as I just find all of this interesting rather than empowering or whatever.

Do you think there will be a shift like this or it's just sensationalist trash?

Also, on a side note, how would you all like living in a world like that?


If you'd like links to my reading for this, shoot me a pm 🙂