Feminists don’t believe in feminism either

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'Feminist activist Gloria Steinem may not have coined the phrase, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” but she did popularize it. And Brookings Institution scholar Richard Reeves correctly identifies the sentiment as “the goal of that wave of the women’s movement.” But just how independent of men do most women really want to be?

As Reeves recounts on a recent podcast promoting his new book Of Boys and Men, even feminists want men to support them.

Reeves’s admission came after Progress Network podcast co-host Emma Varvaloucas noted that women aren't really readapting to a world where most childless women actually earn more than the average man.

“There was this stat in your book that was really striking,” Varvaloucas said. “I think it was something like 80% of women, and please correct me if I’m wrong, still want a partner that makes more money than them. So it’s actually — the renegotiation is not completely happening on both sides. And I’m not sure if women are also really doing as much renegotiation as they think they are doing.”

Reeves agreed, citing research from Harvard University’s Claudia Goldin showing that those women with the most options, women that make the most money and have the most advanced degrees, are also more likely to exit the workforce when they become mothers to care for their children if they have a husband who can support them.'