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More women than ever out-earn their partners

Dec 19, 2011

Move over sugar daddies, sugar mamas are on the rise! A demographic shift in the number of women versus men with university degrees means that 20-something women earn on average eight percent more than their male counterparts. In big cities it can be even higher – a New York City survey revealed that single women in their 20s are earning on average 17% more than men. Meanwhile, a 2010 British study found that nearly 20% of women between the ages of 16 and 60 earn more than their husbands or boyfriends and another 25% earn the same. If these trends continue – and statistics indicate they will – it won’t be long before the breadwinning mantle is officially passed!

Until then, we can take inspiration from a few celebrity role models: 10 famous sugar mamas who scored great careers and great husbands.

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