TAYLOR SWIFT has accumulated(积累，积聚) many identities over her career: singer-songwriter, performer, pop mogul(大亨，巨头), millennial icon, cat lover. Her marriage this month to Travis Kelce, an American-football player, added wife to the list. It also gave her another, less traditional role: family breadwinner(养家糊口的人). Mr Kelce earns around $50m a year from his salary, endorsements and podcasting. Yet in 2025 he contributed only perhaps a fifth of(五分之一) their combined income.
泰勒·斯威夫特在其职业生涯中积累了众多身份：唱作歌手、表演者、流行音乐大亨、千禧一代偶像、爱猫人士。本月她与美式足球运动员特拉维斯·凯尔西结婚，为这份名单增添了“妻子”这一身份。这也赋予了她另一个不那么传统的角色：家庭养家者。凯尔西先生从薪水、代言和播客中每年收入约5000万美元。然而在2025年，他可能只贡献了他们总收入的五分之一。
Women now account for(占（比例）) three-fifths of American university graduates and just over half of college-educated workers. Yet in most households, men remain the primary earners. In 2024, among dual-income(双收入的) couples, just 30% of American wives earned more than their husbands. This imbalance partly reflects differences in occupations, working hours and pay. But a growing body of research(越来越多的研究) suggests it also reflects the preferences of couples themselves.
如今，女性占美国大学毕业生的五分之三，占受过大学教育的劳动者的一半以上。然而在大多数家庭中，男性仍然是主要经济支柱。2024年，在双收入夫妇中，只有30%的美国妻子收入高于丈夫。这种不平衡部分反映了职业、工作时间和薪酬的差异。但越来越多的研究表明，这也反映了夫妇自身的偏好。
On paper(理论上，表面上), support for female breadwinners is strong. When Americans were asked in 2022 whether a woman earning more than her husband was “almost certain to cause problems”, only 10% of respondents(受访者) said yes. The share was 16% in Germany and 27% in China (see chart 1).
理论上，对女性养家者的支持度很高。2022年，当美国人被问及女性收入高于丈夫是否“几乎肯定会引发问题”时，只有10%的受访者回答是。在德国这一比例为16%，在中国为27%（见图表1）。
